Ryan Lochte botched his summer plans in Rio when he lied about having been robbed at gunpoint. Since then, the Olympian has been trying to distance himself from the scandal he caused, though the 10-month ban handed down by the United States Olympic Committee and USA Swimming probably isn’t what he had in mind. But one of the stops on his redemption tour does include Dancing With The Stars, where Lochte is competing against fellow gold medalist Laurie Hernandez and former Texas governor Rick Perry. Lochte made his ballroom debut last night, much to the chagrin of some audience members.
As Lochte and his partner, Cheryl Burke, submitted themselves to judging post-foxtrot, two men who rushed the stage and interrupted panelist Carrie Ann Inaba’s analysis. The incident wasn’t captured for posterity by ABC’s cameras; instead, host Tom Bergeron instructed the audience to “take a deep breath” before he kicked it to commercial. But one People magazine reporter got footage of security tackling one of the protestor.