Olympian Ryan Lochte seems to be sharing a shady message amid his contentious divorce from his estranged spouse, Kayla Lochte. On Instagram, the gold medalist and father of three shared a put up to his Tales, revealing an old-school music could also be hitting nearer to house for him proper now than when it was launched within the early aughts. Test it out beneath.

Ryan uploaded a screenshot of himself listening to Kanye West’s 2005 single “Gold Digger” to his Instagram Tales.

The put up highlighted the phrases, “Oh, she’s a gold digger,” whereas the remaining lyrics appeared blurred out.

Ryan additionally captioned the put up, “At all times [a] good time to hearken to the classics.”

Ryan’s put up comes simply months after his estranged spouse, Kayla, introduced on-line that she was submitting for divorce from the elite athlete after making an attempt to navigate their difficult relationship, per The Blast.

“Typically we face trials we did not select or see coming. And in these moments, we’re compelled to make the toughest selections to guard our peace, our kids, and our future. I’ve come to the understanding that staying is not all the time probably the most loving resolution somebody could make. For me, leaving was an act of affection — for these round me and for myself,” she mentioned.

Since saying their plans to separate, particulars of Kayla and Ryan’s explosive authorized battle have come to gentle.

Based on an earlier report from The Blast, Kayla lately requested that the court docket share any and all paperwork associated to Ryan’s financial institution accounts from January 2019 to the current. Additional, Kayla, a former Playboy Playmate, requested the court docket for data relating to any new bank cards and loans in Ryan’s title.

Subpoenas had been additionally served to on-line platforms, together with Money App and Cameo, to find out whether or not Ryan had obtained digital funds and to find out how a lot he reportedly earned from promoting customized movies to followers.

In June 2025, further stories about Ryan and Kayla’s funds surfaced, revealing the pair had amassed over $270,000 in debt, together with a $99,696.09 stability owed to the Inner Income Service (IRS) for 2021 and 2022.

And that is not all. The native home-owner’s affiliation of their Florida neighborhood filed an almost $3,000 lien on their house in December 2024 for “unpaid” charges, together with “particular assessments, late charges, prices of assortment [and] legal professional’s charges.”

In September 2025, Kayla filed further paperwork with the court docket, requesting sole custody of their three youngsters and citing Ryan’s alleged “historical past of substance abuse.” Elsewhere within the papers, Kayla made much more stunning allegations, comparable to claiming to have discovered “largely empty baggies of cocaine” of their house and of their kid’s rest room.

Kayla expressed real concern about leaving her three youngsters alone with Ryan, claiming the swimmer has displayed irresponsible habits in entrance of their youngsters, together with dozing “off in the course of the day” and passing “out within the driver’s seat” of their household car. To make issues worse, Kayla claimed she even noticed Ryan “inhaling nitrous oxide” in entrance of their youngsters.

Whereas Ryan denied utilizing medication in entrance of his youngsters in a separate assertion, he shared a put up on Instagram, admitting that “despair [and] loneliness” led him down a “street of substance abuse.”

“I checked myself right into a Florida restoration middle. The employees has been unbelievable. They helped me understand substance abuse isn’t an answer. It’s only a distraction that makes issues worse,” Lochte shared earlier than saying he is feeling “significantly better, pondering clearly, motivated and transferring ahead.”