Who Is Brianna Chickenfry Now, After BFFs Ended
Brianna Chickenfry is 27 and in the middle of a solo reset. She is still a Barstool Sports personality, hosting PlanBri Uncut in late 2026 in a weekly guest format, after the cohosted show that made her a Barstool regular ended in November 2025.
BFFs ending is not a Barstool exit. Barstool’s own PlanBri Uncut page still describes her as Barstool Sports’ Brianna Chickenfry, and lists new episodes in late 2026, including Episode 281 dated November 1, 2026.
Her stated next direction after BFFs is writing and directing. That remains an ambition, not a confirmed project: no writing or directing credit was found in this research.
On July 12, 2026, on PlanBri Uncut, she criticised Erika Kirk and the trad wife movement, as reported by Mediaite.
From Rockland Hangover Videos to a Barstool Job in One Week
Brianna LaPaglia, known publicly as Brianna Chickenfry, is from Rockland, Massachusetts, in Greater Boston. She graduated from Rockland High School in 2017, then attended Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio, where she was on the swimming and diving team. She left in 2020 without a degree to work at Barstool Sports full time.
She began posting on TikTok, then known as Musical.ly, while in college in 2018, and her hangover videos went viral. Barstool Sports found her through TikTok, messaged her, offered an internship, and hired her full time after about one week in summer 2020.
She launched PlanBri Uncut with Barstool in July 2020. Her college major is disputed in secondary sources, with one account saying pre-medical track and another saying public health, so this article publishes neither as settled.
Why Chickenfry Stuck: The Vine, the Voice, and the Advice Show
The name Chickenfry came from a Vine in which she said her leg looked like a Burger King chicken fry. The Vine went viral and she kept the name for TikTok.
PlanBri Uncut is an advice and conversation show, and it was her original Barstool vehicle before BFFs made her a wider Barstool regular. PlanBri Uncut merch is sold through the Barstool store, including a Plan Bri crewneck listed as a Barstool Sports PlanBri Uncut item.
PlanBri Uncut Solo: What Changed When Grace O’Malley Left
LaPaglia and Grace O’Malley were childhood friends from Massachusetts and cohosted PlanBri Uncut together. The last joint PlanBri Uncut episode was uploaded on October 10, 2024.
PlanBri Uncut returned in October 2025 without Grace O’Malley after about a year away, with a return episode on October 13, 2025. In late 2026 it was still active, with Barstool listing an episode titled REVEALING OUR SPOOKIEST HIGH SCHOOL STORIES dated November 1, 2026, and Podscan listing WE ARE BUYING A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT dated October 25, 2026.
No episode weekday is stated here, because Barstool’s show page says new episodes every Tuesday while its own listed dates, October 11, 18, 25 and November 1, 2026, are Sundays.
BFFs, Josh Richards, and the November 2025 Goodbye That Was Not a Breakup
BFFs was cohosted by Brianna LaPaglia and Josh Richards, with Dave Portnoy as an earlier cohost, and it ended in late 2025 after five years. The finale livestream aired on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, with LaPaglia and Richards saying goodbye.
LaPaglia told Us Weekly she and Richards planned the ending months ahead, felt the show had run its course, and no longer wanted to talk about other people and unpack headlines. It was a planned ending, not a falling out between the cohosts.
BFFs sat in a podcast world that also includes fellow long-form creators Tana Mongeau and Trisha Paytas.
The Sports Illustrated Cover She Called Reclaiming Herself
She was the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit January 2025 digital cover model, photographed by Katherine Gougen in La Quinta, California. She attended the Golden Globes on January 5, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California, the same month.
In her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit interview she framed the cover as reclaiming herself after the breakup, saying it was about reclaiming her body, decisions, and choices.
Special Forces: Ten Minutes From the Finish Line
She was a contestant on season 4 of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test in late 2025 and reached the finale. In the finale, aired November 20, 2025, she withdrew with about 10 minutes left after being told the next challenge simulated being buried alive in a coffin.
She gave away that she was with Special Forces during the final interrogation exercise. Gia Giudice and Shawn Johnson East passed selection. Special Forces directing staff member Rudy Reyes told Decider her journey was the greatest because she lasted to the very end.
