Brianna Chickenfry Claims Zach Bryan's Manager Basically Urged Her To 'Expose' Him!

Brianna Chickenfry has more to say about her messy romance with Zach Bryan!

Appearing on the Hot Mess podcast with Alix Earle on Wednesday night, the Barstools Sports personality opened up about her split from the country star, which she has claimed was a toxic and allegedly abusive relationship.

Looking back, she now realizes there were a ton of “red flags” she didn’t register at the time, she shared:

“I think the red flags and like what people should look out for is like such an intense bond so quickly. Like when you get into it you think it’s cool and it’s fun and you’re like, ‘This is my soulmate.’ But if someone is telling you they’re your f**king soulmate on day two of hanging out, run for the f**king hills.”

Remember, he got a tattoo of her before they’d even start dating! In hindsight, things moved WAY too fast!!

But there’s more. Brianna also recalled how the Something in the Orange crooner’s acceptance of her changed over time, adding:

“In the beginning. He was so amazed by how strong a woman I was. I was so opinionated—it was like his favorite thing about me. Like every room I walked into, I’m the same person in every room.”

She continued:

“Then slowly it just started deteriorating. It would start with like little nitpicks about, ‘Well I think you’re better than this job.’ Or ‘you shouldn’t really say that online, I don’t really like the way you dress.’ Just like little things where it makes you question like, ‘Oh are they right? ‘Cause they have my back with everything else, maybe they’re looking out for me.’”

Oof. That’s what can be so hard about abusive relationships — the alleged abuser tends to love bomb and win you over so much at the start that it makes a shift like this hard to comprehend.

As for anyone who doesn’t think they need to worry about themselves, Brianna pointed out that red flags like these can be hard to notice when it’s happening to you. She expressed:

“You don’t know until you’re in it.”

When asked if the singer’s fame played a role in it too, the PlanBri Uncut podcaster replied:

“100 percent. I’ll be so honest about that — like if this was a normal Joe Schmo, maybe him getting me tattooed on him after a week, I would have been like, ‘That’s f**king crazy.’ But because he was him, I’m like, ‘Oh that’s rockstar.’ But that should have been a red flag.”

It doesn’t help that Zach’s inner “circle” weren’t willing to call him out on his behavior, either. Brianna recalled:

“No one talks about it because when money is involved, everything gets like thrown under the rug and money rules everything. With him and with money and power you’re just surrounded by ‘yes men.’ So I would try to have these conversations and it would just be an echo chamber of, ‘Oh he’s just a tortured soul, he’s just like this.’”

They continued:

“But it’s like no, he’s just a bad person. You don’t get to blame treating people horribly on your tortured soul, just because you can write a song.”

So true!

Elsewhere in the pod, Brianna also recalled how Zach’s manager once told her she was “the only one” who could “fix” the artist. What?? The 25-year-old dished:

“I remember I was in our backyard. This was after, like, something crazy happened.”

She was “talking to [Zach’s manager] about it” when the male manager told her:

“He’s gonna change because you can expose him for all of this. You are the only one who has the power to change him.”

Wait, WTF???

He reportedly added:

“You’re the only one that can fix him. You’re the only one that can, like, speak out on him.”

Why, though? Cause she wasn’t getting paid by him? If things were really so bad and the manager knew, he should have been advocating for Bri not the other way around. SMH.

Brianna called the comment “f**king weird,” noting her ex-boyfriend’s “whole camp [was] just f**ked in the head” and “so twisted.” The strange remark also really made her confused about the relationship, she reflected:

“From that day on, I was like … I thought he loved me. Is he just with me now because he’s just scared I’m gonna [say something]? Shouldn’t he change because he wants to be a better person and because he loves me? We’re dating, not because he’s scared I’m gonna expose him? F**king crazy.”

The one good thing that came of the comment is that Brianna “finally started talking to [her] family about” the alleged emotional abuse she was experiencing — but even that was complicated. Her aunt sadly told her:

“This is not gonna change. He is going to completely ruin your life. I don’t even recognize you anymore. I love you, stay as long as you want, but I don’t know who you are anymore.”

Wow.

The influencer went on to say she felt “beat down” and too “embarrassed to f**king tell anyone” what was going on “because [she] knew [she] was gonna stay” with him. She explained:

“[When] you know you’re gonna go back into the toxic cycle, you know they’re gonna apologize, it’s almost more embarrassing to call your friend and say the most outlandish s**t. […] I was like, ‘F**k, I can’t keep telling them this because I’m gonna bring him to f**king Thanksgiving.’ [By confiding in people], you’re humiliating your partner, you’re humiliating yourself.”

But by not confiding in them, you’re also isolating yourself, which is so dangerous in situations like this!

Ultimately, the pair split in October and it’s been a whirlwind ever since. Zach’s manager wasn’t entirely wrong though — the 28-year-old songwriter WAS worried about getting exposed because he offered Brianna $12 MILLION after the split if she’d sign an NDA. You don’t go offering that kinda money if you don’t have something to hide! But she didn’t take the money and has continued to speak out about their romance since, and so far, it doesn’t seem to have changed Zach’s behavior.

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