{"id":748361,"date":"2026-06-20T00:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748361\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T00:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:21:13","slug":"ryan-lochte-engaged-to-molly-gillihan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748361\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte Engaged to Molly Gillihan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Olympic legend Ryan Lochte<\/a> is diving headfirst into a new chapter … because he’s engaged to Molly Gillihan<\/a>!<\/p>\n

TMZ has learned Ryan popped the question last week at a restaurant called Prime and Pearl in Gainesville, FL — where the two had their first date — while celebrating their move to Missouri.<\/p>\n


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Ryan and Molly walked a path of red rose petals and sat in the same booth they did on their first date. A card was waiting, which asked the Molly the all-important question … she turned, saw Ryan down on one knee, and gave an overjoyed “yes!”<\/p>\n

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Check out pics of the immediate aftermath … the two locked lips in the middle of the restaurant, and Molly flashed the massive ring , which ya gotta see for yourself.<\/p>\n

The happy news comes after Ryan posted a lengthy birthday tribute to Molly on Instagram … pouring his heart out about how she helped him through one of the toughest stretches of his life.<\/p>\n

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Ryan and Molly went Instagram official<\/a> over Fourth of July weekend last year, though they’ve been dating for about 14 months. They discussed rings about 6 months into the relationship … with Ryan wondering if she preferred gold or silver … and Molly insisting she just wanted something simple.<\/p>\n

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We asked Ryan about the engagement … and he told us, “I’m on cloud 9 she said yes. I’m happy this is my new beginning, and I couldn’t do it without her.”<\/p>\n

This will be Ryan’s second marriage … he married<\/a> Kayla Rae Reid<\/a> back in 2018, but she filed for divorce<\/a> in June 2025 and listed their date of separation as March 2025.<\/p>\n

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It’s been a busy year for Ryan … he’s recently taken a coaching job with the men’s swim team at Missouri State University … and now, he’s got a wedding to plan, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olympic legend Ryan Lochte is diving headfirst into a new chapter … because he’s engaged to Molly Gillihan!…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,44,82,865,866],"class_list":["post-748361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748361","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=748361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}