Country music star Zach Bryan’s feud with Barstool Sports, which stemmed from an ugly breakup with his ex-girlfriend Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia, hasn’t really caused any controversy since last November, according to Awful Announcing.
However, Bryan is ready to set things off again, as he made clear on his Instagram page, where he shared a video of himself burning a Barstool Sports flag on his Instagram story.
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— megañ 🔪 (@3×5) August 5, 2025
It’s not clear what prompted Bryan to post the video, but his actions didn’t go unnoticed, with LaPaglia responding on her TikTok account.
I’ve never woken up and had, like, the urge to burn something,” LaPaglia said in the video. “I don’t think that’s a normal thing to — have you guys ever woken up being like, ‘I have to burn something right now.
“Or else I would implode if I don’t burn something an light it on fire and cause chaos and mass destruction?’ No. Evil villains do that.”
Fans reacted to the drama on social media.
“Sometimes you read something so profoundly stupid it causes a Walter White-esque crawlspace breakdown,” one fan wrote on Twitter after catching up on the drama.
“They’re both the worst,” someone else added.
It’ll be interesting to see if Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy fires back at Bryan.
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Qwame Skinner has loved both writing and sports his entire life. In addition to his sports coverage at Comeback Media, Qwame writes novels, and his debut; The First Casualty, an adult fantasy, is out now.