Anyone who tuned in to “Dancing with the Stars” last night to see Ryan Lochte’s debut got their money’s worth . . . because there was chaos.
As Ryan and his partner Cheryl Burke were being judged after their first dance, two protesters rushed the stage. Security took them down and they ended up getting arrested.
They were both men, and they were wearing white T-shirts that said “Lochte”, inside a red circle with a line going through it. As the guys were being escorted off the stage, some female protesters in the crowd chanted, “Liar!”
None of this made it on-air. It happened while Carrie Ann Inaba was giving her critique. You could hear the commotion, and see Carrie Ann yelling at them to stop. But the show quickly cut to commercial.
When they came back, host Tom Bergeron asked Ryan how he was doing. He said, quote, “I’m doing good. So many feelings are going through my head right now. A little hurt.
“I came out here and wanted to do something I’m completely not comfortable with, and I did, and I came out here with a big smile.”
After the show, fellow contestant Jana Kramer said Ryan was, quote, “close to tears [backstage].” And Ryan told E! news he felt like, quote, “someone reached inside and ripped my heart out and stepped on it.”
And of course, everyone on Twitter is joking that Ryan got robbed at gunpoint again . . . so if you were thinking about going there, don’t bother.
For those of you who care, Ryan and Cheryl got a 24 out of 40 for their first dance. And apparently, it was Derek Hough who ran to security when the protesters first hit the floor.
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