The Olympian with Ryan Lochte
Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans
iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
He was one of the most controversial contestants on DWTS at the time . . . trading in his swim trunks for dancing shoes on season 23 of the show.
12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte joins his former partner, Cheryl, to discuss their time on the hardwood floor, coming on the heels of his scandal at the Rio Olympics.
Ryan breaks down how he dealt with various emotions during that time, including handling depression, trying to find confidence again, and dealing with protesters who crashed his debut on live TV!
Plus, he opens up about how Michael Phelps helped bring him back from the brink.
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| 0:00.0 | This is sex, lies, and spray tans with me, Cheryl Burke, and IHeart Radio podcast. |
| 0:07.2 | Hey guys, welcome to sex, lies, and spray tans. |
| 0:10.1 | Let's just, you know, the drill, get right into it. |
| 0:13.3 | My next guess is someone who I absolutely adore. |
| 0:16.4 | Not only was our time together memorable, to say the least, for multiple reasons, |
| 0:20.7 | which you're going to find out here soon. But to me, he say the least, for multiple reasons, which you're |
| 0:21.0 | going to find out here soon. But to me, he defined the saying, don't judge a book by its cover. |
| 0:26.2 | From the moment we met, I felt the need to be his protector. And that was solely because I felt |
| 0:30.7 | like he trusted me right away, not just as his dance coach, but also as a friend, even though |
| 0:35.1 | we barely knew each other at the time. I'll never forget our |
| 0:38.1 | conversations that we had off camera in my car in the parking lot of a random dance studio, most likely |
| 0:43.7 | eating Taco Bell, where production would put us due to the overly aggressive paparazzi following him and |
| 0:49.6 | us at the time. In my car, we'd have very vulnerable conversations, yet still, you know, never crossed |
| 0:55.1 | boundaries and always had the utmost respect for one another as my next guest never shied away |
| 1:00.0 | from who he was, the fear and anxiety of whatever he was going through at the time in the roller |
| 1:04.6 | coaster ride of events and pivotal moments in his life that has definitely shaped who he is |
| 1:09.7 | today. As a result, I felt so much |
| 1:12.2 | compassionate empathy for what he was going through and wanted to be there for him, knowing that he |
| 1:16.4 | may not have had, you know, a lot of people in his life back then, that he could actually |
| 1:20.5 | lean on, let alone trust. During season 23 of Dancing with the Stars, there were multiple |
| 1:25.6 | instances that happened where I had to step in, whether it would be like a certain idea for the creative for our dance that the executive producers wanted us to do, and me having to actually put my foot down because of the controversy that it would have caused, as if my next guest wasn't already dealing with enough drama at that time. |
| 1:42.3 | Though we are the same age, I felt like |
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