Ryan Lochte can barely tread water in '90210' acting debut

Olivier, Brando, De Niro, Denzel … Lochte? Even our greatest actors have embarrassing clips from their past, but the Emmy for Most Awkward Screen Debut goes to – envelope, please – everyone's favorite Olympic swimbo: Ryan Lochte. His wooden cameo with AnnaLynne McCord in "90210," set to air Oct. 29, is no day at the pool, but he does get off a trademark "jeah" which we have to assume was ad-libbed. Even better than his on-screen work, however, was the insightful take on the thespian arts: "Memorizing lines and trying to, like, say 'em and still, like, do movement and all that," he said, "that was hard." Next stop: "Inside the Actors Studio."

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