http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/arts/television/protesters-disturb-ryan-lochtes-debut-on-dancing-with-the-stars.html 2016-09-13 07:14:29 Protesters Disturb Ryan Lochte’s Debut on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Two men were detained after at least one tried to rush the stage during the ABC competition’s season premiere. === The Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, making his debut on Monday night on the season premiere of the ABC competition “Dancing With the Stars,” was rushed by at least one protester, causing a significant disturbance that sent the program to an abrupt commercial break. The Los Angeles Police Department said two men were detained by security guards for trespassing during the live broadcast and were handed over to the police. The men’s names had not been released late Monday night. “No one on set was touched at the time the incident occurred,” said Officer Mike Lopez, a police spokesman. An ABC spokeswoman confirmed that the disruption had taken place, saying, “An individual stormed the dance floor tonight and was immediately subdued and escorted out of the building.” Pictures from the scene showed It was not immediately clear what had happened during the broadcast. One of the show’s judges, Carrie Ann Inaba, was delivering her assessment of the performance of Mr. Lochte and his partner, the dancer Cheryl Burke, when she suddenly cut her statement short, apparently in response to what was happening onstage. “Hey, back off!” Ms. Inaba shouted, as security guards appeared to rush past her. The chaos onstage was not shown on television, but in the aftermath, the camera cut to the show’s host, Tom Bergeron, who sent the show to commercial as an apparently flustered Mr. Lochte wiped sweat from his brow. Upon the show’s return from a long commercial break, Mr. Bergeron only hinted at what had happened. “We had to go to break because we had a little incident,” he said. “I would like to personally thank our security team for staying in shape.” He asked Mr. Lochte, 32, who was still flushed, how he was feeling after witnessing “that kind of strong emotion.” The swimmer responded that he was “a little hurt,” referring to his feelings rather than any physical injury. “So many feelings are going through my head right now,” he said. Though the stage-crasher’s motivation was not immediately clear, Mr. Lochte, a 12-time Olympic medalist, caused an uproar during the final week of the Olympics when he claimed that he and three of his American teammates had been held up at gunpoint by men who claimed to be Brazilian police officers. The Brazilian police found that it was, for the most part, a fabricated story. Brazilian police investigators Mr. Lochte ended up apologizing, and In For good measure, she added the hashtags “#dancingwiththestars,” “#security” and “#grateful.”