Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is looking back at the highs and lows of 2025 with zero filter.
“It’s our last report for 2025. Also, all my reports were brought to you by High Noon. Thank God they put me through the worst year of my life,” LaPaglia, 26, shared via TikTok on Tuesday, December 30. “I say that loosely and lightly, but I also mean it. I think a lot of people can agree that in 2025, regardless of how it looks from the outside looking in, mental health was a struggle for everyone this year.”
In the last 12 months, the Special forces: the toughest test in the world Alum said he learned some “really important things” that ultimately “changed my life.”
“I was betrayed by some of the closest people in my life, and it’s mind-blowing. Anyone who’s experienced that knows how mind-blowing it is,” he explained without naming names. “When some things happen to us, it feels like we need closure or we need closure, and closure is a word I’m starting to hate. We feel like we need an apology, we feel like we need a why, we feel like we need an explanation.”
Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia learned a lot about her mental strength during and after her relationship with Zach Bryan. “I think what it taught me about myself is how much adversity I can really take and go through,” LaPaglia, 26, said on the Monday, Sept. 29, episode of SiriusXM’s Hits 1. “And (…)
According to LaPaglia, those people who did bad things or may be bad people probably won’t say sorry.
If they do, “It’s not going to fix it. It’s not going to change. It’s not going to put a bandwagon on anything, but we crave it so much. Once I realized that, I knew I was in control.”
LaPaglia, who revealed it PCOS diagnosis and also said goodbye to his podcast “BFFs” in November; added that 2026 should be the year to “take care of yourself.”
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“If you don’t have a positive relationship with yourself, everything else in your life will fall apart,” she said. “Being selfish is actually the least selfish thing you can do because it will make every other part of your life flourish.”
LaPaglia’s TikTok came just a day before it was noticed that her ex Zach Bryan married Samantha Leonard.
While the country singer may have found love in 2025, LaPaglia chose to focus on her single life.
“I realized this year that I use romantic relationships over the past few years to fill some kind of void in myself,” she said. “So what have I done this year? I didn’t even think about being in a relationship.”
Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is embracing the single life following her split from ex-boyfriend Zach Bryan. While attending the 2025 Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 5, the 25-year-old spoke exclusively to Us Weekly about her state of mind following the breakup. “I’m doing good,” he told us. “I feel like myself again.” When (…)
Instead, it was put to the test in season 4 of special forcescontinued her podcast “PlanBri Uncut” and tried to find the good in every turn life took.
“Unfortunately, the last couple of years have made me a pessimist. I think the world is shit and people are bad, but I realize you have the choice to be good and you have the choice to be the good in the world,” he said. “Once you start making a living out of it, everything falls into place.”
LaPaglia added, “In 2026, I want you to be elected … I promise you good things will come your way.”