![Brianna LaPaglia Reveals She Backed Out Of ‘Sports Illustrated’ Hosting Gig Last Year Because Zach Bryan Thought It Was “Trashy”]()
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I think it's obvious why these two weren't exactly soulmates...
Yesterday, it was announced that Zach Bryan’s ex-girlfriend and Barstool Sports personality Brianna LaPaglia, AKA Brianna Chickenfry, is the new
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Digital Cover Model for the month of January.
Of course, there was a big story that made headlines during her tell-all
BFF’s podcast episode that her ex-boyfriend
did not approve of the dress she wore to the Golden Globes in 2024, though he shared the photo on his own Instagram stories complimenting her, but behind closed doors, he allegedly berated her for the look. The dress sparked a massive fight and Zach unfollowed her on social media.
Since then, Brianna has been on a revenge tour of sorts, and she certainly did not hold back during her appearance at the Golden Globes this year when she wore a dress even
more revealing than the first, and doing the
SI cover is another opportunity to “reclaim herself” and wear how much… or how little… she wants.
Here’s the cover shot:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DE2ivFsxhC5/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=4cf22167-4960-4d08-8f29-9246d079e653
And she also sat down for an interview with the digital magazine to talk about her journey, and why she felt so compelled to take advantage of the opportunity.
In part of a social media clip that
SI posted on their Instagram she sees the cover as more than just a “bucket list” item to check off:
“It means so much more to me than, like, feeling sexy, being in a cool location… like, I’m allowed to do what I want to do, I’m allowed to do it in any fashion, in any amount of clothes, in front of whoever I want.
And no one has the control over you to tell you what you can and cannot do. To me, it isn’t just like, check it off the bucket list that was really cool, this is, like, reclaiming myself and that’s what this all means to me.”
Fans had mixed reactions to her being the
SI cover girl, but Brianna also revealed that she had previously been in talks to work with them when she and Zach were still dating... but he told her it was "trashy" and didn't want her to be walking around in a bikini... shocker:
"Last May, I was asked to host the red carpet by you guys, and I was so excited, we had a bunch of calls about it. I had told my ex about the opportunity... in the beginning he was like, 'Oh, that's really cool, but isn't Sports Illustrated trashy? And then aren't they gonna ask you to walk in a bikini?'
He made me feel like it was trashy, below me, and that if I did it, he would look at me differently. I had to cancel."
It's apparent that they had very different ideas about what they wanted their relationship to be and the type of person they each wanted to be with, and there's certainly nothing wrong with either of them realizing it's best to just go their separate ways.
You can watch the clip of Brianna talking about it here:
