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NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 01:31 PM Aug 2016

Ryan Lochte to join latest 'Dancing with the Stars' cast

Ryan Lochte is going on Dancing with the Stars, locking down a deal in the works before his Olympic saga, a person familiar with the deal confirmed to USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday.

The 23rd season of the show premieres on Sept. 12. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the addition of Lochte has not been announced publicly.

Lochte, the 12-time Olympic medalist who was condemned in media reports around the globe for exaggerating a true story, was dropped by four sponsors on Monday after authorities in Rio de Janeiro declared in a jammed press conference last week that he had fabricated a report that he and three teammates on the U.S. swim team were held up at gunpoint by men with badges.

Instead, the incident was portrayed as a case of vandalism — authorities said the swimmers trashed a bathroom and urinated against the building — and Lochte and Jimmy Feigen were accused of falsely claiming a robbery to cover up their misdeeds. The police said the men were detained by guards because Lochte had additionally damaged a poster.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/24/ryan-lochte-dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-cast/89306932/

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Ryan Lochte to join latest 'Dancing with the Stars' cast (Original Post) NaturalHigh Aug 2016 OP
Well, he could use the money! He'll probably be one of the "quarter million" celebrities MADem Aug 2016 #1
Vandalizing with the Stars! pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #3
Ha ha ha....I wonder if they'll do a SAMBA number where he kicks down a door, MADem Aug 2016 #9
Ratings winner, LOL! pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #10
You KNOW they're gonna milk that incident in some way--they can't help it! MADem Aug 2016 #12
Further evidence this show is way past its sell-by date. hopeforchange2008 Aug 2016 #2
That's kind of what I was thinking. NaturalHigh Aug 2016 #4
I stopped when Bristol Palin was on. hopeforchange2008 Aug 2016 #7
"for exaggerating a true story" KelleyKramer Aug 2016 #5
Olympic athletes are among the best and the worst milestogo Aug 2016 #6
Martina was truly AWFUL. Awful. She couldn't keep the beat to save her life. MADem Aug 2016 #11
You know what would be sooo funny... SummerSnow Aug 2016 #8
That would be kinda funny and I can see them doing something like that yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #21
I'm not really that pissed at him. NaturalHigh Aug 2016 #23
Wow, isn't that like the.... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #13
Oh, I don't know. NaturalHigh Aug 2016 #14
Who? Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #15
Well, if you live in my world, his career is still pretty strong. NaturalHigh Aug 2016 #17
I don't, so I don't.... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #18
going to be hard to do that show if brazil manages to extradite him niyad Aug 2016 #16
Lol. If they do then the United States is weak yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #22
Yeah, no way that will ever happen. NaturalHigh Aug 2016 #24
Hmmm, is that a backhanded way of saying Obama is weak? Kingofalldems Aug 2016 #25
Maybe he is using common sense. former9thward Aug 2016 #26
Of course he has nothing to do with it. Kingofalldems Aug 2016 #27
I saw "DWTS" and thought "Dimwits" nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #19
I like the way they wrote "exaggerating a true story.' cwydro Aug 2016 #20

MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. Well, he could use the money! He'll probably be one of the "quarter million" celebrities
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 01:36 PM
Aug 2016

(that make a minimum of 250K no matter how bad they suck). I know they get around 25K per episode, as well. He won't have as much pain as some of the others, who go to a boot camp and learn basic steps before starting the training, because he is already very fit.

That is a good "rehab" venue for any Bad Boy/Girl--if they work hard and present themselves well, even the biggest tool can be made to appear more sympathetic to a national audience anyway--internationally, his name will still be mud without a lot of work on that score!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
9. Ha ha ha....I wonder if they'll do a SAMBA number where he kicks down a door,
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 02:16 PM
Aug 2016

rips a poster off the wall, and pees in the bushes?

MADem

(135,425 posts)
12. You KNOW they're gonna milk that incident in some way--they can't help it!
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 02:28 PM
Aug 2016

And people will pooh-pooh, and turn up their noses ... and tune in! LOL!

A member of my family is HOOKED on that show, so we all watch it, on The Big TV, often as not. I don't get terribly invested in who will win and who was fairly or unfairly treated by the judges, but I do like the judges--when Len took a year off and they put one of the dancers on the panel (judging her friend from many years past and her brother, which was a bit unfair) I thought the energy went out of the program, but assuming Len comes back, with Bruno, it will be OK once again.

The counterpart program to this show in UK is called "Strictly Come Dancing." And they are WAY stricter (Len and Bruno and some other mean guy are on the panel) about form than they even are in USA. I can't help but notice that they "share" the same or similar dance routines across the pond, too. I don't see that show regularly, but I've caught it often enough to get the flavor of it. They have the same variety-pile of local B-listers and D-listers that we have, and do the same sorts of set-up pieces trying to get people to care about the outcome. It passes the time, certainly!

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
6. Olympic athletes are among the best and the worst
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 02:10 PM
Aug 2016

who have been on DWTS.

Dyana Nyad (long distance swimmer) and Martina Navratolova (tennis) were eliminated early.

Kristi Yamaguchi (figure skating) and Apollo Ono (speed skating) won.

Swimming doesn't make you good on your feet... skating does.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/the-best-and-worst-athletes-to-ever-appear-on-dancing-with-the-stars

MADem

(135,425 posts)
11. Martina was truly AWFUL. Awful. She couldn't keep the beat to save her life.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 02:19 PM
Aug 2016

Her partner looked like he was driving a tank with no power steering--it was painful to obser
I was surprised, I figured that tennis, all that pivoting and hopping around, would make her formidable on the dance floor--but she stunk.

I think Nyad was kinda clumsy too, but I don't really remember her performances as well as MN's.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
8. You know what would be sooo funny...
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 02:12 PM
Aug 2016

If he is on DWTS he should do a dance scene of that fake incident in Rio

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
21. That would be kinda funny and I can see them doing something like that
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 03:56 PM
Aug 2016

I am not near as pissed off at him as most. I wish him luck and if he changes his ways like phelps did (he did worse. Sorry two DUIs are much worse then the Brazil thing). All the best to him.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
23. I'm not really that pissed at him.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 03:59 PM
Aug 2016

Like you said, doing something stupid while drunk doesn't compare to driving under the influence.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
17. Well, if you live in my world, his career is still pretty strong.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 02:44 PM
Aug 2016

If you never watch wrestling, yeah, you probably don't know him.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
22. Lol. If they do then the United States is weak
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 03:58 PM
Aug 2016

There is no reason to send him back for being drunk and destroying a poster and confusing robbery with extortion.

Kingofalldems

(38,361 posts)
25. Hmmm, is that a backhanded way of saying Obama is weak?
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 04:46 PM
Aug 2016

By the way were you there? You are making assertions that don't seem to jibe with what has been reported.

former9thward

(31,802 posts)
26. Maybe he is using common sense.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:22 PM
Aug 2016

Which some don't seem to have. The U.S. does not extradite for misdemeanors. Brazil knows this and would not ask. What does Obama have to do with this? Do you really think Obama gets involved in extradition requests?

Kingofalldems

(38,361 posts)
27. Of course he has nothing to do with it.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:42 PM
Aug 2016

The subject of America being weak was not brought up by me. Maybe you should direct your attention to the post I commented on.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
20. I like the way they wrote "exaggerating a true story.'
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 03:42 PM
Aug 2016

Nope, he lied. He made up a completely bogus story, the stupid tool.

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