Ryan Lochte sparks 'security incident' on 'Dancing With the Stars'

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September 13, 2016 at 5:51PM

Ryan Lochte certainly sparks strong reactions from people.

The suspended Olympic swimmer made his debut on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" Monday but the show had to jump to an emergency commercial break when someone heckled Lochte and stormed the stage.

"We had a little break because we had a little incident," host Tom Bergeron said. "I would like to personally thank our security team for staying in shape."

While the cameras cut away from the action on air, an ABC reporter posted a photo on Twitter of the two alleged suspects, both wearing tee-shirts with Lochte's named and a banned symbol across it.

Clearly shaken after the incident, judge Carrie Ann Inaba said "Wow," when the show returned, and then told Lochte:"We are only here to judge your ballroom dancing."


A screengrab of the incident on "Dancing with the Stars."
A screengrab of the incident on "Dancing with the Stars." (Catherine Preus/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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