Zach Bryan has confirmed his marriage to Samantha Leonard.
Bryan, 29, took to Instagram on Wednesday, December 31, and shared a black-and-white photograph of him carrying Leonard, 28, as she sported a strapless white bridal robe with a feathery hem. The glad couple smiled as Leonard held a wine glass.
“Harder than the remainder,” he captioned his put up, which additionally included a video of him performing the Bruce Springsteen track with the identical title at their marriage ceremony reception.
Earlier Wednesday, the nation star was noticed holding Leonard in his arms after exchanging vows in Spain, a number of shops reported. A video posted through Instagram confirmed the newlyweds laughing as they hopped right into a convertible and drove off into the proverbial sundown.
The day earlier than the marriage, Bryan shared a photograph of him along with his man buddies, including a caption that cited lyrics from the Black Eyes Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling.” On December 29, Bryan posted a clip of him crooning a heartfelt track on the guitar that seemingly referenced his upcoming nuptials.
“I made a girl fall in love and made our younger hearts cry,” he sang. “I’m on an aeroplane certain to Spain tonight.”
On Wednesday, Leonard posted a clip through her Instagram Tales wherein she and Bryan touched down on an airplane.
The couple had been first linked in August. That October, Bryan paid tribute to his new love through Instagram, writing, “From bull runs to all of the bulls***, right this moment is your birthday and I really like you Samantha Marie. To the one girl who can hike six miles in Chanel flats, skydive over the alps and catch a much bigger fish than me all in the identical day. Hope your day was as sleek as you’re.”
Sparks flew between Bryan and Leonard one 12 months after his not-so-amicable break up with Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia, whom he dated from the summer time of 2023 as much as fall 2024.
“Brianna and me [sic] have damaged up with one another and I respect and love her with each ounce of my coronary heart. She has liked me unconditionally for a really very long time and for that, I’ll at all times thank her,” Bryan mentioned in an announcement in October 2024. “I’ve had an extremely exhausting 12 months personally and struggled via some fairly extreme issues. I assumed it might be helpful for each of us to go our alternative ways. I’m not excellent and by no means shall be.”
LaPaglia, 26, has mentioned that the breakup blindsided her and accused Bryan of being emotionally abusive. (Us Weekly reached out for remark on the time. Bryan hasn’t responded to the allegations.)
LaPaglia’s followers, in the meantime, have famous the bodily resemblance between her and Leonard.
“Subsequent query is [one] that I received 1,000,000 instances. ‘What do you consider Zach’s girlfriend trying precisely such as you?’” LaPaglia mentioned throughout an October episode of her “Plan Bri Uncut” podcast. “I believe that’s narcissism textbook 101, like, that’s what narcissists do. They only go and discover one other model of you thus far.”
She continued, “Individuals are like, ‘Are you creeped out? Are you mad? Are you flattered?’ I’m flattered to be sincere. I dyed my hair so that individuals [would] cease sending me each single image that he posts of her, and I blocked him. I don’t wanna see this [and] I don’t wish to bask in something that he does.”

