The Olympic gold medal victor had told the media in Rio that he and three teammates had been mugged after an all-night party by robbers pretending to be police. Super producer and recording artist Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and Allison Holker – The man who helped bring the world such musical acts as Toni Braxton and TLC is also a Grammy-winning artist in his own right. Race vehicle driver James Hinchcliffe and Sharna Burgess – Hinchcliffe survived a horrifying crash on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2015, which the show is sure to address.
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The line-up also includes gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, former rapper Vanilla Ice, former Texas governor Rick Perry and actress Maureen McCormick, who appeared in the popular 1970s sitcom “The Brady Bunch“.
The return of the pros in “Dancing With The Stars” Season 23 will definitely be a delightful treat for the show’s followers.
“I think it’s all going to depend on how he dances, quite honestly (laughs)”, he said.
So why exactly is Ryan Lochte joining Dancing With the Stars for the upcoming season?
After his early-morning run-in – along with three other members of the U.S. Olympic swimming team – with a Rio de Janeiro gas station bathroom and armed security guards who demanded he and the others pay for it and the scandal that followed when he characterized the encounter as being robbed at gunpoint, the 12-time Olympic medalist’s corporate sponsors made a decision to end their relationships with him.
The 12-time Olympic medalist said his appearance on the 23rd season of “Dancing With the Stars”, was under discussion before he went to the Rio games. Four major sponsors walked away from him.
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Past celebrity contestants have included professional and Olympic athletes, models, actors, singers, reality television stars, chefs, talk show hosts, journalists, entrepreneurs, magicians, politicians, newsmakers, internet personalities and an astronaut. The cast has been released and it was revealed that longtime ballroom dancer Cheryl Burke would be returning to the show to partner up with the controversial swimmer. She last competed with partner Antonio Sabato Jr. during Season 19 in 2014. “Let’s hear it!” she said on Instagram and Twitter late Tuesday. “I am ready to be back and do what I was born to do”.
