Whereas Lochte gushed about how “excited” he was to affix the varsity’s swimming program, it wasn’t his new teaching gig that had followers buzzing — it was the athlete’s dramatically modified look.
The closely tanned six-time gold medalist was sporting a stubbly beard and appeared to have placed on a little bit of weight, and a few followers did not notice he was the identical one who dominated the 2012 London Summer time Olympics.
“Actually doesn’t appear to be him,” one individual commented, whereas a number of claimed that together with his hair and beard, he appeared similar to FBI Director Kash Patel.
“Everyone seems to be saying Kash Patel, however I see Jersey Shore GTL vibes,” a second wrote about how he appeared to appear to be a member of the famed MTV actuality solid.
“Is that Joey Fatone?” a 3rd individual requested, believing Lochte bore a robust resemblance to the N’Sync member.
“Whoa. He seems to be like a totally completely different individual,” a fourth fan noticed, as a fifth wrote, “WTF, who’s that and the place’s Ryan?”
Lochte later responded to the critics of his seems to be, saying “they’re all clowns,” and requested in an Instagram story, “I suppose getting older is frowned upon?! What is going on lol.”