Brianna ‘Chickenfry’ LaPaglia seemingly threw shade at her ex-boyfriend Zach Bryan after he tied the knot with Samantha Leonard.
After learning about Bryan’s shock wedding, the 26-year-old TikTok star used a Taylor Swift song in a cryptic social media media post on Friday.
She set the clip of herself grinning widely to Swift’s song Mastermind and lip synced the lyrics: ‘Checkmate, I couldn’t lose.’
With her post, she sent her fans into a frenzy as many commented, mocking him for marrying her ‘clone’ and applauded her for avoiding a ‘bad decision.’
Just three days earlier, Bryan married Samantha Leonard, who many fans have opined is a ‘clone’ of LaPaglia, on New Year’s Eve.
The following day, LaPaglia enjoyed a night out on the town with a group of handsome pals, taking to social media to reveal her carefree outing while her ex started a new chapter with a near-double of her.
Brianna ‘Chickenfry’ LaPaglia threw shade at her ex-boyfriend Zach Bryan after he tied the knot with her ‘clone’; pictured in February 2025
After learning about his shock wedding, the 26-year-old TikTok star used a Taylor Swift song in a cryptic social media post on Friday; pictured in June 2025
This comes over a year after LaPaglia and Bryan’s messy split in October 2024, ending their 15-month relationship.
She claimed she was blindsided by his breakup announcement, and shortly thereafter, the influencer also alleged in a toxic relationship with the controversial country singer.
She accused him of emotional abuse and revealed he once offered her $12 million to sign a nondisclosure agreement and stay silent about their relationship.
She said she did not sign the NDA and turned down what she referred to as ‘blood money.’
In response to LaPaglia’s latest social media post, one of her fans wrote that she was ‘marked safe from the worst decision ever,’ and the comment has since received over 3,500 likes.
Another TikTok user commented that she ‘said a lot without saying nothing, my queen.’
One person added: ‘You dodged a bullet. YOU definitely won girl!’
Another TikTok user commented: ‘They can copy the recipe but the sauce still won’t taste the same.’
Just weeks earlier, she opened up about how she’s faring one year after her public breakup with Bryan and how their split left her in a ‘dark place.’
She set the clip of herself grinning widely to Swift’s song Mastermind and lip synced the lyrics: ‘Checkmate, I couldn’t lose.’ With her post, she sent her fans into a frenzy as many commented, mocking him for marrying her ‘clone’ and applauded her for avoiding a ‘bad decision’
Earlier this week, the controversial country star tied the knot with Samantha Leonard in Spain — just two months after confirming their romance
This comes over a year after LaPaglia and Bryan’s messy split in October 2024, ending their 15-month relationship; pictured in February 2024
Dave Portnoy also chimed in on Bryan’s nuptials and defended LaPaglia.
The Barstool Sports founder previously cohosted the BFFs podcast alongside LaPaglia and is her boss as she is signed with Barstool Media.
He commented on Bryan’s bride and her uncanny resemblance to LaPaglia in a post on X and wrote: ‘There ain’t no way that ain’t a Brianna robot. Ain’t no way.’
When Leonard was rumored to be Bryan’s girlfriend back in August, Portnoy mocked the singer for dating someone who looks so much like his ex.
On Portnoy’s Unnamed Show podcast, he reacted to side-by-side photos of LaPaglia and Bryan’s then-girlfriend.
‘Have you seen his girlfriend? That is not Brianna. It’s insane,’ he said to his podcast listeners.
‘I mean, how is that even possible? I honestly don’t even know what I’m looking at here. This guy’s an absolute psychopath. He went and built a Brianna 2.0 in the lab. I mean, that’s insane.’
LaPaglia also previously commented on Bryan’s then-girlfriend and their resemblance in an October episode of her Plan Bri Uncut podcast.
In response to LaPaglia’s latest social media post, one of her fans wrote that she was ‘marked safe from the worst decision ever,’ and the comment has since received over 3,500 likes
Another TikTok user commented that she ‘said a lot without saying nothing, my queen’ as they joined in on the general fan consensus that she was shading her ex-boyfriend; LaPaglia and Bryan pictured
‘I am flattered, to be honest, but I dyed my hair so that people stop sending me every single picture that he posts of her,’ she added of Bryan’s now-wife Leonard (pictured)
‘People are like, ‘Are you creeped out? Are you mad? Are you annoyed? Are you flattered?’
‘I am flattered, to be honest, but I dyed my hair so that people stop sending me every single picture that he posts of her,’ she added.
In another one of her recent social media posts, she reflected on the past year and admitted that 2025 was ‘the worst year of my life.’
‘I realized this year that I use romantic relationships for the past years to fill some sort of void in myself. So what did I do this year? I didn’t even think about having a relationship.’
She added: ‘Unfortunately, the past couple of years have made me a pessimist. I think the world sucks and people are bad, but I do realize you have the option to be good and you have the option to be the good in the world.
‘Once you start actually living by that, everything falls into place,’ she continued. ‘In 2026, I want you to choose you. I promise you, good things will come your way.’
