Brianna Chickenfry is speaking out about her friendship breakup with Grace O’Malley.
The two previously hosted the PlanBri Uncut podcast together, but that ended earlier this fall.
During a recent episode of the BFFs podcast, Brianna opened up about the demise of their relationship, but touts she still has love for Grace.
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“I ended the podcast in October because it was a forum to just bully me. On top of everything I was going through, I couldn’t have — I couldn’t take it anymore,” Brianna said. “I ended our friendship. I was like I have to take a step away from this because it was constant [hate].”
What led to their downfall? The internet pitting them against each other and Brianna‘s relationship with country singer Zach Bryan.
“It was months of me being like, ‘Grace, can you please just defend me.’ We didn’t talk anymore,” Brianna shared. “I needed her so bad, and I know she needed me too during that year. She felt like I left her.”
“These are two separate conversations because, like, Zach ruining Grace and I’s friendship is something separate,” she added. “She knew what I was going through. I really needed her, so I couldn’t do the podcast anymore because we’re sitting there pretending to be friends. I didn’t feel seen by her. I needed to set a boundary.”
While Brianna confirmed it was her idea to end their podcast together, she adds that Grace putting out a statement didn’t feel so great.
“This last year, I bit my tongue so much that I shouldn’t even have one anymore. I was willing to wait out of respect, but things don’t always work out the way you think they will. In fact they rarely do. I most definitely did not foresee any of this EVER ending,” Grace‘s statement read. “I don’t think I’ll ever fully get into every aspect of how this came to be, but it should be said that, although this was not a mutual decision, I’m realizing that, in the grand scheme of things, it might actually end up being the right one.”
“There was no need for that. She has never wanted to be a podcaster, she’s always wanted to be a comedian. She’s crushing it,” Brianna said in response. “For a year everyone was like, ‘Grace needs to leave Bri. Grace needs to do this.’ So finally, I made the call. … I want her to succeed in everything that she does.”
“I immediately texted her and said, ‘You literally just did what Zach did to me.’ That’s how we all felt,” she added.
Brianna also revealed how Grace barely reached out after her split from Zach and that the two hated each other.
“When I came forward with all the Zach s–t, she didn’t reach out to me,” she dished. “She texted me after that episode and said, ‘I’m sure that was a weight off your shoulders.’ That’s it.”
“She wasn’t cut out of my life. I was still friends with her. She just hated me because I was dating Zach,” Brianna stated. “I apologized and admitted it publicly that I was in this horrible relationship and it f—ed all my friendships up, and I lost myself and I treated people that I loved like they didn’t matter.”
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