Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia on Eating Disorder Recovery & Choosing Herself After Heartbreak
Real Pod
Dear Media
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
After a year of headlines, heartbreak, and healing, Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia is stepping into a whole new era. One of Barstool’s most prominent female voices, host of her relaunched Plan Bri Uncut, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit feature, and Fox’s Special Forces alum, Brianna joins Vic to open up about surviving a very public breakup, redefining closure, and rebuilding her relationship with herself. She gets candid about her anxiety-induced eating disorder, the truth about gaining weight in a world obsessed with shrinking, and what it really took to become healthy again. From solo trips to Scotland that helped her rediscover her personality to hard truths about being “selfish” in your healing season, this episode is a masterclass in moving forward with confidence. If you’ve ever struggled with heartbreak, body image, people-pleasing, or finding your spark again, this one will hit home!
Connect with Bri:
Instagram: @briannalapaglia and @planbriuncut
TikTok: @ihatebriannachickenfry
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.3 | Welcome to RealPod. It's your host, Victoria Garrick Brown, and this is the podcast where we hold nothing back. |
| 0:11.4 | Oh, so we're getting deep, huh? I really cried for 12 days straight. |
| 0:15.9 | Why do I want to be perfect? There's nothing in my life that is perfect. |
| 0:19.3 | Every week, I'll bring you honest, unfiltered, |
| 0:22.0 | and eye-opening conversations to help uncover the real in all of us. I crave the type of content |
| 0:27.5 | that you're talking about. I actually felt insecure. Oh my God, I'm not going to cry. Let me just |
| 0:31.8 | unload everything. New episodes every Wednesday. Leave those filters at the door because it's time to get real. |
| 0:44.2 | Hello, everybody and welcome back to RealPod. Joining us on the pod today is Brianna |
| 0:50.5 | chicken fry is what she's most known by. But her real last name is La Paglia. |
| 0:55.8 | Brianna La Paglia is joining us. She is one of the most prominent female voices at Barstool, |
| 1:01.3 | which is iconic. She just relaunched her flagship podcast, Plan Bree Uncut, which marks a new chapter |
| 1:07.9 | for her show. Earlier this year, she appeared on one of my favorite shows, Fox Special Forces, and earlier |
| 1:13.6 | in 2025, she was featured in Sports Illustrated swimsuit. |
| 1:17.3 | Iconic. |
| 1:18.1 | Love that for her. |
| 1:19.5 | You may have seen her name in the headlines after she endured a very public breakup, separating |
| 1:24.5 | from a situation in person that created a very abusive environment for her. On |
| 1:28.8 | today's episode, Brianna's going to share the revelations that she's had around closure. How can we |
| 1:34.2 | really feel closure in our own lives and move on from something that felt so monumental? How can |
| 1:39.8 | we put the pieces back together after heartbreak? She's also going to talk about solo travel and her |
| 1:45.3 | strong relationship with herself. This was so fascinating to me. And so if you're interested in getting |
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