Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is gearing up for her next phase of podcasting.
“I think I’m good with just one podcast,” LaPaglia, 26, told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting her appearance on Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test season 4. “I mean, I can only talk for so long, and people don’t want to hear me talk that much.”
Now that the “BFFs” podcast — which she previously hosted alongside TikTok star Josh Richards — has officially come to an end, LaPaglia is focused on “PlanBri Uncut,” which returned to weekly episodes in October after a year-long hiatus.
“People are loving it. I think they’re loving it because they can tell I love it,” LaPaglia gushed. “I care about it. I think about it every day. What the next episode is going to be, what the next topic is going to be. How I can really touch people, move people, without doing all the flashy things.”
LaPaglia doesn’t want “PlanBri” to be a “clickbaity” or “scandal” podcast.
“I want it to just be a podcast that people can count on every week. Listen to and feel like they have a best friend through their headphones, through their car,” she explained. “Wherever they’re watching it.”
LaPaglia recently sat down with Richards, 23, for the “BFFS: THE FINALE” livestream, which aired on Tuesday, November 18. The duo said goodbye to the podcast, which was also previously hosted by Dave Portnoy, after five years.
“We were way more emotional than we thought,” LaPaglia told Us. “We had already planned this out months ahead. It [had] just run its course for us.”
The Barstool Sports personality explained that she and Richards no longer wanted to “talk crap about people anymore” and unpack headlines. (Yes, she will still continue her friendship with Richards even though there is no podcast.)
“We wanted to end it in a happy place where we both still loved it and cherished it,” LaPaglia said. “We got to say goodbye. We did a six-hour livestream.”
The end of “BFFs” paired with the resurgence of “PlanBri” allowed for the “perfect full circle moment” in LaPaglia’s podcasting career.
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia made a name for herself online way before dating Zach Bryan. LaPaglia started working for Barstool Sports as an intern in 2020. Shortly after joining the company, they offered her a full-time role that came with her own podcast. The “PlanBri Uncut” brand was born when LaPaglia told listeners […]
“It gets to showcase this new chapter of my life that I got to show on Special Forces and just where I am at now,” she said. “My dream has always been to get into I mean — I’ve said it from day one on ‘BFFs,’ writing and directing — so that’s where I’m heading and where I want to go.”
She added, “I’m so grateful for BFFs and that podcast, because it got me here.”
LaPaglia also spoke candidly about how appearing on Special Forces allowed her to enter a new phase of her life.
“This happened at the perfect time for me,” she told Us. “Being 26 and going on the show, like, what’s going on? You think your 20s are going to be the best and most fun years of your life.”
She joked, “In hindsight, it’s literally like, ‘Am I in hell? Is this actual hell in every sense of the way?’ This show happened at the perfect turning point and it’s allowed me to grow up and show this new side of myself to new audiences.”
New episodes of the “PlanBri Uncut” podcast drop every Sunday.
