Country music star calls it quits with girlfriend, who said she was ‘blindsided’

Zach Bryan and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia have gone their separate ways.

The country singer confirmed the couple’s split after just more than a year in a post on Tuesday, a day after they broke up, per LaPaglia.

Bryan made the news public on Instagram.

“Addressing something,” Bryan wrote on Instagram, “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.”

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The Grammy winner said it has been “an incredibly hard year personally,” during which he has “struggled through some pretty severe things.” In the end, he said, he decided it would be best if he and LaPaglia went their separate ways.

“I am not perfect and never will be,” he said. “With everything I am and to anyone I let down, I am sorry. I try my best in everything. I failed people that love me and mostly myself.”

LaPaglia, in an emotional video message via YouTube, said she’s been “blindsided” by the news, but she is focused on her healing.

“I wanted to heal privately, and I didn’t even know that he was going to post that,” she says through tears in her vlog, noting that she and Bryan broke up on Monday (Oct. 21). “I wasn’t ready to do anything publicly. ...

“When I’m ready to talk about everything that happened, I will ... but right now I’m just completely blindsided. I’m just obviously really, really hurt right now.”

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.