DWTS Season 23 Watch Out – Ryan Lochte To Dance On Dancing With The Stars?
Ryan Lochte has announced he’s moving to California after the Olympics. Maybe this is nothing, but, could it really be because he might be dancing in Dancing With The Stars Season 23? We better put Ryan on a “watch out” especially when he’s been heavily rumored in the past. Thanks to Kristyn Burtt for the heads up.
Team USA’s Ryan Lochte, the 2nd most decorated male Olympic swimmer of all time, has announced his intention to move to California following the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Lochte, who won his 12th career Olympic medal as a part of the USA’s 4×200 free relay, has spoken in the past about wanting to live on the West Coast.
“On my bucket list it’s always been to go to the west coast, so, California here I come,” said Lochte in an interview with NBC.
ETA: Who know is this is true or not, but, Hollywood Life is reporting producers have taken the offer to Ryan off the table. Note how they mention the show is considering making an offer to Katie Ledecky(this is a new one) or Simone Biles (which we reported on).
“Dancing with the Stars producers have asked Ryan [Lochte] before in years past and always got a ‘No,’” a show insider told HollywoodLife.com exclusively — but this year it was different and it actually looked “like it was going to happen this season.” However, after the drama around his robbery going down in Rio, that all chanced. “The controversy happened in Rio and they have taken the offer off the table,” our source added.
Of course, that doesn’t mean we won’t see any Olympians on the dance floor. The ABC show is actually “looking to offer both Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles the chance to be on the show,” our source says, adding they’d love both, but of course would be happy with either.
More at Hollywood Life.
This would be fun. I can absolutely see Lochte wanting to do DWTS. He had his own reality show at some point so he loves the attention out of the pool. I don’t know why but I see them pairing him with Witney or Lindsay, the all-American girls. Would love to see one of our Final Five gymnasts with Mark. Great ratings to score two, fresh, Olympians.
I’m gonna veto Witney as a partner for Ryan, because I have a feeling that would be a match made in DERRRRRP – neither are known for being mental giants. I would say Ryan needs a no-nonsense kinda gal like Lindsay or Sharna to keep him on track…and not wandering around trying to find someone to tie his shoes.
I would rather like Phelps to be on DWTS than Ryan.. but i don’t think Phelps wants to do it.. he turned down DWTS several times before..
Gee, Reality, you don’t say. None of us knew that Phelps had turned it down.
:::rolls eyes:::
I would love to see what Lindsey could do with an athlete like Ryan. I bet her choreography would be off the charts
Not sure if Ryan’s blue hair is ballroom ready… ?
LOL Awww, it’s great to be back!
I think he would be a great get.
If I am not mistaken he chose doing his own reality show over doing DWTS last time he was ask (could be totally wrong on this ). Hopefully he chooses to do the show if offered this time. I could see him with someone like Sharna, Lindsay, or Karina
“I’m gonna veto Witney as a partner for Ryan, because I have a feeling that would be a match made in DERRRRRP –”
Hahaha! I choked on my Diet Coke I was sipping when I read that. A good point indeed. It would be like the blind leading the blind.
Ryan’s blue hair, Sharna’s red hair, white outfits…very olympian. 🙂
I would more surprised if he doesn’t turn up this season on the show. I’m curious to see what version of Ryan would show up on the show. Would it be the hard-working, kick ass Olympian or the reality-show loving, grill wearing hot mess?
If he takes it seriously he could be awesome, but I worry that he might turn into another Antonio. Either way, I agree with everyone that Witney would not be the best choice- Karina or Lindsay would probably be my top picks (I would actually like to see Sharna with a non-athlete this year.)
Big fan of his but he isn’t exactly the sharpest crayon in the box so i gotta agree with you on sharna or Lindsay or karina. I would say Allison but she might be too laid back for him. I’m hoping he is past his weird grill and the weird way he said “yeah” though. Anna would be good for him too.
I’m all for this. He may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but what a season of eye candy it would be. I’d love to see him with Karina, Edyta or even Kym if she’d be back. I think he needs someone a little more mature than the Witney & Lindsay age group, a little less single than Sharna, and a little less “hyper” than Allison. Actually, I’ll throw Emma out there as a good choice for him, too if one of the older female pros isn’t back.
@lauren: I never even thought of kym. Now that would be one heck of a pairing.
