Disgraced US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has been embarrassed again – although this time, he’s not to blame. Lochte lost a host of sponsors as part of the fallout of his reckless night out and even more disastrous cover-up attempt where he (falsely) claimed to have been robbed at gunpoint.
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As the men were being escorted out of the studio, women wearing anti-Lochte T-shirts began yelling, “Liar!”
“This is my home and I was just so shocked that people would come here and be so negative”, Hough told People magazine.
“It was this weird moment where everyone thought, maybe this was some sort of terrorist attack”.
However, things got freakish for Lochte’s time in the spotlight after two men rushed the stage during his appearance on the show.
While some are not ready to forgive and forget, others think Lochte deserved a second chance and offered words of encouragement. Wearing anti-Lochte shirts, they rushed toward the stage while the Olympic swimmer and partner Cheryl Burke were receiving the judges’ remarks for their foxtrot. “We are only here to judge your ballroom dancing – I want you to know that”.
“I had to realize that I came out here in front of millions”. Bergeron cut to an early commercial break, but there were still four female protesters in the audience.
CNN crews captured one of the suspects outside of the event being led away in handcuffs.
After the break, host Tom Bergeron said there was an “incident” and thanked the show’s security for “staying in shape” and tackling and removing the protesters.
Apparently, network execs over at ABC don’t really understand the problem either, since they gave him a spot on the show and some free publicity.
Lochte has continued to take hits from the public after his drunken encounter following the Rio Olympics.
“He won the gold medal for this country, folks”.
“Yeah, first of all, wow”, Inaba then said, picking up on her critique of Lochte’s performance. “He’s a hero and he’s a great guy on top of that”.
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And afterward, fellow “Dancing With the Stars” cast members offered words of support for the swimmer.
