{"id":7555,"date":"2026-07-02T00:36:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T00:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ryan-lochtes-ex-wife-kayla-rae-reid-celebrates-being-finally-free-as-divorce-is-made-official\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T00:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T00:36:38","slug":"ryan-lochtes-ex-wife-kayla-rae-reid-celebrates-being-finally-free-as-divorce-is-made-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ryan-lochtes-ex-wife-kayla-rae-reid-celebrates-being-finally-free-as-divorce-is-made-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte&#8217;s ex-wife Kayla Rae Reid celebrates being &#8216;finally free&#8217; as divorce is made official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2F132975099.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kayla Rae Reid is celebrating her divorce from Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte more than a year after they separated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of July 1st 2026, 9:59 am, I am officially divorced. \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc,\u201d the model announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaQWaZ3FKrU\/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Instagram <\/a>Wednesday alongside a photo of herself in a yellow dress.<\/p>\n<p>Reid also posted a photo of the viral Nicole Kidman \u201cdivorce photo,\u201d which shows the actress joyfully raising her arms in the air after her 2001 split from Tom Cruise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kayla Rae Reid (seen here) celebrated her divorce from Ryan Lochte via Instagram Wednesday. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kaylaraereid<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cAs of July 1st 2026, 9:59 am, I am officially divorced. \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc,\u201d the businesswoman wrote. (Seen here: the exes in 2017.) <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>While the photo of Kidman was rumored to be taken after she left her attorney\u2019s office, the \u201cPractical Magic\u201d star clarified that the photo was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/11\/18\/celebrity-news\/nicole-kidman-reveals-truth-behind-viral-tom-cruise-divorce-celebration-meme\/\">taken on a movie set<\/a> and \u201cwasn\u2019t real life\u201d during a 2024 interview with British GQ.<\/p>\n<p>Several people rushed to congratulate Reid, 34, with one asking in the comment section, \u201cWhen\u2019s the divorce party!??\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOUR FREE WOMAN. the best is get to come! \u2764\ufe0f,\u201d another commented.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Several people congratulated Reid. (Seen here: Reid and Lochte in 2017.) <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lochte and Reid (seen above) split in March 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Ryan Lochte\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s baaaaaaaackkkkkkkk,\u201d a third added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made the hard decision to end my marriage after deep prayer and reflection,\u201d the real estate professional wrote via Instagram last June.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI made the hard decision to end my marriage after deep prayer and reflection,\u201d Reid (seen here) announced on Instagram last June. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kaylaraereid<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI hold marriage in the highest regard, so this has been one of the most painful, revealing, and challenging seasons of my life,\u201d she continued. (Seen here: Reid.) <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kaylaraereid<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI hold marriage in the highest regard, so this has been one of the most painful, revealing, and challenging seasons of my life,\u201d\u00a0Reid continued.<\/p>\n<p>As for Lochte\u2019s part, he announced that he was \u201cdeeply grateful for the life we\u2019ve built together and especially for the love we share for our three children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former couple <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/01\/12\/ryan-lochte-is-married\/\">tied the knot<\/a>\u00a0in a 2018 private ceremony at their Florida estate. They later welcomed their now 9-year-old son,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2017\/06\/08\/ryan-lochte-and-fiancee-welcome-a-baby-boy\/\">Caiden Zane<\/a>, and daughters,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/06\/18\/ryan-lochte-and-wife-kayla-rae-reid-welcome-second-child\/\">Live Rae, <\/a>6,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/06\/22\/ryan-lochte-wife-kayla-rae-reid-welcome-third-baby\/\">Georgia June, <\/a>2.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Reid later accused Lochte of cheating. (Seen here: Reid and Lochte at a Halloween party in 2016.) <span class=\"credit\">Michael Kovac<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The exes (seen here in 2021) share three kids. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lochte and Reid\u2019s divorce, however, quickly became contentious, as she <a 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 the athlete of cheating<\/a> on her with his now-fianc\u00e9, Molly Gillihan, \u201cfor many years,\u201d during an episode of \u201cThe Comeback Era\u201d podcast in March.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the swimmer<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/13\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochte-brags-about-new-girlfriend-in-scathing-message-to-estranged-wife\/\"> bragged Gillihan was \u201c10 times better\u201d <\/a>than Reid via an alleged scathing email amid their divorce battle in April.<\/p>\n<p>Lochte and Gillihan <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/19\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochte-engaged-to-girlfriend-molly-gillihan\/\">got engaged<\/a> after 14 months of dating last month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/01\/celebrity-news\/ryan-lochtes-ex-wife-kayla-rae-reid-celebrates-being-finally-free-as-divorce-is-made-official\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kayla Rae Reid is celebrating her divorce from Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte more than a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/132975099.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}