"I had a drink and I dropped it"- Ryan Lochte recalls his encounter with Lil Wayne

American swimmer Ryan Lochte opened up about his meetup with American rapper, Lil Wayne, that happend a few years ago. Lochte has shared his deep admiration for hip-hop artists and rappers in the past and has also spent time with Jay-Z.

Moreover, he also had an incident with Lil Wayne in 2016 where the rapper refered to him during one of his musical performances for a show. During the swimmer's conversation on the "Shut Up! Tell Me More" podcast with Pam Comiter, Lochte recalled another incident.

He revealed that the American rapper had sent his bodyguards to invite him to hang out. The six-time Olympic gold medalist also mentioned his reaction to this surprise invitation from Lil Wayne. He said (at 19:35):

"I had my own TV show, and during that time I even got more famous. We were partying down at this club called Lit down in Miami and he sent his bouncers over to my table to bring me like, "Lil Wayne wants to hang out with you," and I had a drink and I dropped it. I hung out and we took a shot together... I was like, 'This is the coolest thing, this is my bucket list, this is everything I want."

Ryan Lochte is one of the most decorated US swimmers in history with 12 Olympic laurels including six gold and a combined total of 39 World Championships medals (including both short and long courses).

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Ryan Lochte commented on Team USA's performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Ryan Lochte with his 4x100m gold medal on the first day of the 2012 London Oympic Games (Image via: Getty Images)

Ryan Lochte shed light on Team USA's performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This came in September 2024, just a month after the conclusion of the quadrennial games.

In an interview with 'People', Lochte expressed his disappointment with Team USA and revealed that the team couldn't perform as well as he had expected before the event. He said:

"I'm kind of disappointed in USA Swimming. We did not do as well as I thought. And I talked to Michael Phelps about this and we had the same exact answers. We thought we should have done better just because that's what USA Swimming is, we're dominant."

The US Swimming team clinched 28 medals at the Paris event, which included 8 golds, 13 silver medals, and 7 bronze. However, only one male swimmer, Bobby Finke managed to win an individual event (1500m freestyle) during the Games.