Soon after Ryan Lochte was named a Dancing with the Stars participant, we made it very clear that we didn’t think Ryan Lochte should have been named a Dancing with the Stars participant. But that doesn’t mean we condone any sort of violence against the controversial swimmer. Not at all. Stunningly, however, the 12-time Olympic medalist was at the center of a scary protest on Monday night. Soon after Lochte and Cheryl Burke completed their opening number of Season 21, two men in white t-shirts – with a red circle and line over Lochte’s last name – ran on to the stage from the audience. ABC viewers simply saw Carrie Ann Inaba critiquing Lochte’s Foxtrot before acting very confused and telling the men to “back off.” You can then hear host Tom Bergeron cut to an early commercial. Here. Take a look for yourself at what took place on the broadcast: Dancing with the Stars Shocker: Ryan Lochte Faces Protest After Bergeron announced the commercial break, four women in similar shirts as the protestor continued to boo Lochte from their seats in the audience. Later in the evening, ABC released different angles of the incident. First, you can check out the following news report to see security tackle the protestors and then Lochte react to what just went down. (In typical Ryan Lochte manner, we must say; again, not that the swimmer’s low IQ means he deserves to be the victim of any sort of attack.) Ryan Lochte Reacts to Dancing with the Stars Protest And here’s one more video of the near-attack: Another angle of Lochte protesters on #DWTS #DancingWiththeStars Why does this remind me of a Trump rally
