Dave Portnoy has confirmed his exit from the “BFFs” podcast within the midst of drama between himself and Zach Bryan, the ex-boyfriend of cohost Brianna “Chickenfry” Lapaglia.
“The topics don’t curiosity me in any respect,” Portnoy, 47, stated on “The Unnamed Present” podcast on Thursday, November 14. “They present me the matters after I go in there. I haven’t completed any analysis, and I’m simply ripping aside 18-year-olds, who I don’t even know.”
The Barstool Sports activities founder instructed hosts Ryan Whitney and Kirk Minhane, “I don’t love essentially doing that. It’s slightly completely different.”
“BFFs” launched with Portnoy and Josh Richards in 2020, earlier than LaPaglia, 25, joined them the next 12 months.
Dave Portnoy and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia’s friendship has come a good distance through the years. Portnoy, 47, based Barstool Sports activities in 2003, however LaPaglia, 25, didn’t be part of the staff till a lot later. She bought her begin with the podcast community in 2020 as an intern. The group contacted her by way of social media after her movies […]
“It actually completed what I needed to perform after we began it,” Portnoy continued. “Josh and Bri will proceed it. It’s tremendous profitable. However, yeah, it’s time for me to strive the subsequent factor. I had run my course with it.”
On the Thursday, November 14 episode of “BFFs,” LaPaglia stated it’s “undoubtedly gonna be a brand new pod” after Portnoy’s departure.
Josh Richards, Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia and Dave Portnoy BFFs/YouTube
A precise date for Portnoy’s last episode has not been introduced, however he stated he would stay on the present till the top of the 12 months.
Portnoy first teased his exit from “BFFs” on the explosive Thursday, November 14 episode of the podcast, during which LaPaglia gave an emotional breakdown of the dramatic finish of her relationship with boyfriend and nation famous person Bryan.
“My plan on the finish of the 12 months was to be completed with BFFs,” Portnoy stated. “Simply because I’m getting older, like nearing 50. Speaking about teenage drama, slightly out of my wheelhouse. So, we’ve identified this for months, and we’re like, ‘What’s the easiest way to announce it?’”
However when information of LaPaglia and Bryan’s break up went public — due to Bryan deciding to share the information by way of an October 22 Instagram Story assertion — Portnoy stated the entire thing bought “sophisticated.”
Zach Bryan Scott Legato/Getty Photographs
Issues turned much more messy when LaPaglia insisted she needed to debate the alleged $12 million non-disclosure settlement that she claimed Bryan needed her to signal.
Extra particulars are coming to mild relating to Zach Bryan and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia’s surprising breakup. “[Brianna] was blindsided by Zach being on courting apps and courting round whereas that they had been in a dedicated relationship,” a supply completely tells Us Weekly. “Somebody despatched her Zach’s Raya profile and ladies had been reaching out about him courting […]
“I believed that’s how this was ending,” Portnoy stated on the November 7 episode. “I believed I used to be gonna get on and be like, ‘Hey, I respect their choice. We’re not gonna speak in regards to the Zach factor, however I can’t be on it anymore as a result of I’ve to speak about it if we’re gonna do it.’ And I wakened the subsequent morning, and it’s like, ‘F— the cash, we’re going.’”
Portnoy has not been shy about publicly voicing his true emotions about Bryan — he even recorded two diss tracks in regards to the singer, “Smallest Man” and “Nation Diddy.”
On Saturday, November 9, Portnoy continued his public vendetta towards Bryan, calling him a “scumbag.”
“When you’ve got his music on his telephone, please f—ing delete it,” Portnoy stated. “The man is a bit of s— and you need to have by no means have something to do with it. He’s the worst.”