Ryan Lochte is taking full advantage of the media attention being lavished upon him since his return from the London Games with two gold medals.
The Olympic swimmer is working with an agent to sort through the huge influx of television opportunities he’d like to undertake while still continuing to train for the 2016 Rio Games.
On the subject of women, he told Billy Bush of Access Hollywood that he has a major celebrity crush on actress Blake Lively. He said, “I would love to meet her. I don’t know what I would say if I actually met her, I think I would be in shock.”
He continued, “Before Blake Lively, I always had a crush on Carmen Electra.”
He also realized that he dodged a huge bullet over the weekend in Las Vegas. Check out what he had to say about his encounter with Prince Harry below:
One of Lochte’s interview stops this morning was the TODAY show. The topic of conversation quickly turned to his Vegas weekend pool party encounter with Prince Harry that ended before Diana’s son engaged in strip billiards with a group of females in his VIP suite.
The Olympian admits he was surprised by the controversial photos of Harry and assured Matt Lauer that he wasn’t involved. Lochte explained, “He just wanted to meet me and wanted to race me. After our race and everything, we went our separate ways. I’m kind of happy. I don’t need that.”
Michael Phelps warned his pal Ryan about the perils of partying immediately after the London Games. Lochte recalled the advice, “After London Phelps did come to me and was like, ‘You know what? You gotta start watching out for everything.’ He definitely did help me out.”
As for Prince Harry, he’s back in London where he’ll have to answer to the Queen of England … aka granny.
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