Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte goes Instagram official with new girlfriend one month after divorce
Ryan Lochte isn't wasting any time when it comes to love.
Just one month after his wife, Kayla Reid, announced she had filed for divorce, the 12-time Olympic gold medalist shared several photos snuggled up to another woman over the Fourth of July weekend.
In a July 5 post,, Lochte recapped his holiday in Daytona Beach, Florida, with family and a woman named Molly Gilliham, for his 1 million followers.
"Happy Fourth from Daytona Beach," he captioned the post, which featured several cozy selfies of the pair.
Lochte kept his holiday look relaxed in a casual T-shirt paired with khaki shorts, while Gilliham rocked a tight-fitting white tank top paired with edgy ripped jeans.
Other photos in the IG carousel showed Gilliham bonding with his toddler niece, Isla, and hugging his mom, Ileana Lochte.
In one particularly intimate moment, Locthe was seen painting Gilliham's nails fire red while he sat at a kitchen table.
He followed up on July 7 with another Instagram post, offering a second glimpse at their holiday weekend together.
The carousel began with a video of fireworks and featured a photo of the couple standing in a marina with their arms wrapped around each other.
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Fans react to Lochte's new romance over the July 4 weekend
It's unclear when the Olympian started dating Gilliham. However, that hasn't stopped fans from flooding the Olympian's comment section with questions and theories about his budding new romance.
"She was Kayla's friend. That is disgraceful. Kayla is a class act and so stunning. That post was very distasteful," one person commented.
"Ohhh wow.... and now we know the reason for the divorce," another person echoed.
"Your beautiful wife @kaylaraereid brought you through that horrifying accident and you turn around and do this? @ryanlochte ? Disgusting," a third person wrote.
"He's obviously flaunting this woman in his wife's face, childish and heartless," someone else quipped.
The criticism comes as court documents revealed last month that Lochte's divorce from his former Playboy model ex is anything but amicable.
The former couple, who were married for seven years before their split, are currently arguing over money and custody of their three children: Caiden Zane, 7, Liv Rae, 5, and Georgia, 1.
In one filing, Lochte's attorney denied claims that the ex-Playboy model had "inadequate" income to provide for their children or should have exclusive use of their Gainesville, Florida, home, which was purchased for $548,000 in 2021.
On the other hand, Reid is fighting for the majority of the time with the three kids and argued that "equal time-sharing would be detrimental" to them.
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