{"id":601949,"date":"2026-04-13T20:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601949\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:40:12","slug":"ryan-lochte-brags-about-new-girlfriend-in-scathing-message-to-estranged-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601949\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte brags about new girlfriend in scathing message to estranged wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Lochte bragged about his new girlfriend, Molly Gillihan, in a scathing email to his estranged wife, Kayla Rae Reid.<\/p>\n<p>The realtor recently took to her Instagram Stories, saying she was \u201cexhausted\u201d of dealing with her ex as they continue to hash out their divorce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what I deal with every. single. day,\u201d Reid \u2014 who shares Caiden, 8, Liv, 6, and Georgia, 2 with the Olympian \u2014 wrote atop an alleged email from Lochte.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is after I checked in on our 2 year old with strep throat,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Lochte\u2019s estranged wife, Kayla Rae Reid (seen posing for a mirror selfie), shared a scathing email from her ex. Instagram\/kaylaraereid<\/p>\n<p>The realtor said she was \u201cexhausted\u201d dealing with her ex as they continue to hash out their divorce. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the tip of the iceberg and I am exhausted. My heart goes out to anyone else navigating a similar situation. Tired of being continuously disrespected behind closed doors. Literally 2\/1000 messages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the email, the 12-time Olympic medalist, 41, allegedly wrote, \u201cMolly is a ten times better mother then [sic] you will ever be and I think if it was bad idea we wouldn\u2019t go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at the offer I just sent to your lawyer and move on with your gold digging life,\u201d he allegedly added.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Reid\u2019s post, Gillihan took to her Instagram Stories, claiming her boyfriend\u2019s estranged wife is spreading a \u201cfalse narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the email, Lochte (seen above with Gilllihan) allegedly said his new girlfriend was \u201ca ten times better mother\u201d than Reid. Instagram\/mollygilli<\/p>\n<p>Gillihan claimed on her Instagram Stories that Reid was spreading a \u201cfalse narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy response? Every text and every DM\u2026 Every magazine,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry, I don\u2019t follow Ryan\u2019s ex on insta. I really try and just stay focused on our kids when we have them. But you (Kayla Rae Reid Lochte) or whatever name you chose\u2026. dropped your two year old off with us covered in throw up, no pants, and rushed off as fast as you could to your girls weekend in Miami,\u201d  Gillihan claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re a CHILD And I\u2019m exhausted of YOUR false narrative. Your followers love it and crave it. Your lies are for them. Keep it up girl. They\u2019re putty in your hands! Meanwhile, I\u2019ll love on your kids and mine until my last breath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reid\u00a0(seen above with the swimmer and two of their kids) filed for divorce from Lochte last March. Sports Illustrated via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Reid (seen above with the athlete in a beach selfie) accused Lochte of doing drugs in front of their kids.  Instagram\/kaylaraereid<\/p>\n<p>Page Six has reached out to Reid and Lochte for comment, but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n<p>Reid\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/04\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochtes-wife-kayla-reid-files-for-divorce-after-7-years-of-marriage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filed for divorce from Lochte<\/a> in March 2025\u00a0after seven years of marriage, according to court documents obtained by Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>A month after the filing, she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/30\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochtes-estranged-wife-kayla-rae-reid-hints-at-betrayal-amid-divorce-six-figure-financial-woes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hinted at \u201cbetrayal\u201d<\/a>\u00a0as news of their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/08\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochte-and-his-estranged-wife-kayla-reid-owe-this-six-figure-amount-in-debt-amid-divorce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">staggering six-figure debt<\/a>\u00a0made headlines.<\/p>\n<p>Lochte went public with Gillihan (seen above in a selfie with the Olympian) on social media last summer. Instagram\/mollygilli<\/p>\n<p>He moved in with her and her three kids. (Pictured: Lochte, Gillihan and two girls on a boat.) Instagram\/mollygilli<\/p>\n<p>In July 2025, Lochte <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/07\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochte-goes-instagram-official-with-new-woman-amid-divorce-from-kayla-rae-reid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went public with Gillihan<\/a> on social media, sharing an image of them hugging.<\/p>\n<p>Two months later, the dad of three revealed he spent time in rehab after Reid <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/03\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochtes-estranged-wife-kayla-accuses-athlete-of-doing-drugs-in-front-of-kids-court-docs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accused him of doing drugs in front of their kids<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In January, Lochte announced that he had <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/15\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochte-moves-in-with-new-girlfriend-9-months-after-divorce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moved in with Gillihan<\/a> and her three children. <\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you care about is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call SAMHSA\u2019s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte bragged about his new girlfriend, Molly Gillihan, in a scathing email to his estranged wife, Kayla&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[10764,49,48,361,4416,13163,364,368,4269,5783,369,362,5784,75,227768,227769,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-601949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-athletes","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-celebrity-breakups","13":"tag-celebrity-children","14":"tag-celebrity-couples","15":"tag-celebrity-dating","16":"tag-celebrity-exes","17":"tag-celebrity-families","18":"tag-celebrity-marriages","19":"tag-celebrity-news","20":"tag-celebrity-social-media","21":"tag-entertainment","22":"tag-kayla-rae-reid","23":"tag-ryan-lochte","24":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}