‘Dancing with the Stars 23’: Ryan Lochte heckled during routine with Cheryl Burke
Unfortunately for Ryan Lochte, heckling should feel fairly familiar at this moment. He had to deal with it after the Olympics, and during the first week of “Dancing with the Stars” there was a stunning incident where protesters went on to the dance floor to interrupt his moment following his first dance. People are clearly still upset with him and they are not letting up.
During the critique of his Cirque du Soleil performance on Monday night, we had a minor situation unfold that led to some more awkwardness in the ballroom. While Bruno Tonioli was talking to him, someone in the background shouted something that prompted the judge to tell Ryan not to listen to whatever they were saying. He then went on to receive the highest score he has so far in the competition with Cheryl Burke: 22 out of 30.
So what did the person say? That part is still not too clear. We’ve gone back and listened a couple of times, and we think it may be something akin to either “you cheater” or “you traitor.” Whatever it was, it was clearly an insult. Kudos to Bruno for quietly addressing the situation and moving on, and to the show for not giving it any publicity from there. They just kept going with the show as though nothing happened.
As for what else “Dancing With The Stars” can do about this, it’s hard to say given that it’s difficult to screen people who are planning to yell during the show. What can you really do other than have security in there to take care of it in the event something happens?
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Update: Per Lynette Rice on Twitter (citing Patrick Gomez of People), the yelling was positive — it just seemed odd for Bruno to have that sort of reaction to positivity as opposed to negative heckling. It’s possible he, like us, simply assumed it was negative based on circumstance.
LuLu
October 4, 2016 @ 3:37 am
It sounded more like “you’re a traitor” or “you’re a cheater” not just you cheater/traitor. I’ve reminded my DVR multiple times to try and figure it out but that’s about as close as I’ve gotten.
I am sorry I may be in the minority here but I am all about second chances and not giving up on people for making mistakes no matter how bad,stupid, or if they were drunk when they did it. So cut the guy a break people! Get over it already! Also, you have to ask the question.. have I ever done anything that idiotic in my life before? Getting behind the wheel of a car while drunk,for me, is worse than what Locte did. Mostly because when u do that you run the potential risk of killing people, a family.. children. And most people have made that horrible choice at least once in their life. Stop being so hypocritical people!
Matt Carter
October 4, 2016 @ 6:30 am
People in the ballroom are saying it was meant to be praise, but in between Bruno’s reaction and our what it sounded like something at home it sounded different. Obviously I don’t like what he did, but at this point my hope is just that he becomes a better person out of it. There’s no good that’ll come from berating him at this point.