Barstool's Dave Portnoy Reacts to Brianna LaPaglia-Grace O'Malley Feud

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Dave Portnoy is sharing his perspective.

One time after Grace O'Malley announced she was leaving Barstool Sports pursuing the extremity of her 20-year relationship with Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia, the company's laminitis gave his thoughts connected her departure.

"I don't cognize what radical privation Barstool to do," Dave said of the backlash from her exit successful a Dec. 17 video connected X. "You person 2 friends of 20 years, some employees, who ended up hating each other. It sucks. It's astir apt for the champion that O'Malley goes connected her mode and who knows with Bri."

Dave besides shared much penetration into the fallout, which seemingly stemmed from Brianna's narration with Zach Bryan.

"Zach is simply a d--k to Grace and Bri's getting f--ked up by Zach," helium explained. "It's terrible. They commencement hating each other." (Brianna elaborate her unexpected split from the "Something successful the Orange" vocalist successful October, which she alleged was emotionally abusive. Zach has not publically addressed her claims.)

Dave said that Brianna—with whom helium cohosted the BFFs podcast alongside Josh Richards from 2020 to 2024—told him successful October that she planned to extremity her and Grace's podcast Plan Bri due to the fact that they "just don't get along." 

After OK'ing the decision, the 47-year-old said helium reached retired to Grace Oct. 17 and emphasized that helium cared astir her contempt his adjacent narration with Brianna. The erstwhile thanked him for the support.

Dave claimed that helium and Grace had been discussing a aboriginal solo podcast connected Barstool, which helium said helium was "psyched" for. At this time, Brianna had gone viral pursuing her breakup with Zach, which she went connected to item connected BFFs.

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"Bri was becoming an icon due to the fact that she turned down the $12 million," helium said, referencing an NDA that Zach allegedly offered her. "This is erstwhile everything went f--king sideways and blew up and I privation it didn't happen."

When Spotify dropped its 2024 Wrapped Dec. 4, Brianna announced connected her Instagram Stories that Plan Bri—named 1 of the streaming service's Breakout Creators of 2024—would instrumentality arsenic "some version" of its original.

Following her post, Grace shared a connection connected Instagram Stories, penning that it was her "first clip proceeding astir this" and that "the program was for Brianna and maine to enactment retired a joining connection astir the extremity of the podcast."

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According to Dave's Dec. 17 video—which showed screenshots of substance messages—Grace's IG Story connection prompted him to face her, emphasizing that helium was "not picking sides" and that helium conscionable wanted to "put each this garbage past and determination forward."

Although helium believes Grace didn't mean for Brianna to look backlash from her statement, helium said, "That starts a war."

Dave said that Brianna didn't assistance the concern by responding to fans connected societal media astir their split, which helium besides shared screenshots of. Although helium said helium invited Grace onto the BFFs podcast, she declined. 

Meanwhile, helium acknowledged that contempt being some of their boss, helium was much partial to Brianna.

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"I've done a podcast with her for f--king 4 years," helium said. "I'm friends with her and I support my friends. I deliberation it's bulls--t. That doesn't mean I don't similar O'Malley. I similar O'Malley, but O'Malley doesn't request defence close now. The full net is connected her f--king broadside and the full net is going for Bri's throat."

He besides applauded Grace's success, adding, "O'Malley is going to beryllium a immense f--king success. She's sidesplitting it with her comedy."

But astatine the extremity of the day, Dave sees their fallout arsenic 2 friends breaking up.

He added, "I don't privation this headache of being successful betwixt 2 life-long friends."

E! News has reached retired to Briana and Grace for remark and has not heard back.

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Tan France vs. Bobby Berk

Bobby (pictured 2nd from left) addressed rumors of a falling retired with Tan (middle) successful January 2024, 2 months aft helium announced his exit from Queer Eye aft 8 seasons.

"I privation radical to cognize that Tan and I—we volition beryllium fine," helium told Vanity Fair. "There was a situation, and that's betwixt Tan and I, and it has thing to bash with the show. It was thing idiosyncratic that had been brewing—and thing romantic, conscionable to clarify that."

In March 2024, Tan responded to allegations that helium had campaigned to regenerate Bobby connected Queer Eye with his person Jeremiah Brent.

"Netflix and the accumulation companies did a full-on casting. I didn't enactment my person up for the job. They ended up getting it due to the fact that they were the champion idiosyncratic for the job," helium said connected Instagram. "But I didn't get them hired by getting escaped of idiosyncratic else."

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Shannen Doherty vs. Alyssa Milano

Following years of rumors of a feud betwixt the two, connected a December 2023 occurrence of her podcast Let's Be Clear, Shannen's erstwhile Charmed costar Holly Marie Combs alleged that Alyssa had erstwhile made an ultimatum to a amusement shaper to take betwixt herself and Shannen, which yet led to the second leaving the amusement successful 2001.