@Lauren – FWIW, I think Sharna has learned her lesson about fraternizing with partners. I think she could actually whip Lochte into shape pretty well.
@Courtney Good to know! That is a partnership I could get behind if that’s the case.
Well I’m a big fan of him as a swimming but outside of that he just seems a little, well, derpy.
I feel like he would take the competition seriously but I’m not sure he’ll be that great of a dancer 😛 Might be a fun one though!
I’ll take him with Sharna or Karina, both of whom I’m sure would crack the whip and really keep him in check.
I’m hoping for this one. Would love to see him with Emma. A big thumbs down to pairing him with Sharna though. I feel like she sucked some of the fun out of Nick’s and Charlie’s seasons because she’s so desperate to win. I think Linds would be good too.
If he’s a good dancer and has the fanbase to get to the end then he’ll go to Sharna or Witney no doubt.
I agree that Emma would be a great match and I would love to see her get someone with a lot of potential. She has been matched with the older men and a 16 year old. I feel she did well with what she had to work with, but this would be a chance to show what she’s got.
On a side note, I know everyone is commenting and having fun but some comments that where probably posted as just typing before thinking, are really uncalled for. “Not the brightest crayon, not the sharpest tool in the shed” and so on should not be thrown about without concern. We all say or proclaim we hate bullies, but it is so easy to follow the flow and pick up on a so called funny comment. It seems very innocent to just join in and say HaHa he is a dimwit. It was not as bad years back when it was confined to a close circle, but still hurtful and wrong, now with social media it’s nation wide. We have seen people kill themselves over social media hate. Please take a minute before you type, someone will very likely appreciate that you did.
Last note-LOVE Julianne’s kindness campaign, wish we would all try harder to get there.
PJC, now you’re being sanctimonious and hypersensitive – I’d appreciate it if you’d stop trying to tell people how to think, feel, and act, and if you have a problem with how people are thinking, feeling, and acting here, then I’d suggest you go elsewhere…nobody’s making you stay except YOU. And you really need to rethink your definition of bullying – nobody is tweeting Brittany to tell her she’s stupid, nobody is forcing her to read this. Part of “bullying” is the coercive nature of it – forcing someone to sit and listen to it. Nobody’s forcing Brittany to sit here and listen to it. Life’s not all sunshine & rainbows, honey – trying to act like we should aspire to that is ridiculous. This is not your blog, you do not make the rules – quit trying to act like an authority.
And the next post I see where you’re trying to preach about “being kind” is getting trashed and you’re getting put on comment moderation. I’m done with this discussion.
Save it PJC – when we start tweeting and responding on instagram directly to the individuals in question, then you can talk about bullying. This is a blog. We have opinions. We’re not going to their “house” – they shouldn’t come to ours.
Just learned a new word from Courtney! DERP! Pure DWTS – always educational! Lol!
Love this time of year! Thanks for all the rumours and info!
I’m loving “derp” too. Hilarious!!
Hmmm….seems that his ‘story’ about being robbed down in Rio might be fiction according to news channels-says a lot about his character. He, also, apparently, already left Rio-could it be two possible Olympians competing this season? ?
Both Phelps and Lochte are confirmed to be back in the US. I also was wondering if the Rio incident would be a deterrent for Lochte. I’d love to see Phelps on maybe he will do it this time since he is in more of a transition period.
The only one I could see with Phelps is Emma.
Not so sure about Phelps-said in an interview that he’s getting married in a few months but Lochte said in an interview that he was leaving Rio and moving to LA and he’s been campaigning to do the show, not that gets you on the show but who knows
@Mary Ann – I actually believe Lochte got assaulted in Rio – it’s like Juarez down there these days. Not safe AT ALL if you’re American – my dad goes down with my stepmom (who is Brazilian) once a year, and he ended up not going this year because the political climate is just so dangerous and if you look/sound American, you’re basically saying “Please rob me!”. Sis’ bf was there about a year and a half ago and got mugged outside of a bar because they heard he & his friends (all American) drunkenly shouting with an American accent. Rio is NOT the idyllic South American paradise that the Olympic committee would like you think it is – anymore, it’s more like parts of Mexico during the height of the drug wars.
