Ryan Lochte Facing Heat After Moving In With New Girlfriend

Ryan Lochte is transferring on together with his new girlfriend, Molly Gillihan— fairly actually. In a brand new interview, the Olympic gold medalist opened up about his choice to maneuver in together with his accomplice simply seven months after his estranged spouse, Kayla Lochte, introduced she had filed for divorce. Nevertheless, the response to the elite athlete’s newest life replace wasn’t fairly, as customers slammed the 41-year-old for advancing the connection too shortly.

Ryan spent a lot of 2025 within the headlines after battling together with his estranged spouse, Kayla, over the custody of their youngsters in contentious court docket paperwork.

Now, the swimmer is the subject of dialog due to his new transfer together with his girlfriend, Gillihan.

Talking with PEOPLE, Ryan informed the publication that transferring in with Gillihan over the brand new 12 months was “the appropriate subsequent step,” saying he is spent the “final 10 months” specializing in himself. “That meant doing the work — going to rehab, rededicating my life to Christ, going to remedy and making adjustments that put my youngsters first.”

“Due to that development, I’m grateful to now have my youngsters 50% of the time,” he added.

Ryan additionally expressed his pleasure about his new “blended household,” saying that coming collectively as one solely made sense after realizing they had been aligned on what issues most.

“Collectively, we’re a household of six youngsters. She’s my finest pal, our children have fashioned an unbelievable bond, and it grew to become clear that being collectively beneath one roof was the appropriate subsequent step for all of us,” he mentioned.

In an Instagram put up, Ryan shared photos of himself and Gillihan seated on the ground of their new dwelling, each clad in monochromatic sweatsuits.

“Residence Candy Residence,” the Olympian captioned the put up.

The response was something however candy, nonetheless, as followers flooded the put up’s remark part with essential statements.

“You are transferring too quick, Ryan,” a consumer wrote. “Sluggish the f down.”

“Are you divorced but? You are purported to improve, not settle,” a second individual commented.

“Did not you guys grow to be a factor like lower than a 12 months in the past?” one other wrote.

A fourth consumer questioned, “Did your medals pay for it?”

The announcement of Ryan’s new property comes at an attention-grabbing time, because the swimmer and his estranged spouse had been named in a lawsuit filed by the Fletcher Park Homeowners’ Affiliation, in line with The Blast.

The paperwork state that Ryan and Kayla didn’t pay “the assessments of every kind, curiosity, late charges, administrative charges, legal professional’s charges, and prices of collections as a consequence of [the owner’s associate].”

The affiliation reportedly filed a lien on the pair’s Gainesville, Florida, property for $4,000 in July 2025, however later filed a proper lawsuit after the charges remained unpaid.

Ryan was additionally the focal point on the finish of 2025 when he revealed he was auctioning three of his gold medals from the 2004, 2008, and 2016 Summer season Video games. It was later confirmed that Lochte finalized offers for the prized possessions for a hefty $385,520.