Ryan Lochte was banned from visiting the White House, but the Olympian doesn't seem to be letting it get him down. You would think that Ryan would be really upset, but he is just moving on. TMZ shared that while other Olympians were at the White House, Ryan Lochte was making his own money. Pine Bros. throat drops hired Ryan as a sponsor, and while everyone else was the White House, he was doing some work for them. He will be in both print and video ads.

So why couldn't Ryan Lochte go to the White House? As TMZ shared, Ryan was actually banned from going with the rest of the Olympians, which included fellow Dancing With the Stars contestant Laurie Hernandez. The USOC revealed a while back what Ryan's punishments would be for lying about what went down in Rio and not getting to visit the White House was part of it. …show more content…
This could really hurt his swimming career and Ryan can't be happy about this news at all. Michael Phelps got the same ban last year, though and ended up doing just fine. He will not be able to go to swim meets for 10 months. Ryan also had to give back the money that he won from winning a gold medal. Ryan is lucky enough that he was picked up for DWTS because being on this show actually comes with a big paycheck, too. Ryan also doesn't have access to training centers and had to do 20 hours of community service. Things could have been a lot worse for him.

Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and James Feigen were also not allowed to go to the big White House visit. They are the other Olympians that were with Ryan Lochte in Rio when everything went down. ABC News shared the details about the Olympians and their big visit to the White House. About 600 Olympians and Paralympians were welcomed to the White House. The President seemed to be happy they were there and spoke out to the