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"Ryan Lochte has claimed to have turned down both The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars. The swimmer was linked to The Bachelor following his Olympics success last year, but ultimately signed on for his own E! series. Sean Lowe was later named as last season&amp;#039;s Bachelor.   Speaking to E! News this week, Lochte said that he signed with E! only after he was offered spots in two of ABC&amp;#039;s hit reality shows. &amp;quot;They asked me if I would [do The Bachelor] or Dancing with the Stars,&amp;quot; he told the cable channel. The Olympian added: &amp;quot;I was like, &amp;#039;Why don&amp;#039;t I just have my own reality TV show, and just put it all in there myself?&amp;#039; Do it my own way.&amp;quot; His claims were immediately called into question by ABC executive Robert Mills, who appeared to rubbish Lochte&amp;#039;s claims in a Twitter post. &amp;quot;Uhhh...you were never offered Bachelor,&amp;quot; Mills wrote. A spokesperson for Dancing with the Stars has yet to respond to Lochte&amp;#039;s comments. His series What Would Ryan Lochte Do? airs on Sundays on E!. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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