What’s Going on With Solidcore and Anthony Festa? The TikTok Drama, Explained

TikToker Anthony Festa showed up for a 6 a.m. solidcore class on a random Sunday expecting the usual early-morning burn — and instead walked into a completely empty studio. No instructor, no classmate, just him and a row of reformers. Naturally, he did what any creator with a phone would do, hit record.

In the now-viral clip posted on November 30, he joked, “Am I the only one at solidcore?” before adding, “I don’t even think the teacher’s here.” With no coach in sight, he decided to take matters (and the Megaformer) into his own hands. “You snooze, you lose. I was here on time. I’m doing my class,” he said, later calling it “a very good makeshift private solidcore.”

What started as a funny moment turned into something much messier behind the scenes. Days later, Festa returned to TikTok with a more serious update, revealing that the instructor allegedly showed up halfway through the class — and then began reaching out urgently, asking him to delete most of the video. “Once I left the class, the teacher started blowing up my TikTok, my Instagram, my phone,” he said, claiming he was asked to keep only “the last 30 seconds.” Since it was Thanksgiving weekend, he didn’t respond immediately.

Things escalated fast. Festa said his best friend called to warn him that some coaches were panicking about potential job co...