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The Olympic gold medalist, Ryan Lochte, responded this week to his ex-wife, Kayla, apparently suggesting that there was a “betrayal” in their marriage in the middle of their divorce procedure.
Kayla Reid published the position on social networks last month showing a slideshow of “reminders” in the middle of their divorce. However, the former swimmer rejected any idea that he was unfaithful in their marriage.
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USA swimmer Ryan Lochte at a press conference at the Samba MPC room before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 3, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. (Peter Casey / USA TODAY SPORTS)
“I have not cheated,” he told People magazine in a story published on Tuesday. “After she (Kayla) served me the divorce, I left, I got out of the house, I had a new house. I lived there for myself, I continued my life attached to be happy again. I continued her (Molly Gillihan), I asked her to go out. She was hesitant because she was not yet married? “I said to myself:” No, I’m not, I’m divorced, it’s over. “
“She gave me a shot, and we dragged and, to be honest, I feel that I found a best friend.”
Lochte said he “had never wanted to divorce”, but he admitted that he and Kayla have been “unhappy for a very long time”.
Reid and Lochte revealed last month that they were ready to divorce after seven years of marriage. TMZ said Reid had asked for divorce earlier this year, a decision that came “after a deep prayer and a reflection,” she said.
“I hold marriage in the highest esteem, so it was one of the most painful, the most revealing and difficult seasons of my life. I hesitated to share until I can do a place of healing – not fresh and open injuries,” Reid wrote on Instagram at the time.
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Kayla Reid and Ryan Lochte are divorced. (Getty Images / Imagn)
“Sometimes we are confronted with trials that we have not chosen or seen coming. And in these moments, we are forced to make the most difficult decisions to protect our peace, our children and our future. I have come to understand that staying is not always the most loving decision that someone can take. For me, to leave was an act of love – for those around me and for myself.”
Lochte then went to Instagram, saying that the decision “was not easy”.
“I want to take a moment to recognize what Kayla has shared. During the last year, we have made major changes for the two of us because we have made the difficult decision to put an end to our marriage. I am deeply grateful for the life that we built together and especially for the love we share for our three children,” he wrote on social networks.
“Although this decision was not easy, I think it is the right step towards peace and well -being for the two of us. I remain determined to heal, growth and coparentality with care and respect when we are going ahead. Thank you to our family and our friends for your continuous support – it really means a lot when we start this new chapter.”
The couple got engaged in 2016, the same year, Lochte was involved in a controversial incident in a service station during the Rio Olympic Games. Lochte initially said that he and his teammates had been stolen under the threat of a weapon, but it was determined that those who have firearms were in fact security agents in a gas station where swimmers had urinated outside a bathroom. Lochte finally lost four major sponsorships and the United States did not suspend it for 10 months.
Ryan Lochte cries during an interview after the 200 swimming male mixture during wave 2 of American Olympic swimming tests on Friday, June 18, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo / jeff dresserson)
Lochte won his sixth and last medal in Rio, a gold as part of the 4×200 meter freestyle.
