RYAN LOCHTE!
Checking out
brucelynn‘s kick ass drawing of him!
Such a long day and I’ve been trying to gather my thoughts! I met up super early with
brucelynn at the Today Show which was pretty much a clusterfuck and of course, we wound up missing him there. No jeah for us…or so we thought.
It really did turn out for the best because we got in the standby line for Jimmy Fallon and got tickets for the 8 PM taping. SCORE!
Seeing him with Kathie Lee and Hoda was a bust, too because the cops were all like the judge in Newsies…“Move along.” Blah, blah, blah. Came pretty damn close to him at Access Hollywood but pushy people suck a fat one especially paparazzi and autograph hounds. Although one of the hounds came up with the funny/WTF quote of the day “Stay black, Ryan!”, no jeah for them EVER.
Starbucks provided a nice little reprieve from the insanity of the day thus far, so I won’t bore you with those details. Resting and freshening up definitely gave me a second wind. Mind you, I hadn’t slept a wink in 27 hours or so (going on 38 as I’m writing this recap so please forgive me if any of this starts to not make a damn bit of sense) so it certainly helped.
It was only 3:30 and we were back at 30 Rock with a ton of time to kill so we decided to get some pizza. So we stayed there and chatted for a bit and headed back to 30 Rock and met a couple of sweet girls, one of whom I REALLY hope got to meet Ryan because it would just be a damn shame if she didn’t.
There was a whole lot of waiting, so 6:00 rolls around and we check-in for standby and of course, there’s even MORE waiting. As the old saying goes, good things come to those who wait and they certainly did. A bunch of people decided not to check-in, and the first 35 or so people were brought up and the first 25 were guaranteed tickets! We were numbers 22 and 23, so it wouldn't have really mattered either way if everyone showed up…WE WERE DEFINITELY IN! :D
Bradley Cooper was also supposed to be at the taping but he taped his portion at the prior one so it was Reezy and a musical guest. He was his usual charming self and thankfully no talk whatsoever about ANY reality show. He was pimping his workout DVD and the Lochte glasses. Him and Jimmy also played a game where they wore these plastic contraptions and shot suction cup arrows at each other. It was actually pretty lulzy.
So after that, Ryan leaves and they take awhile to set up for the musical guest. The show ends and because we were in the back, we were one of the first people out of the studio. We had accomplished our goal for the day, which was to get into Fallon, so we’re pretty satisfied, whether we got to meet him or not. We take the elevator down to the lobby and low and behold someone said we had just missed him and another said he was still out there signing so we decided to go for it. I don’t think I ever grabbed my camera so fast!
Now here’s the part you all really care about…
The best way to describe the scene outside is an organized chaos. No pushing, no paps, no autograph hounds, just fans. When it got to my turn, I grabbed his shoulder, and told him some sad sack story about how we’ve been there all freakin’ day. Yes, I am as amazed as you are that I was able string a sentence of coherent words together because Sweet 8 lb 6 oz baby Jesus this man is BEAUTIFUL. So I get my picture, and the flash isn’t up, so I had to do a retake but the button on my camera was being dumb which didn’t bother me at all because MY GOD HE SMELLED SO FUCKING GOOD. Whoever said he smelled like sex and cologne was pretty on target with that one.
Here are my pics:
brucelynn went after me and showed Ryan her totally awesome drawing of him and he loved it!
Here’s the drawing:
And she was all up on that…and I don’t blame her!
The best part of everything is how unbelievably nice and normal he is. Dude is FAR from being a douchebag as much some people around here and around the internet *coughjezebelcough* would like to believe he is.
Just a note…as much as we like to rail on Erika and her shitty ideas, she could have easily made him leave but he was still signing and taking pictures after we left. So, a thank you (yes, we mean it) to Erika for allowing him to meet with his fans tonight. It was an unexpected, delicious cherry on top of a pretty crazy, fun day! I’m pretty sure we, both grown women, are STILL squeeing like a couple of teenyboppers and we’re not even sorry about it! Haha
To sum it all up:
brucelynn's comments:
After a long day of adventures with Djtino224 we managed to get into Jimmy Fallon.
The show was amazing and Ryan's body in that suit ..... no words.
Getting into this taping was our goal so we were okay with not meeting Ryan .... but on our way out we spotted him outside legit just chilling with his fans so we went for it. I gave him the illustration I made for him and he was like " Oh wow this is amazing thank you so much " I congratulated him and gave him a hug and then we took the pic ^___^ ( sorry ONTD made me paranoid about posting pictures here , hoes is crazy ) I kinda left my arm around his waist when we took it and then I shook his hand and he thanked me again ... it was amazing :') and if it wasn't for kween Djtino224 I would not have been able to get this picture. Great fun was had and Ryan is the coolest dude on earth ..... he is far from a douchebag, He loves his fans and he does not think he is above anyone else.
And the closing comment...ANOTHER ONTD BOYFRIEND HAS BEEN KNIGHTED AND BITCHES WILL DEAL.
Source: Me and the fab
brucelynn