Zach Bryan, the Breakup, and the 12 Million Dollar Claim She Says She Refused
She dated country singer Zach Bryan from July 2023 to October 2024. Bryan announced the breakup on Instagram on October 22, 2024.
On the November 7, 2024 episode of BFFs, LaPaglia said Bryan emotionally abused her and said she was offered 12 million dollars over three years plus a New York apartment to sign a nondisclosure agreement and stay quiet. She said she turned it down. Both points are her account: no direct public confirmation or substantive denial from Bryan was located, and later accounts cited different options, including a Duxbury house plus 3 million dollars, or 10 million dollars cash.
On February 17, 2026, on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast, LaPaglia repeated the NDA account and said the proposed terms would also have covered Barstool, Josh Richards, and Dave Portnoy, which she said made it impossible for her job. Bryan later married Samantha Leonard in Spain at the end of 2025. In July 2025, Bryan posted screenshots of messages he said LaPaglia sent after their split, a flare up this article notes only as context, without republishing private message text.
The Friendship Breakup With Grace O’Malley, in Her Own Words and Grace’s
On December 6, 2024, O’Malley said in Instagram Stories that the plan had been a joint statement about the end of the podcast, and that LaPaglia posting about bringing back some version of PlanBri was the first O’Malley had heard of it. O’Malley left Barstool Sports in December 2024 and joined Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network on December 19, 2024. She launched her own podcast, Disgraceful, on February 20, 2025.
On February 17, 2026, on Impaulsive, LaPaglia said she and O’Malley are not friends and will never be friends again, and said she ended PlanBri in October because it had become a forum to bully her while she was in a bad relationship. On April 19, 2026, on PlanBri Uncut, LaPaglia claimed Alex Cooper tried to poach O’Malley and profited from a vulnerable friendship situation. That is LaPaglia’s claim, not a verified finding about Cooper’s intent. In April 2026, Cooper had called out LaPaglia on Instagram Stories for weighing in on the Cooper and Alix Earle feud, and LaPaglia has sided with Earle in that wider dispute.
New York, Byron Bay, and Where She Actually Lives in 2026
In late 2025, on TikTok, LaPaglia said her New York City lease was up in two months, that she hated New York winters, and that she planned to spend January and February in Byron Bay, Australia. The same report says her Manhattan penthouse lease was 13,000 dollars per month and was due to end in December 2025.
The Australia stay was framed by LaPaglia herself as a two month winter stay, not a permanent move. No credible report in this research confirms a permanent relocation to Australia or a Byron Bay home purchase, and a completed January and February 2026 stay was not confirmed either. By December 2025 she was instead discussing a Florida home while keeping her New York apartment. Evidence in 2026 still points to a New York base: she attended New York Fashion Week events in New York City in February 2026, and Page Six in June 2026 described her as a New York resident.
The 2026 Health Scare: Cyst Surgery, Dismissed Pain, and No Second Surgery
In December 2025, on a Trippin With Tarte trip to Turks and Caicos, she got 44 stitches in her arm after falling into a Tarte sign covered in shards of glass while trying a dance trick in the sand.
On May 11, 2026, on TikTok, she said she was rushed to hospital over the weekend after severe abdominal pain and vomiting, and that doctors found a large ovarian cyst causing ovarian torsion. She said surgeons drained half a liter of blood from her pelvic floor, removed the cyst, and untwisted her organs, and that she had five incisions.
On May 12, 2026, on Instagram Stories, she said she had complained to doctors for years about severe periods and cramping and had been told it was nothing, and that she had tens of cysts on her ovaries. In June 2026, about a month after surgery, she said on TikTok that she would not undergo a further laparoscopic procedure at that point to pursue an endometriosis diagnosis. In June 2026 she also said she did not have health insurance for the first time in her life and joked about dodging hospital billing calls.
