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Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia has seemingly reacted to her ex Zach Bryan’s wedding news, more than a year after he announced their breakup.
In a subtle TikTok video shared on Friday, Jan. 2 — just two days after Bryan confirmed that he and Samantha Leonard tied the knot — LaPaglia, 26, sang along to some very pointed Taylor Swift lyrics.
“Checkmate, I couldn’t lose,” she lip-syncs in the clip, as she sports a white top and a tan New York Yankees cap. The lyrics come from Swift’s 2022 track “Mastermind” from her Midnights album.
In the comments of the post, a number of fans appeared to have caught on to what the podcaster was referring to, with one writing: “Said a lot without saying nothing, my queen.”
“You dodged a bullet,” another commenter wrote, as another chimed in: “Bri thriving is deff on my 2026 bingo card!”
Bryan, 29, shared the first official look at his wedding, including a photo of himself and his bride, on Instagram on Wednesday, Dec. 31. The singer could be seen holding Leonard, 28, as she wore a strapless white gown with a feather-trimmed hem.
“Tougher than the rest,” Bryan captioned the post, referencing Bruce Springsteen’s love song with the same name, hailing from the Boss’ 1987 album, Tunnel of Love.
The couple sparked engagement rumors when Leonard was spotted wearing a diamond ring on her left hand in a video posted by Bryan on his Instagram Stories.
Bryan and Leonard were first linked in July 2025, after Leonard posted a photo of the pair attending Spain’s Running of the Bulls in an Instagram slideshow.
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In November 2024, about one month after she and Bryan split, LaPaglia accused the musician of emotional abuse and alleged that he offered her $12 million and a house to not talk about their relationship.
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“You made the women before me believe that they had no other choice than to take money from you, sign their experiences away, sign what they went through away,” she alleged on the BFFs Podcast. “You get to go skip off and sing your little f—ing songs on stage like you’re a good dude … Sorry, I’m not them.”
Although Bryan has not commented publicly on the allegations, he subtly referenced his ex in a video, sharing a clip on his Instagram Stories that featured himself setting fire to a flag for Barstool Sports — the media company that hosts LaPaglia’s podcast.
During an appearance on Casual Chaos in April 2025, LaPaglia opened up about how her relationship with Bryan impacted her.
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“I was catching myself worried about what I was saying or how people would perceive me and I was never like that before,” she said at the time. “I couldn’t recognize myself anymore… I didn’t even realize I was turning into something that I wasn’t.”
She added, “And I think that’s…kind of when the light bulb went off… Someone really can have so much control or power over you without you even realizing it.”
