Jeah Meets Jaws: Ryan Lochte Stars In ‘2nd Best Shark Week’ Promo

We discovered in mid-June that Michael Phelps would star on the Discovery Network‘s annual ‘Shark Week by racing a great white, and last week a promo video was released. Now, ‘Nat Geo Wild’ has come out with one of their own. The cable channel jokingly is promoting their shark week, ‘SharkFest’, as the ‘second-best known week of sharks on television’, with Ryan Lochte as the star.

Despite an illustrious career that includes six Olympic gold medals and 18 long course World Championship titles, Lochte has commonly been referred to as the world’s second best swimmer behind Phelps. Racing head-to-head six times at the Olympic Games, Phelps has walked away with the gold medal on five occasions.

Watch the Lochte promo video below, entitled Ryan Lochte Has the 2nd Best Sharks”.

While Phelps will actually be featured on Shark Week for the Discovery Channel, Lochte won’t be on SharkFest. After taking non-stop criticism about being 2nd best throughout the promo, Lochte decides he won’t swim with the sharks after all. Check out the promo advertisement here.

You can also download the promo here.

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Mardo4
6 years ago

Gotta luv when the sharks are circling the boat with chum in the water. Go ahead, get in Lochte! Haha

Sharr
6 years ago

Hilarious! He has a great sense of humor.

Alex
6 years ago

Looks like Ryan is getting progressively fatter, though it does not seem to affect the results

2Fat4Speed
Reply to  Alex
6 years ago

He is just a big thick guy. If you stand next to him, it is surprising. Very powerful.

Alex
Reply to  2Fat4Speed
6 years ago

I stood next to him. I mean comparing to his 2004-2012 shape.

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  2Fat4Speed
6 years ago

he has huge endurance – and his configuration is adapted to it

Joel Lin
6 years ago

I think that Lochte will be the equal or the better of Phelps in terms of his career after swimming. I know that’s bold, but he’s a natural. Ryan could easily fill a vacuum of attention like The Rock did after his sporting career.

I’m not going to look past Ryan making it further than Vanilla Ice in the dancing stuff. That was just wrong.

2Fat4Speed
Reply to  Joel Lin
6 years ago

No freaking way. Phelps has his fingers in a lot of successful business endeavors. Too bold.

Cate
Reply to  Joel Lin
6 years ago

If you were a marketer, you’d lose your job.

Fatherhood carb loading
6 years ago

Could this be the chubbiest we’ve ever seen Lochte? The irony is my “gut” tells me he will be ready to shine in the near future.

Uberfan
6 years ago

Ryan is so modest he forgot he has 5 world records

Lpman
6 years ago

That would be awesome if he went to the sharks’ restroom and destroyed it

Uberfan
Reply to  Lpman
6 years ago

He doesn’t need to, we destroy the ? everyday ??

Swimfan
6 years ago

This is actually really funny. Great ad!

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James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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