Dave Portnoy revealed he will leave the podcast at the end of the year while Brianna LaPaglia and Josh Richards will continue without him

Dave Portnoy leave him BFF Podcast.

The Barstool Sports founder, 47, and co-host of the podcast, first announced the news on the November 7 episode of the showrevealing that his plan was always to leave the show at the end of 2024. He explained that part of his decision was because he was “getting older” and that “talking about teen drama (is) a little out of out of my wheelhouse now. “

He added that his other co-hosts Josh Richards and Brianna La Paglia had known about the decision “for months” and were looking for the best way to announce it.

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On the BFF Podcast November 14Portnoy clarified his comments on his departure, confirming that after his departure, LaPaglia and Richards would continue to be the sole co-hosts and potentially change the format of the show.

“Yeah. It’ll definitely be a new pod,” LaPaglia said, with Richards adding that he and LaPaglia will be in person “a lot more” than before and will likely have more guests in future episodes.

Although no exact date for Portnoy’s final appearance has been announced, he has stated that he will wrap up the show at the end of the year.

Portnoy and Richards first launched the BFF Podcast in 2020 before LaPaglia joined them later that year.

During his own podcast Uncut Bri planwhich she co-hosts with Grace O’Malley, LaPaglia spoke about her decision to join the BFF Podcast. “(The show) was missing a third person and they kept bringing in people from (Barstool’s) office,” she said in 2023, adding that they were testing how well she worked with Richards and Portnoy. LaPaglia also recalled that going on the show was “the scariest, craziest thing” she had ever done.

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News of Portnoy’s departure comes after LaPaglia’s controversial split of country singer Zach Bryan, who she talked about on the BFF Podcast.

In the November 7 episode, she accused her ex of psychological abuse throughout their relationship together, alleging that he made women he previously dated sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and offered her $12 million and an apartment in New York to stay silent.

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“You can go jump around and sing your little songs on stage like you’re a good guy,” she said. “You can treat the people around you like assholes. Sorry, I’m not them. I don’t want your money; I don’t want to buy a fucking house in two years and think, “Oh, that’s money from the guy who literally destroyed and broke me for a year.” » “

She noted that she decided to speak about her alleged experiences “to anyone else who has experienced emotional abuse and to those who are currently experiencing emotional abuse.”

“It’s not a tragedy for me,” she explained. “It’s not me not signing the NDA or not taking the money because I want to come here and reveal who he is and all that —. I’m not denying my experiences and what I lived to protect someone it hurt me and I’m much stronger than a weak man, fuck you and fuck your money.”