Falling In Reverse’s Ronnie Radke Speaks On Losing Defamation Suit Against Anthony Fantano: “Insecure Little Baby”

Ronnie Radke has lost his lawsuit against Anthony Fantano and has since posted a video stating, “I think Anthony is a pretentious, insecure little baby”.

Falling In Reverse vocalist Ronnie Radke has issued a video statement outlining how he lost his defamation lawsuit against music critic Anthony Fantano, who goes by The Needledrop online.

Radke lodged the lawsuit after Fantano published the video “This Guy Sucks” in 2024, in which Fantano criticised Radke’s controversial past and current conduct. Fantano would also lob critiques of Radke’s music. Radke’s original complaint stated:

“Fantano‘s nearly eight-minute verbal tirade regarding Radke——whom the defendant does not know and has never even met——goes beyond the bounds of permissible commentary and extends into the realm of actionable innuendo, unfounded rumormongering and outright untruth.”

Having lost his lawsuit, Radke has now posted a video titled ‘I LOST MY LAWSUIT WITH ANTHONY FANTANO’. In the video, Radke criticises Fantano himself, reacting to the original video by the internet’s busiest music nerd. The Falling In Reverse singer would also deny several claims made against him, including allegations of gang rape and more. Radke would claim that these had been untrue or had been proven to be false in a court of law.

Radke would go on to acknowledge even his lawyers didn’t think he would win the case, sharing: “I went into this lawsuit suing you because of this video and all this stuff… I went into this lawsuit, and my lawyers like, ‘you’re not gonna win this.’ I’m like, ‘I don’t care.’ And it’s all for this, man”

“I think Anthony is a pretentious, insecure little baby that utilises people for money so he can pay his rent in a negative way. That’s what I think. And that’s what his YouTube has become. It’s one of those things.”

Radke would conclude his video by sharing this statement:

“I just really wish that [Fantano] would retract what he said and apologise for implying all these things, but he won’t. Because that’s exactly what a narcissist actually would do. For me, people think that I’m insane, right? They think that’ I’m doing all this stuff, because I’m insecure, like responding to people online. Guys, it’s not that serious. I respond to people online because they say the same things that Anthony was implying that I’m a gang rapist or that I’m a bad person or, you know, sometimes ‘your music sucks.’ I’m just being funny.”

“The only way I can respond is to be funny to these people. The stuff that you don’t see me talk about, if I’m not responding, those are the things that are making me mad. This video really pissed me off because – and it pissed off a lot of people – It implies to the people that are watching this, the NPCs that follow Anthony Fantano and wait for him to give them their opinion on what they like, they’re not going to go do their research. They’re just going to go, ‘Wow, he really gang raped somebody.’ ‘Wow, he really is transphobic.’ ‘Wow, he is a racist.’”

“This is why I sued him, and this is the point that I’m making. I knew I was going to lose the lawsuit. It’s not a big deal. It’s just a defamation suit. The reason I did this is so I can put this out, so I can put something out and say my piece before Anthony does. Because you know, Anthony is going to put some video together so he can gain views to pay his rent.”

“I wanted to put this out and say my piece. So if you’re watching this and you’re not a fan and you hate my guts, I really hope that even if you’re not a fan, you can really understand where I’m coming from, because it’s really fucked up, and I don’t think anybody should ever do that. I would never make a video about how Anthony Fantano was racist, allegedly, you know what I mean, I would never do that.”

Radke would continue to allude to the recent accusations of racism made against Fantano after a video resurfaced of the critic using a racial slur while quoting a rapper in another video. Fantano has since addressed his use of the slur, apologising for his actions. He also took time to highlight various misconceptions about the accusations due to deceptive editing. You can watch his statement here.