Brianna LaPaglia aka Brianna Chickenfry on TikTok were given a job at Barstool Sports because of TikTok. Find out her story and details of her current job.
By Megan UyFeb. 18 2021, Published 3:05 p.m. ET
The modern day dream activity — if you ask any Gen Z'er — is pursuing some form of social media influencer profession and becoming famous. We don't blame them! How exciting does it sound to be a star just from posting viral movies? Even better if it results in opportunities like being on tv, motion pictures, or professionally developing song. It's wild to suppose that Charli and Dixie D'Amelio and Addison Rae went from filming TikToks of their properties to being the most well liked names in Hollywood.
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But it looks as if somebody else might be joining them on the best! Brianna LaPaglia, aka Brianna Chickenfry on TikTok, has quickly transform a social media famous person herself. You almost definitely recognize her on TikTok for her hilarious (and very relatable) movies about lifestyles in the case of relationship, going out, and faculty. And as a result of her content material was doing so smartly, Barstool Sports were given in contact and now it's all only the start for her!
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Brianna Chickenfry is certainly one of Barstool Sports' latest staff.
The 21-year-old content author from Massachusetts has a hiring story with Barstool that isn't precisely conventional. Instead of applying for a task, the virtual media corporate found her. The self-proclaimed "CEO of hangovers" discovered fame on the app for posting movies of herself "hungover and making a fool out of herself," she told Erika Nardini on the Barstool CEO's podcast Token CEO.
And the comedy she made while hungover is what attracted Barstool Sports to Brianna. "I was actually found through Barstool on TikTok for making my stupid videos. My funny videos. My hangover videos. And I got a DM and they were like, 'Can I have your email?' and I'm like, 'Is this real life?' and then we kept in touch. And then all of a sudden I'm an intern. And then all of a sudden I'm working there full-time, like, literally in a blink of an eye," she defined to Erika.
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At the beginning of the episode, Erika had additionally mentioned that Brianna had only been an intern for just a week earlier than they decided to carry her on board permanently. She was hired as a full-time employee in the summer of 2020.
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It all appeared meant to be, especially as a result of fans of Brianna had been saying that she'd be a really perfect character on Barstool. "Before I ever worked for you guys, everyone commented on my TikToks, 'This girl should work for Barstool,' 'This girl should do that,' Maybe you're putting it into the world for a reason," she said.
Brianna has her personal podcast with Barstool Sports.
In July of 2020, Brianna introduced her podcast with Barstool referred to as PlanBri Uncut where she talks about what it is like "navigating your life in your early 20s." The bio for her podcast at the website online additionally reads, "She’s not here to sugarcoat anything, sharing her insane drunken memories all while giving tips on relationships, friendships, partying, and much more." Sounds entertaining to us!
She additionally ceaselessly writes weblog posts for her PlanBri section on the Barstool major website online.
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And as a result of her podcast has gotten quite a lot of traffic and has grown a large following, you understand she had to create products for it! In collaboration with Barstool, she produced a line of clothes and niknaks where some are branded with the word "hungover" to constitute her role at Barstool.
Because she's officially a part of the Barstool workforce, you can find her bouncing round other podcasts within the corporate. She has made appearances at the BFFS podcast with Josh Richards and Dave Portnoy.
What used to be Brianna doing prior to Barstool?
Just months earlier than Brianna changed into a widely-known internet persona, she used to be attending Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio and majoring in public health. She was once hoping to go to med school and develop into a physician, she published in a Barstool blog post. While she was in faculty, she was once additionally on the faculty's ladies's swimming and diving team. But she dropped out in September of 2020, she revealed on TikTok — assuming that her existence with Barstool and social media was taking off and she had to prioritize that.
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