Grace O'Malley Still Believes She and Brianna LaPaglia Will 'Figure Out' Their Friendship: 'I Still Love Her'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Grace O’Malleyis opening up about her friendship troubles withBrianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia.

The comedian, 22, spoke about her friendship with her former Barstool co-host on theThis Past Weekendpodcast with Theo Vonon Jan. 7, saying “we’re just going through a rough patch right now” and believes that “we’re going to figure it out” one day.

“She’s doing her thing I’m doing [mine],” she said. “And I still love her.”

O’Malley first joined Barstool in 2022 as a co-host of thePlanBri Uncutpodcast with LaPaglia. In the comedic podcast, the pair spoke about their shared experiences and thoughts on navigating their twenties.

During the podcast episode, O’Malley also spoke about her decision to leave Barstool for the first time since separating from the network, revealing that she “had the option to leave and I took it.”

“I was just happy to be there,” O’Malley said about her time at Barstool. “I was stoked to have the job and at one point I was working for free [and] selling t-shirts [on the side]. But I was happy to be [there and] do it anyway I can.”

The comedian announced herdeparture from the networkon Instagram Stories on Dec. 16, days after it was announced that the podcast with LaPaglia was ending.

“I wanted you guys to hear from me first that this is my last day at Barstool,” she wrote at the time. “I’m so grateful to everyone at the company and to Dave for taking a chance on me. I’m just as surprised as you are there are no typos in this statement.”

Days after she departed Barstool, O’Malley signed a deal withAlex Cooper’sUnwell Network. The network announced the move onInstagram, writing “Welcome home ❤️👏😉” in the caption. In her interview onThis Past Weekend,O’Malley revealed the network “hopped on [signing her] quick” after she left Barstool.

Grace O’Malley on the This Past Weekend podcast.Theo Von/YouTube

Theo Von/YouTube

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“She knew everything behind the scenes,” LaPaglia explained, referring to thealleged emotional abuseshe faced from Bryan. “When the internet started attacking me, they only lifted Grace up when they were beating me down. And it was, like, whatever, because it helped her career and she was fine and happy about it.”

LaPaglia also shared that after her breakup from Bryan was announced in October, she decided to endPlanBri Uncut.

source: people.com