In February 2024, Alyssa said connected Instagram, "I did not person the powerfulness to get anyone fired" and that "this was truthful agelong agone that immoderate retelling of these stories from anyone is conscionable revisionist history."

A time later, Shannen said astatine a sheet lawsuit astatine MegaCon Orlando, "There is nary revisionist past happening successful the information that I cognize we told."

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Sharon Osbourne vs. Ashton Kutcher

In September 2023, while playing a crippled called Stir the Pot with her daughter Kelly Osbourne on E! News, Sharon said the That '70s Show alum was the rudest personage she had ever met, branding him, a "rude, rude, rude, rude small boy" and a "Dastardly small thing."

He did not respond to her remarks publicly.

Five years prior, Sharon told Larry King that erstwhile Ashton appeared connected The Talk in 2014, helium had an "attitude" aft she got his sanction wrong.

"He goes, 'What are you, what person you done successful this industry?'" she recalled. "And I was like, 'Kid, don't commencement with me, due to the fact that I'm gonna devour you up and s--t you out.' So I was conscionable like, 'You don't cognize what you're dealing with, kid.'"

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Maren Morris & Cassadee Pope vs. Brittany Aldean

In August 2022, Cassadee and Maren traded harsh words with Brittany, woman of chap state star Jason Aldean, aft she shared an Instagram Reel of herself applying constitution connected Aug. 23, writing, "I'd truly similar to convey my parents for not changing my sex erstwhile I went done my tomboy phase. I emotion this girly life."

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JoJo Siwa vs. Candace Cameron Bure

During a 2022 TikTok challenge, JoJo Siwa described Candace Cameron Bure arsenic the "rudest" celebrity, aboriginal explaining that she felt snubbed erstwhile Bure erstwhile refused to instrumentality a representation with her connected a reddish carpet. Shortly aft the dig, however, the Full House alum apologized: "I benignant of broke your 11-year-old heart. I didn't instrumentality a representation with you. Ugh! I consciousness crummy, I feel—JoJo, I'm truthful sorry."

The 2 made amends. But months later, Candace was asked if she expects the Great American Family network, of which she serves arsenic main originative officer, to diagnostic same-sex couples arsenic leads successful vacation movies. She said no, adding, "I deliberation that Great American Family volition support accepted matrimony astatine the core."

JoJo, who came retired arsenic a subordinate of the LGBTQ+ assemblage successful 2021, wrote connected Instagram that the actress' remark is "rude and hurtful to a full assemblage of people."

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Courtney Love vs. Olivia Rodrigo

Back successful June 2021, Courtney Love accused Olivia Rodrigo of copying her band Hole's medium screen for a promotional photograph without giving credit. Olivia responded, "Love u and unrecorded done this sooooo much." Courtney past replied, "Olivia - you're welcome. My favourite florist is successful Notting Hill, London! Dm maine for deets! I look guardant to speechmaking your enactment [winking look emoji]."

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Henry Winkler vs. Tom Hanks

During an quality Watch What Happens Live, the Happy Days actor was asked wherefore helium didn't get on with the Forrest Gump prima connected the acceptable of the 1989 flick Turner & Hooch.

"I was directing that movie for 13 days and past I was called into [producer] Jeff Katzenberg's bureau and helium said, 'You person everything with you? Go home,'" helium said.

Winkler did, however, seem to get on with Hanks' four-legged co-star. "I got on great, large with that dog," helium said. "Love that dog."

He also refused to admit if he's adjacent seen the flick. 

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Heidi Montag vs. Lauren Conrad

"You cognize what you did!"

Fans of The Hills volition retrieve that iconic line, delivered by Lauren on the play 3 premiere. Their feud began erstwhile Heidi started dating her now-husband, Spencer Pratt and hit its highest erstwhile Lauren accused Heidi and Spencer of starting a rumor that she had made a enactment portion with Jason Wahler.

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Dwayne Johnson vs. Tyrese Gibson

The costars reignited their ongoing feud erstwhile Tyrese publicly called retired Dwayne connected Instagram aft the Fast and Furious 9 merchandise day was pushed backmost to April 2020. That aforesaid day, it was announced that a Fast and Furious spinoff starring Dwayne and Jason Statham would deed theaters successful 2019. The pursuing month, Tyrese threatened to quit Fast 9 if Dwayne was successful the movie.

Tyrese past opened up astir the feud, telling Van Lathan connected The Red Pill podcast, "I person yet to speech to The Rock to this day, and we volition person a conversation." He shared that helium did person a speech with the erstwhile wrestler's producing partner, but not the histrion himself.

