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Krazor — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:03:33 -0800

It's no secret that eleven-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte has given some less than stellar interviews, but did you know that he's also terrible at commercials? [MLYT]

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By: inturnaround

inturnaround — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:05:29 -0800

I get the joke...but what athlete doing a commercial doesn't sound like they're making a proof of life video? Lochte is no better or worse than most of them.

By: modernnomad

modernnomad — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:07:28 -0800

I give this post three swims.

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:10:11 -0800

Yes but look at his butt. It is magical.

By: Blasdelb

Blasdelb — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:10:46 -0800

I just watched that youtube link collecting clips of interviews thought to be terrible and I'm confused, Ryan Lochte is obviously AWESOME at interviews.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:10:54 -0800

but what athlete doing a commercial doesn't sound like they're making a proof of life video? He says he drinks Coke but he's blinking in morse code about Pepsi.

By: nathancaswell

nathancaswell — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:11:01 -0800

I've cut commercials starring Lochte. You will not find them on my reel. It was rough.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:11:50 -0800

elizardbits: "Yes but look at his butt. It is magical." Are you telling me this as my grill cook? Because my grill cook wouldn't tell me that.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:12:59 -0800

I'm not thrilled that Seth McFarland is hosting the Oscars, but if he just did the whole thing doing his Ryan Lochte impression, I'd probably be okay. ("It feels weird to be dry" makes me laugh every time.)

By: DU

DU — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:13:17 -0800

Oh man, moving the bottle around. Uncannily predicted by Spongebob.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:13:41 -0800

The worst part about this is it's just the biggest JOKE BUS kind of comedy and it's the delivery that makes it. "What can't you compete with?" BEEP BEEP HERE COMES A JOKE TOOT TOOT and you know it's coming and you know exactly what's coming and how he'll look and sound like and you see it coming and then you still laugh.

By: infinitywaltz

infinitywaltz — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:15:36 -0800

By: LionIndex

LionIndex — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:20:22 -0800

I hadn't previously seen any interview footage of Lochte, so this all clears up the entry from him in my local rag's "letters to Santa" joke article. Unless he's some stereotypical douchey jock jerk, I kind of feel bad about picking on him though.

By: Keith Talent

Keith Talent — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:27:55 -0800

Unless he's some stereotypical douchey jock jerk, I kind of feel bad about picking on him though. posted by LionIndex Yeah, so do I. The good thing is, he's oblivious to our taunting just like the family cat is.

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:28:50 -0800

And just as prone to showing people his butt.

By: Keith Talent

Keith Talent — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:31:55 -0800

Uhh, cats are constantly running around showing everyone that happens to glance in their direction their actual anus, I'm not sure that's a parallel anyone wants drawn with Ryan.

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:34:21 -0800

Wait are you saying that your cat doesn't wear speedos?

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:37:21 -0800

well maybe if your cat worked out a little

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:41:23 -0800

So that's a point that mocking him is okay (oblivious) and point against (he shows us his butt), right? That seems about right as I'm always going back and forth on the Lochte mocking despite finding it hilarious. Sometimes it seems just a bit mean spirited. And then I think he's a super hot, rich guy still setting new world records and I think it doesn't matter. Then I read that he gives his non-Olympic medals away to kids in the stands waiting for autographs. Then, when searching for that link, I read his most recent tweet: "I am looking forward to being a part of the big surprise DEC 30th in Vegas @HootersCasinoLV see you there" In conclusion, Libya is a land of contrast. Thank you.

By: dame

dame — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:54:26 -0800

Unless he's some stereotypical douchey jock jerk, I kind of feel bad about picking on him though. He is. He really is. His mom talks about how he just likes one night stands. He is regarded by other jocks as kinda dumb and uncomplicated. It is totally okay to pick on Ryan Lochte. Besides, he has all those abs to keep him company. (My credentials: I know a lot of swimmers; some of them know him.)

By: EvaDestruction

EvaDestruction — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:59:14 -0800

Ryan Lochte is obviously AWESOME at interviews. I would say "adorable" at interviews, proper usage be damned, but yeah. General sentiment seconded.

By: lstanley

lstanley — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:05:34 -0800

When I think of perfect marketing for USA Swimming, Lochte and Phelps don't springboard to the top. Their athletics accomplishments are some of the most impressive in all of history, but there is a limit to how far that can be marketed when Lochte wears grills and get photgraphed looking halfway stoned, and Phelps looks a bit slovenly and HAS been photographed getting stoned. Bring me back some Janet Evans, Summer Sanders, Matt Biondi and Tom Jager.

