{"id":2467760,"date":"2026-06-19T23:51:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2467760"},"modified":"2026-06-19T23:51:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:51:31","slug":"ryan-lochte-engaged-to-girlfriend-molly-gillihan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ryan-lochte-engaged-to-girlfriend-molly-gillihan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte engaged to girlfriend Molly Gillihan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ryan Lochte and his girlfriend, Molly Gillihan, are engaged after 14 months of dating.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic swimmer got down on one knee at the Prime and Pearl\u00a0restaurant in Gainesville, Florida, last week, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/19\/ryan-lochte-molly-gillihan-engaged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ reported <\/a>Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Photos obtained by the outlet showed the couple passionately kissing, as Gillihan wrapped her arms tightly around Lochte while holding the ring box.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, red flower petals made a pathway to Lochte and Gillihan\u2019s table, which was elegantly decorated with more roses and candles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Ryan Lochte and Molly Gillihan are engaged, according to TMZ. They\u2019re seen here in a May social media upload.  <span class=\"credit\">Ryan Lochte\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The athlete reportedly popped the question at Prime and Pearl\u00a0restaurant in Gainesville, Florida. They\u2019re seen here in a social media photo.  <span class=\"credit\">Ryan Lochte\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Gillihan, 38, flaunted what appeared to be an oval-shaped engagement ring with a gold band.<\/p>\n<p>According to the outlet, the duo had their first date at the eatery.<\/p>\n<p>A rep for Lochte did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment, while reps for Reid and Gillihan were not immediately available for comment on Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>Lochte got engaged to Gollihan despite still being married to his wife, Kayla Reid. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Photos obtained by TMZ showed Gillihan, seen here with Lochte in an Instagram clip, holding a ring box while kissing him.  <span class=\"credit\">Ryan Lochte\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Reid, pictured here with Lochte in a social media snapshot, appeared to be wearing an oval diamond ring.  <span class=\"credit\">Ryan Lochte\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Per court documents obtained by Page Six, Reid\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/04\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochtes-wife-kayla-reid-files-for-divorce-after-7-years-of-marriage\/\">filed for divorce from the athlete<\/a>\u00a0in March 2025\u00a0after seven years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Reid\u00a0cryptically <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" 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\/\">hinted that \u201cbetrayal\u201d<\/a>\u00a0was the reason behind their bombshell split before revealing that he allegedly did drugs in front of their kids: Caiden, Liv, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/06\/22\/ryan-lochte-wife-kayla-rae-reid-welcome-third-baby\/\">Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lochte revealed in September 2025 that he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" 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\/\">went to rehab<\/a> and was \u201c54 days sober\u201d via an Instagram post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy right now, and the big reason is that I\u2019m 54 days sober. Yes!\u201d he wrote at the time. <\/p>\n<p>In March, Reid seemingly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/03\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochtes-ex-wife-kayla-rae-reid-accuses-him-of-cheating-compares-him-to-tristan-thompson\/\">accused her estranged husband of allegedly cheating<\/a> on her with Gillihan, saying during an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/soft-again-dating-after-betrayal-trusting-gods-timing\/id1871523271?i=1000752723838\">episode of her \u201cThe Comeback Era\u201d podcast<\/a> that the pair \u2014 who had already <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/15\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochte-moves-in-with-new-girlfriend-9-months-after-divorce\/\">moved in together<\/a> \u2014 have been \u201chappy for a very long time. Very long time. For many years. They go way back.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lochte, seen here in a prior social media photo, has not yet finalized his divorce from ex Kayla Reid.  <span class=\"credit\">Ryan Lochte\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Reid previously seemingly accused Lochte and Gillihan of going \u201cway back\u201d together. <span class=\"credit\">Ryan Lochte\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The following month, Lochte, 41, allegedly fired back with an email, which Reid shared to her Instagram account. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\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,\u201d he allegedly wrote. \u201cLook at the offer I just sent to your lawyer and move on with your gold digging life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what I deal with every. single. day,\u201d Reid, 34, wrote atop the alleged email. <\/p>\n<p>Amid Lochte\u2019s reported engagement, Reid appeared unaffected, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/kaylaraereid\/3922627192574451324\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taking to Instagram Stories<\/a> on Friday with a fan Q&amp;A session. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Lochte and his girlfriend, Molly Gillihan, are engaged after 14 months of dating. The Olympic swimmer got down on one knee at the Prime and Pearl\u00a0restaurant in Gainesville, Florida, last week, TMZ reported Friday. Photos obtained by the outlet showed the couple passionately kissing, as Gillihan wrapped her arms tightly around Lochte while holding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2467761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24188,48686,24003,83647,387222,21848],"class_list":["post-2467760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-engagements","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-sightings","tag-ryan-lochte","tag-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ryan-Lochte-engaged-to-girlfriend-Molly-Gillihan.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467762,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467760\/revisions\/2467762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2467761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}