Ryan Lochte said that he exchanged text messages with Michael Phelps after Lochte’s gas-station incident, but that Phelps did not return his phone call.
“I think he texted me back saying, ‘Yeah, sure. I’m here to help,’ or something like that,’’ Lochte told USA TODAY Sports. “But he didn’t call me. I was like, ‘Hey, can you please call me? Let me know, I need help.’ That never really happened.’’
Lochte appeared to characterize his interactions with Phelps in a more positive light in September, when he appeared on The Ellen Show and said that Phelps gave him advice he took “to heart.