Zach Bryan’s Ex Brianna LaPaglia Fires Back Against Song Remarks, Leaked Text Message

The online post-breakup drama between singer-songwriter Zach Bryan and his ex-girlfriend, podcaster Brianna LaPaglia continues nearly a year after the former couple’s breakup in late 2024.

A new set of back-and-forth of barbs thrown between Bryan and LaPaglia began shortly after Bryan released a trio of new songs earlier this month, including “River Washed Hair.” The Grammy winner denied online speculation the new song was about LaPaglia, commenting, “Lmfao, I said ‘sweet’ this is not about whatever she has going on hahahahaah.”

LaPaglia swiftly responded on social media, writing, “Lmao obviously he doesn’t think I’m sweet I turned down 12 million dollars to share my abuse,” going on to claim of Bryan’s previous romantic partners, “while rose [Madden] and Deb [Peifer] signed nda’s. Also fyi his songs aren’t about anyone he writes them drunk at 6am.”

On his Instagram Stories, Bryan shared a screenshot of a text message allegedly sent from LaPaglia, sometime prior to Oct. 29, 2024. The lengthy message includes lines such as “I’ll never forget the love I felt for you at one time in this life! Timing was wrong and you weren’t ready and that’s okay. Enjoy being a rockstar. If you ever need a friend that gets it, I’ll always be here, I don’t break my promises.”

On July 14, LaPaglia shared on Instagram a screenshot of a different text message, one which LaPaglia claimed was from Bryan’s management team, offering non-disclosure agreement option proposals, with one option including a house in addition to $3 million, and another option being a flat $10 million. “And I rest my case! His manager texting me their options for NDA [non-disclosure agreement],” LaPaglia captioned the Instagram story containing the screenshot of the text message.

In another Instagram Story on July 14, LaPaglia wrote, “I have not told one lie ever and it’s baffling to me the brain dead little army of men that so clearly abuse women too that blindly follow their little leader bc he makes songs for them about being bad boyz lol.” She also seemed to confirm that Bryan’s previously screenshotted text message was indeed from her, writing, “For those of you confused, my ex posted screenshots of our texts (where I’m being nice lol) this morning at 7 am. He also commented on TikTok’s about me last week. I am simply responding to him attacking me. I want nothing to do with this man idk why he’s crashing out.”

She also wrote, “One last thing, I am not taking the bait and please stop dming me to expose him. The proof is literally in the pudding I don’t need to relive my trauma for the sake of online entertainment. Like I’ve said from day one. I share my experiences that I thought would be helpful for other women and I’ll continue to honor that.”

She later added, “I was offered 12.9 million dollars to stay quiet. I was presented options on what I could choose. I chose none because I have morals. End of story. I’m so sick of this s–t idk why he’s crashing out.

After their breakup last year, Bryan posted on his Instagram Stories, “Brianna and me have broken up with each other and I respect and love her with every ounce of my heart. She has loved me unconditionally for a very long time and for that I’ll always thank her. I have had an incredibly hard year personally and struggled through some pretty severe things. I thought it would be beneficial for both of us to go our different ways. I am not perfect and I never will be.”

Billboard has reached out to Bryan’s team for comment.

Next up, Bryan will perform three headlining shows at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 18-20.