Country Star Zach Bryan Burns Flag 9 Months After Dramatic Breakup originally appeared on Parade.
Nine months after his tumultuous breakup from Barstool Sports personality Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia,Zach Bryan is done talking. Instead, he’s flag-burning.
The 29-year-old “Something in the Orange Singer” took to his Instagram Story on Monday, August 9, to share a video of himself lighting a Barstool Sports flag — one emblazoned with the brand’s famous “Saturdays Are for the Boys” tagline — on fire. A few seconds after it ignites, Bryan takes his golf club and hit half of the already-incinerated flag across his property. In the next video, he hops on board his tractor, apparently to go retrieve it.
Bryan set the whole flag-burning process to the tune of Tyler Childers‘ “Bitin’ List” — specifically the lines: “To put it plain, I just don’t like you / not a thing about the way you is / And if there ever come a time I got rabies / you’re high on my bitin’ list.”
In addition to the telling lyrics, the country crooner’s use of a Childers song could also be reference to the scathing diss track Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards dropped about Bryan in the wake of his split from LaPaglia.
In October 2024, Bryan and LaPaglia broke up after months of dating, with the musician announcing their breakup in a lengthy post on social media. LaPaglia, for her part, soon went on her Barstool BFFs podcast, whom she hosts with Richards and, at the time, big boss Portnoy, who founded the sports brand. On the pod, LaPaglia accused Bryan of emotional abuse and further alleged that offered her $12 million to not discuss their split, which she turned down.
Portnoy and Richards, for their part, came up with a wildly NSFW diss track about Bryan in defense of LaPaglia.
Among the many lyrics aimed at the “Oklahoma Smokeshow” crooner, one line they rap in particular, is: “Your whole style’s Morgan Wallen, Tyler Childers, Copy Paste.”
Though October 2025 will mark a year since Bryan and LaPaglia’s split, it looks like the drama is far from over — especially as Bryan’s new fire-filled social media stunt comes on the heels of a jab he reportedly made at LaPaglia just last month.
After a fan speculated that a new lyric on his song “River Washed Hair” could be about LaPaglia — “And I think I might pack a bag in the night / Find me some small town out West / Start over, find closure and just say ‘I’m sorry’ / To that sweet girl who tore off that dress,” Bryan sings on the track — he took a shot at LaPaglia when shooting down the speculation.
“Lmfao I said ‘sweet,'” Bryan wrote in a comment that has since been deleted, per Taste of Country. “This is not about whatever she has going on hahahahahaah.”
Country Star Zach Bryan Burns Flag 9 Months After Dramatic Breakup first appeared on Parade on Aug 5, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