Money Talk: Investing, Property, and Why Her Net Worth Is Not a Clean Number
On October 13, 2026, on TikTok, she urged influencers to invest instead of spending on 100,000 dollar plus designer hauls. She said she did not come from money, started saving with her first brand deal worth about 800 dollars, and said every dollar not spent on rent, mortgage, or bills is invested. She has said she bought a property and has a mortgage, with no location or price stated in the People report of that rant.
Her main income base in the sources is Barstool podcasting, TikTok and Instagram brand work, and Barstool store merch. Sponsors named in 2025 and 2026 PlanBri episode notes include High Noon, Venmo, Junkless, Lucy, and Ollie with code BRI. These are episode sponsor reads, not equity ventures, and this article does not call them her companies. No standalone company, beauty line, clothing brand, or book by Brianna LaPaglia was found in this research.
No verified net worth figure exists. Low authority biography sites give different figures, including 1 million, 2 million, and 3 million dollars, with another site at 3.4 million, and none shows a method, a document, or a primary disclosure. One of them also still lists her age as 24 or 25, which proves its figures are stale. The 12 million dollar figure in the breakup story is not net worth: it is the amount LaPaglia says she was offered to sign an NDA.
Brianna Chickenfry Age, Net Worth, and Handles, Answered Plainly
Brianna Chickenfry is 27, born June 17, 1999, from Rockland, Massachusetts. She is not married in any source found in this research, and no current partner is confirmed as of November 2026. No height is published here, because secondary sites conflict and no primary source confirms one.
Her handles, verified in this research, are @briannalapaglia on Instagram, @ihatebriannachickenfry on TikTok as the active account, with @briannachickenfry as the original account, and @planbriuncut on Instagram for PlanBri Uncut. No X handle is listed here, because @BChickenfry was not verified in this research. No fixed follower count is published here, because older listings are stale and were not re-verified from her live profiles.
FAQ
How old is Brianna Chickenfry?
She was born June 17, 1999, and is 27 years old as of November 2026. She turns 28 on June 17, 2027.
What is Brianna Chickenfry’s real name?
Her real name is Brianna LaPaglia. Chickenfry is her public name, from a Vine in which she said her leg looked like a Burger King chicken fry.
Is Brianna Chickenfry still at Barstool Sports?
Yes. BFFs ended in November 2025, but she is still a Barstool Sports personality hosting PlanBri Uncut, with new episodes listed in late 2026.
Why did BFFs end?
LaPaglia told Us Weekly she and Josh Richards planned the ending months ahead, felt the show had run its course, and no longer wanted to talk about other people and unpack headlines. The finale livestream aired November 18, 2025.
What happened between Brianna Chickenfry and Grace O’Malley?
They were childhood friends from Massachusetts who cohosted PlanBri Uncut together. The last joint episode was October 10, 2024. O’Malley left Barstool in December 2024 and joined Unwell Network. In February 2026, LaPaglia said they are not friends and will never be friends again.
What is Brianna Chickenfry’s net worth?
No verified figure exists. Low authority biography sites give different figures, including 1 million, 2 million, and 3 million dollars, with another at 3.4 million, none with a method shown, so no single number should be presented as fact. The 12 million dollar figure in the breakup story is an alleged NDA offer, not net worth.
Who is Brianna Chickenfry dating now?
No current partner is confirmed as of November 2026. An unnamed man was mentioned in May 2026 and reported split in June 2026, and she is not married in any source found here.
Where does Brianna Chickenfry live now?
The evidence in 2026 points to a New York base. A Byron Bay stay was planned as a two month winter stay, not a permanent move, and no permanent relocation was confirmed.
What happened in Brianna Chickenfry’s 2026 surgery?
On May 11, 2026, she said she was rushed to hospital with severe abdominal pain and vomiting, and doctors found a large ovarian cyst causing ovarian torsion. Surgeons drained half a liter of blood from her pelvic floor, removed the cyst, and untwisted her organs. She said at that point she would not undergo a further laparoscopic procedure to pursue an endometriosis diagnosis.
What is PlanBri Uncut now?
PlanBri Uncut is her Barstool show, relaunched without Grace O’Malley in October 2025 after about a year away, and still active in late 2026 with episodes dated October 25 and November 1, 2026.