By: Copronymus

Copronymus — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:07:13 -0800

He portrayed himself as a Sex Idiot on 30 Rock, I think he can deal with jokes about how he's dumb. Incidentally, I found it fascinating how desperate the 2012 Olympics coverage was to try to make him a star because, dumb as he is, he's a rock star next to the black hole of charisma that is Michael Phelps.

By: book 'em dano

book 'em dano — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:11:40 -0800

I miss Ian Crocker. (He still has a solid reputation, right?)

By: NorthernLite

NorthernLite — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:27:20 -0800

Bring me back some Janet Evans, Summer Sanders, Matt Biondi and Tom Jager. In any other era Natalie Coughlin would've gotten much more attention. And she seems like a really nice person. I was surprised it took until this OOOOOs for people to realize that Lochte was a little spacy. But yeah, I'll take that over the indulged manho known as Phelps any day. And his 30 Rock appearance was very funny.

By: LionIndex

LionIndex — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:33:18 -0800

He is. He really is. His mom talks about how he just likes one night stands. He is regarded by other jocks as kinda dumb and uncomplicated. That's kind of the distinction I mean. If he's just dumb and uncomplicated, I don't see that as a reason to pick on the guy if he's decent otherwise. If he's not decent otherwise or is parlaying his dumb uncomplicatedness into lasting fame beyond his athletic accomplishments, then yeah, I don't have a problem with picking on him a bit, and it seems like that's what's going on anyway, so carry on.

By: Area Man

Area Man — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:48:30 -0800

Yeah, dumb and uncomplicated doesn't mean he's a bad guy. I've known dumb jocks who were mean, but I've also known some who were decent or event sweet.

By: infinitywaltz

infinitywaltz — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:36:29 -0800

He's dumb and kind of a douche but maybe also kind of sweet in a dumb, douche-y sort of way. Bring me back some Janet Evans Also, when I was growing up, my dog's veterinarian was Dr. Evans, father of Janet Evans (and my lizard's veterinarian was the partner of the father of Janet Evans). So that is a thing that happened, also.

By: Blasdelb

Blasdelb — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:38:45 -0800

>"Unless he's some stereotypical douchey jock jerk, I kind of feel bad about picking on him though." >>"He is. He really is. His mom talks about how he just likes one night stands. He is regarded by other jocks as kinda dumb and uncomplicated. It is totally okay to pick on Ryan Lochte. Besides, he has all those abs to keep him company." So its ok to pick on him because you don't approve of his his expression of his sexuality, you see his intellectual ability as somehow less than yours, and he isn't sufficiently hipster? These all seem like profoundly terrible and fucked up reasons to make fun of anyone and I'm shocked to see this kind of sentiment go unchallenged here; FFS. He has got his abs, money, and Olympic medals and he obviously isn't some kind of victim in need of our help or anything, but fuck, this whole making fun of him thing can't possibly have somehow escaped him and that shit has got to get old fast.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:06:22 -0800

Related: google image search for 'ryan lochte's designed shoes'

By: Nomyte

Nomyte — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:50:21 -0800

I have to give Mr. Lochte props for his Olympic longevity. As an eleven-time medalist, he has been competing (and placing!) for 44 years. Unless he competes in both summer and winter sports, in which case he has been competing for at least 22 years. Prodigious!

By: modernnomad

modernnomad — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:53:15 -0800

Yeah, I don't know if the "I'd hit that " type of comment is something I want to see make a return to mefi.

By: liza

liza — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:45:16 -0800

we can certainly make an exception with ryan.

By: LionIndex

LionIndex — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:17:22 -0800

As an eleven-time medalist, he has been competing (and placing!) for 44 years. I see your pedantry and raise you: 40 years.

By: en forme de poire

en forme de poire — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:06:26 -0800

His real interviews are amazing in a way the parody can't really touch. For one thing, his answers are more elliptical and endearing than just dumb. Like the one that goes, "What defines me? ...Ryan Lochte." (If you think about it, it's really a way better response than "perserverance" or whatever BS answer the interviewer was going for.)

By: en forme de poire

en forme de poire — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:07:46 -0800

Also he was genuinely funny on 30 Rock.

By: fshgrl

fshgrl — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:28:37 -0800

Oh man. He gave an unintentionally hilarious interview to Outside magazine or some such fitness rag before the Olympics where he basically said "yeah, I always knew I could be a really good swimmer but I ate a lot of McDonalds and drank a lot and was kinda fat and out of shape for most of my career. hahaha. So I quit eating Big Macs for breakfast and now I'm better than Michael Phelps. That's all it took! Crazy! I guess I should have done it sooner." I thought he'd be hunted down and killed by a pack of middle aged triathletes before he ever made it to London.

By: iviken

iviken — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:41:34 -0800

JEAH!™