But that’s not entirely true. The notion of him being a complex person that we need to “get to know better” created a magical moment that had Philly news anchors Sheinelle Jones and Mike Jerrick laughing to the point of nearly peeing themselves.
While promoting his new reality show, What Would Ryan Lochte Do?, the five-time Olympic gold medalist stumbled over simple questions like “What are you doing?”
After being asked what kind of line a woman would have to spout to get his attention, he lost his train of thought, continuing to make us wonder if English is in fact his first language.
“My philosophy is if you’re a man at night then you gotta be a man in the morning,” he said.