Ryan Lochte’s new show “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” premieres on E! on April 21. We were really hoping Ryan Lochte would be the next ABC Bachelor because quite honestly we were tired of State Farm insurance salemen as our bachelor fantasy husbands. But ABC rejected Ryan in lieu of fan favorite Sean Lowe.
Luckily, Ryan didn’t let that stop him and he created his own show on E called What would Ryan Lochte do? And we had to make Ryan an honorary Bachelor since he really should have been the Bachelor.
And although the show covers all facets of Lochte’s life we are still excited to see him go on a “journey” to find love on national Television even if it is sans arm-chair love adviser Chris Harrison.
So as our honorary Bachelor we had to investigate Lochte’s past girlfriends and his feelings on finding love.
Lochte has been single for a while due to his dedication to swimming. Following the 2008 Olympics, he was quoted as saying “Having a girlfriend right now would be out of the question.” Lochte confirmed his single status in a June 2012 article by ESPN.
But this doesn’t mean Lochte has been a stranger to the ladies. In early 2008, he dated fellow swimmer Caroline Burckle. The couple was rumored to have split up just before or possibly even during the 2008 Olympics.
We also know Ryan dated model Rachel Garrison as the two showed up together at the 2012 Golden Goggle Awards. The couple showed up arm in arm on the red carpet for the show.
Alot of sources claim Lochte was ready to give up his bachelor status for Rachel so we have to wonder what happened with this situation.
But now that Ryan Lochte has 11 Gold Medals under his speedo he claims he is ready to find a girlfriend and ‘settle down’.
Ryan Lochte’s net worth
The 28-year-old Olympic swimmer/heart-throb spoke to several media outlets about his new venture dating on national Television.
“I am a single guy right now, but you’ll see me going on dates,”Ryan told the May issue of Cosmopolitan. “I need someone who is able to hold her own — if a girl is really independent, that’s a turn-on for me. And she doesn’t have to play a sport for me to be interested in her!
“I want a best friend and a lover at the same time,” Lochte continued. “And I want her to make me laugh. I like someone who doesn’t care what people think — who’s not afraid of making a fool out of herself.”
“If a girl smokes, that’s a big turn-off,” the athletic stud confessed.
And Lochte isn’t afraid to move fast. He won’t hesitate introduce girlfriends to his folks (Neil Lane may need to get on this situation).
“I know my family would never steer me wrong, so I go to them for advice,” he said. “And if I go on more than a couple of dates with one girl, it could get to that point where she would meet the Lochtes.”
And he talks on the show about a girl named Jamie from London that he has been in a quasi relationship with for 4 years!
Who is this Jamie from London that has evaded cameras and paparazzi and captured Ryan’s heart?
The 4-year love affair is a “rollercoaster,” in Ryan’s words. One has to wonder if Jaime is her real name. Ryan Lochte was spotted at LAX with this mystery girl.
Lochte was also connected to Australian swimmer Blair Evans during the 2012 London Olympics.
The Herald Sun reports:
Lochte slipped under several lane ropes to say hello to Evans near the blocks when he first spied her at training but it was the brief underwater hand touching that set poolside observers speculating.
The duo later left the pool deck together to take the bus back to the athletes’ village.
UPDATE 5/12/2013
Then there is a new girl named Shantay that Ryan met in the Olympics. She has 6 medals according to Ryan.
Ryan’s celebrity crush
Ryan claims in an interview with the HuffingtonPost that he likes Kate Upton and Carmen Electra.
Well, we look forward to following Ryan on his “journey” to find love on E.
More about his girlfriend Jamiee Hollier
UPDATE 2016: Ryan began dating Playboy model Kayla Rae Reid in early 2016 prior to the Rio summer Olympics
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