"I recovered myself being the messenger connected behalf of assorted radical associated to the franchise, but anserine maine was the lone 1 who went nationalist astir those feelings, which is my ain fault," Tyrese said. "It's not professional, it's not cool."

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Taylor Swift vs. Katy Perry

No much atrocious humor here.

Taylor and Katy had been successful a feud for years, adjacent allegedly inspiring Taylor's opus "Bad Blood." The drama, which reportedly started implicit a backup dancer and competing tours, came to an extremity aft Perry sent Taylor a literal olive branch earlier her Reputation Tour kickoff.

"So I conscionable got to my dressing country and recovered this existent olive branch," Taylor said successful an Instagram video. "This mean truthful much."

Taylor captioned the video, "Thank you Katy."

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Kim Cattrall vs. Sarah Jessica Parker

Sex and the City costars Kim and SJP had dodged feud rumors for years. But they were reignited aft Kim decided not to instrumentality for a 3rd movie and made comments astir her costar that raised eyebrows.

"What was your absorption to Kim Cattrall telling Piers Morgan that you were ne'er friends conscionable colleagues?" Andy Cohen asked SJP connected a Sept. 2017 occurrence of Watch What Happens Live.

As she explained, "Just...heartbroken. I mean that full week, you and I spoke astir it due to the fact that I was just...I don't cognize I recovered it truly upsetting due to the fact that that's, you know, that's not the mode I callback our experience."

"So...it's bittersweet but I'm benignant of...I don't know, I ever deliberation that what ties america unneurotic is this singular acquisition is the thing. It was a nonrecreational acquisition but it became idiosyncratic due to the fact that it was years and years of our lives. So I'm hoping that that benignant of eclipses thing that's been precocious spoken," she continued. "That galore years spent doing thing truthful peculiar that radical had a transportation with is specified a privileged."

And though they didn't movie scenes together, Kim did marque a tiny quality connected And Just Like That.

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Madonna vs. Elton John

The iconic singers person been feuding since 2004. While accepting the Classic Songwriter Award astatine the Q Awards that year, Elton said to attendees, "Madonna, champion f--king unrecorded act? F--k off! Since erstwhile has lip-syncing been live? Sorry astir that, but I deliberation everyone who lip-syncs successful nationalist connected stage, erstwhile you wage similar 75 quid to spot them, should beryllium shot."

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Shonda Rhimes vs. Katherine Heigl

The erstwhile Grey's Anatomy prima sparked a feud with the bid creator in 2008 erstwhile she removed her sanction from the Emmy Awards consideration. The histrion stated that her crushed for the determination was due to the fact that she wasn't "given the worldly to warrant a nomination."

Shonda aboriginal opened up astir Katherine's determination during an interrogation with Oprah Winfrey connected Oprah's Next Chapter successful 2012. "On immoderate level it stung and connected immoderate level I was not surprised," she said. "When radical amusement you who they are, judge them. I transportation that [mantra] with maine a lot. It has served maine well."

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Nicki Minaj vs. Cardi B

It was the New York Fashion Week combat heard 'round the satellite erstwhile Nicki and Cardi got into a heated altercation astatine the Harper's Bazaar Icon party. The pursuing month, Cardi opened up astir the catalyst for the combat with Nicki.

"For a portion present she's been taking a batch of shots astatine me," Cardi said successful W magazine's Art Issue. "I spoke to her doubly before, and we came to an understanding. But she kept it going."

The existent spark of the combat came erstwhile Cardi saw that Nicki had allegedly liked and past unliked a tweet astir Cardi's parenting skills, which Nicki has denied.

"I was going to marque millions disconnected my Bruno Mars tour, and I sacrificed that to enactment with my daughter," Cardi continued. "I emotion my daughter. I'm a good-ass f--king mom. So for idiosyncratic that don't person a kid to similar that comment? So galore radical privation to accidental that enactment wasn't the clip oregon the place, but I'm not going to drawback different creator successful the market store oregon down the block."

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Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift

Tension between Kanye and Taylor archetypal started successful 2009, erstwhile the "Stronger" rapper took the signifier during her acceptance code astatine the MTV Video Music Awards. Years later, the 2 would marque up and adjacent go friends, but that came to an end aft the merchandise of his opus "Famous," successful which helium name-checks the "End Game" singer.

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Mariah Carey vs. Jennifer Lopez

"I don't cognize her."

It's been implicit 15 years since Mariah and J.Lo's "feud" has been going on. It each started erstwhile the Queen of Christmas was asked to springiness her sentiment connected respective singers during an interview. When asked her sentiment connected Jennifer, she replied, "I don't cognize her."

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