@Courtney I believe it too but why the authorities are questioning his story so much then is beyond me….side note: he said prior to Rio that he allowed his hair to turn all grey b/c it was going grey anyway so WTH right? Well he get back from Rio and said on social media “tomorrow I’ll be changing my hair back to it’s regular color” ??? I wonder why? Just made me think lol
Two possible reasons the police are sniffing around, IMO: they’re corrupt and think there might be some money in it for them (like Mexico, it’s recommended that tourists in Brazil carry some money in order to bribe cops – they’ll shakedown tourists for dumb shit like jaywalking and then offer to “forget it” if your hand them enough money), or Lochte might be lying about the exact circumstances of the robbery (for example, the “thieves dressed as cops” may have actually been “pimps from the brothel we just left after shorting the prostitutes we employed”). I’ve heard the brothels have been quite popular with some of the male athletes…
@Courtney I don’t know how these athletes have dealt with the conditions in Rio at the Olympics-between the lack of security and everything else I’ve heard….ewww
The most disturbing part of this story for me is that there were over 1700 murders is Rio in the first four months of the year and the police/judicial system is exerting an extreme amount of energy and manpower investigating what seems to be, at most, a false police report.
This Rio robbery story is getting crazier by the minute. Brazilian authorities just yanked 2 of the 4 swimmers that were robbed w/Lochte off their flight back to the U.S.!!!!!
First of all, I absolutely believe their story. Why in the world would they lie. It makes no sense. Not to mention all the crime that has happened already to those there for the Olympics and the regular crime rate on top of it. It’s clear Brazil is pissed that they think these Americans are making them look bad so they’re trying turn it around on them.
This judge is questioning their stories because of minute differences in their accounts. Um, that’s when you know it’s true. It’s when their stores match identically that you should be suspicious. Lochte also said the day after the robbery that they didn’t take their credentials or phones, just money. Now this judge is implying they are lying because if it’s a robbery, why didn’t they take other items. Because judge, the robbers knew from their credentials they were American Olympic swimmers and don’t want to get caught in possession of their personal items. Hence, just the money. This is becoming a huge international incident.
@Maria D – And the story just got crazier… With an allegation that the swimmers destroyed a bathroom at a convenience store with an altercation developing, and a security guard went as far as to draw his gun. The swimmers allegedly paid for the damage.
Ryan is back in the U.S. now which makes me wonder what his status actually is. But in my opinion, I hope he isn’t cast on the show this season. I don’t like him.
I’m with you Sandy. I mean it’s possible that his personality isn’t always a dim-bulb, party-on, raging horn dog, but this latest incident isn’t shining a great light on him.
If something really is fishy with the now in doubt robbed at gun point story, then own up to it and deal with it.
Geez, missed this thread. If DWTS has signed him, I hope they pay him off and boot his A**. Never cared for him to start with. Funny how he made it safely home without his cohorts. Yep, it’s all about him. Maybe he could dance with Val. Ego-explosion!
@dancewithme – That is too funny!
Yeah, isn’t it ironic that Ryan made it back home while the others didn’t. He must have been in a hurry. I think he’s a jerk.
Part of the reason the Brazilian government is now suspicious of the case is also because the only ither witness (their cab driver) can’t be found.
What were these guys thinking! This is an International Issue that is not to be taken lightly. Now there is a a video of some sort and there will also be an upcoming news conference.
Even if DWTS had already signed him, there’s likely provisions in his contract that DWTS can terminate his contract without pay if he goes and gets himself arrested, deported, etc. The show knows how to protect its brand well. We won’t see him this season.
@Sandy – They WEREN’T thinking, and they were allegedly very, very, VERY intoxicated. As in “could barely form a coherent sentence” intoxicated. Part of me thinks this may have been one of those “well, it seemed like a great idea when we were drunk” ideas. Given that Lochte seems to have the intellect of 7-year-old when he’s sober, I can only imagine the logic that went into this one when it was 6 AM and he was 3 sheets to the wind.
And these story might even qualify Lochte for DWTS. He’s trending. People talk about the incident. Good for the show. Producers love drama, scandal, etc., remember?
I don’t believe we “deport” US citizens. We might allow them to be extradited, though….
What a douche canoe.
Did someone see something I didn’t? Has any of the American swimmers said they were lying? I saw the video at the gas station and it doesn’t show them kicking in a door and it does show them exiting the taxi with their hands up and their wallets out.
I think he’s a jerk ( but not worse than some of the others they’ve had on) but I don’t know that I believe the Brazilian government either.
