Ronnie Radke, frontman of Falling In Reverse, recently stirred controversy by calling out Motionless In White with a meme. Radke shared an Instagram Reel from another user about the LGBTQ+ and non-binary community, captioning it, “New Motionless In White just dropped.” The video featured a sarcastic song about non-binary support.
Radke was seemingly trying to mock Motionless In White’s open support for the LGBTQ+ community. Later, Radke made a controversial comment, referring to the band as “Breaking Benjamin for trans people.”
Radke’s issues appear to be with Motionless In White’s frontman, Chris Cerulli, rather than the band as a whole. In another Instagram story, Radke posted a video of someone who, he claimed, resembled Cerulli, saying, “This looks more like Chris Motionless than Chris Motionless looks like Inspector Gadget.”
The tension has been building for some time. Two months ago, Radke discussed the conflict, saying “It’s not like a beef. The actual members are cool, I have a problem with Chris,” he said in an interview. “He doesn’t respond and people think that’s his silence, [and that it] means he doesn’t care. Oh, he cares. He’s not responding because it’s like Kendrick [Lamar] and Drake. You don’t want to respond to it.”
Radke’s criticisms didn’t stop there. After accusing Motionless In White on X of copying the ‘Popular Monster’ music video, a fan defended the band, saying anyone could use werewolves in a music video. Radke countered by pointing out that both videos had the same director.
