Olympian Ryan Lochte is interview gold while promoting new show

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If Sunday’s ratings showdown had occurred in the swimming pool, AMC’s “Mad Men” would have most likely met its match against E!’s reality program “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” Instead, we’ll have to let Nielsen make the judges’ ruling on that winner.

Alas, the show’s namesake Olympian had already met his match a couple days earlier—not that he realized it, of course. During an interview with “Good Day Philadelphia,” Lochte’s profoundly nonsensical answers proved too much for anchors Mike Jerrick and Sheinelle Jones, who were overcome with laughter and tears, according to The Wrap. Watch the co-hosts’ priceless reaction:

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