What’s the Mark Twain saying about, “There are 3 sides to every story. Both sides and then one in the middle that is closer to the truth.”?
Okay, I just read a story saying that 2 of the swimmers are now recanting the first claim.
Between Ryan and Hope Solo, it takes a lot of Final Five stories and Kerri Walsh Jennings stories to make up for it.
OMG! They just showed the video of Ryan point blank lying about what happened. This guy is a disgrace. Doesn’t he realize that his actions are making the other American Olympians look bad.
OH. MY. GOD.
Lochte is such an a**. I’m glad the other swimmers are not sticking to Ryan’s bs story. Had Ryan never opened his mouth, his friends and teammates wouldn’t have been put on the spot. They were partying, they were drunk, they stopped at a gas station & drunkenly vandalized it. All I can picture is the closing ceremonies on Sunday when the USA gets booed by the crowd because of Lochte.
Sad sad stuff!
Do you know what, with this story coming out it honestly wouldn’t surprise me if he actually got asked to do DWTS now. It would be absolutely typical of the TPTB. They love a “redemption storyline” and all they see are ratings/media talk positive or negative. Bringing this idiot on the show would generate all that for sure.
He’s a 32 yr. old man. The other swimmers with him that night were much younger, two of them are very early twenties.
Not only is a over 30yr. three time Olympian partying with very young teammates, one of whom is only 20, but then after being the leader in making up the robbed by gunpoint story, he then leaves Rio earlier than planned while the other three swimmers are left behind.
I cannot emphasize enough what a colossal d**k this idiot is.
Well Ryan needs to get his loser butt back on a plane to Rio and face the music. The other three guys have already been interrogated and the 1 swimmer has even agreed to an $11,000 donation to a Rio Judo Academy.
Ryan needs to man up. What a liar and a jerk.
I’m wondering if Ryan may have been cast on DWTS as a BIG get and now the producers are frantically scrambling for Plan B.
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I’m so bummed.. i was really looking forward to watching Ryan on DWTS..:(
His participation would’ve surely helped DWTS’s ratings.. current Olympian & that too with an on going controversy =Ratings UP!
DWTS’s loss…
Anyways, what to do.. it is what it is 🙁
& Phelps will never do DWTS.. now i hope the makers somehow ropes in atleast one popular Olympian this season!! Hope the Simone Biles rumor is true! Not too excited if Laurie or Katie are on..they aren’t as popular as Simone..
I wonder how mad Lochte is at his mom right now for being the first to start telling people this story (what I first read about it last Sunday was his mom’s accounts of the story). I’m sure that offer has now gone down the drain for at least a few seasons when a redemption story line would go better than DWTS taking on this mess right away.
I don’t see Katie doing the show. She hasn’t declared professional status (at this point), and from recent interviews I read, it sounds like she plans to start school. Is doing DWTS something she can do without going pro or is that just endorsements they can’t do and still be NCAA eligible?
For the last f*cking time, RealityBites, DWTS is NOT struggling with ratings. The only one struggling here is you, with this delusional notion that DWTS is somehow on the verge of cancellation due to non-existent ratings struggles.
And the fact that you think scum like Lochte would somehow boost aforementioned non-existent low ratings really makes me question your character.
@Lauren – I thought the pro thing ended a few years ago. How do the basketball players go to the Olympics if it hasn’t changed? Didn’t Apolo have some endorsements between Olympics (and didn’t he do DWTS during that time)?
I would love for Katie Ledecky to be on. She was one of my favorites this year but I think I saw an interview that said she was going back to school. Of course, that didn’t stop Nastia.
And anyone else think Hollywood’s life “inside source” is me saying this in the comments section yesterday?
“Even if DWTS had already signed him, there’s likely provisions in his contract that DWTS can terminate his contract without pay if he goes and gets himself arrested, deported, etc. The show knows how to protect its brand well. We won’t see him this season.”
@Molly With NCAA eligibility, they can’t declare as professionals. It’s not that they couldn’t compete at the Olympics as professionals, only on the collegiate level they can’t. It’s why Jordyn Wieber, for example, can’t compete for gymnastics at UCLA (Missy Franklin waited a few years after the 2012 Olympics because she wanted the collegiate swimming experience). I’m just curious how DWTS or something similar would fall into that since they get paid to appear on the show.
LOL Court, so true!