Olympian Ryan Lochte allegedly sent a scathing email to his ex-wife, Kayla Rae Reid, calling her a gold digger and comparing her as a mother to his girlfriend, Molly Gillihan.
“This is what I deal with every. single. day,” Reid, 34, wrote via her Instagram Story, captured by Page Six on Monday, April 13, over a screenshot of the alleged email. “This is after I checked in on our 2 year old with strep throat.”
Lochte, 41, and Reid married in 2018 and share son Caiden, 8, and daughters Liv, 6, and Georgia, 2. Reid filed for divorce in May 2025.
“This is the tip of the iceberg and I am exhausted,” Reid continued. “My heart goes out to anyone else navigating a similar situation. Tired of being continuously disrespected behind closed doors. Literally 2/1000 messages.”
Reid showed the alleged email, which was sent on March 28.
“Molly is a ten times better mother then [sic] you will ever be and I think if it was [a] bad idea we wouldn’t go,” the body of the email reads. “Look at the offer I just sent to your lawyer and move on with your gold digging life.”
Gillihan later took to her Instagram Story, according to a screenshot from Page Six, in apparent response to Reid’s post, accusing her of spreading a false narrative.
“My response? Every text and every DM… Every magazine,” she wrote. “I’m sorry, I don’t follow Ryan’s ex on insta. I really try and just stay focused on our kids when we have them. But you (Kayla Rae Reid Lochte) or whatever name you chose…. dropped your two year old off with us covered in throw up, no pants, and rushed off as fast as you could to your girls weekend in Miami.”
She continued, “You’re a CHILD And I’m exhausted of YOUR false narrative. Your followers love it and crave it. Your lies are for them. Keep it up girl. They’re putty in your hands! Meanwhile, I’ll love on your kids and mine until my last breath.”
Gillihan followed up with another message, which is still live as of Tuesday morning, April 14.
“I don’t play the victim,” she said. “I’ll tell you exactly why I am the villain and what led there. I take full responsibility for how I respond to disrespect — I don’t run from that. What I won’t do is let people act confused. Nothing I do is unprovoked. I don’t start messes, I STOP the cycle. The difference is I’m honest about it. I’ll tell you what I did, why I did it and stand on it.”
