He remains something of a national joke, so it’s no surprise that someone decided to ridicule Ryan Lochte at this year’s VMAs.
Stepping up to the plate was Jimmy Fallon, complete with Olympic tracksuit and dyed hair.
Sad that Jimmy’s tracksuit was still way cooler than the hand-me-downs our athletes were forced to wear (and tailor themselves), but let’s stick to the script here with the help of EW:
“Is it too late now to say sorry?” Fallon said, using the recent Justin Bieber hit to mock Lochte’s sharp decline in public approval over the controversy. He then claimed to have filmed all the Video of the Year nominees: “I had a 30-way with Kanye West. I made Lemonade with Queen Bey. I’m Reezy with the good hair!”…
Fallon concluded his introduction by mocking the specifics of Lochte’s fabricated story: “Who had the Best Video of the year? I can’t tell you that. I couldn’t tell you even if there was a gun to my head, which there isn’t, but I still couldn’t choose.”
The full video isn’t yet doing the rounds, but here’s that bit about the gun to the head:
Jimmy Fallon just threw so much shade at Ryan Lochte 👀😁👀 #VMAs pic.twitter.com/mDjx86qLWX
— 1075 The River (@1075theriver) August 29, 2016
I can tell you who did think it was hilarious – none other than Michael Phelps. Check this reaction below, the swimmer dropping an OMG:
Ag shame Ryan, looks like you’re not out of the woods just yet.
[source:ew]
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