--- description: At the 2016 VMAs, Jimmy Fallon dressed as swimmer Ryan Lochte and spewed a cascade of lies, taking the athlete to task for a recent scandal. title: Jimmy Fallon Slams Ryan Lochte in VMA Spoof image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7ca84ee07b546ec/6988a3f0428a9e8cdacd40d5/jimmy-fallon-facebook.jpg?branch=production ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Jimmy Fallon Slam Ryan Lochte at the VMAs  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Aug 29, 2016 4:23 AM CUT  Jimmy Fallon onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28, 2016 in New York City. Jimmy Fallon onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28, 2016 in New York City.Jeff Kravitz—Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Aug 29, 2016 4:23 AM CUT Olympic swimmer [Ryan Lochte](http://time.com/4460401/ryan-lochte-on-rio-robbery-i-over-exaggerated-that-story/ "undefined") messed up big time when he and his teammates [fabricated a story](http://time.com/4458405/ryan-lochte-rio-robbery-olympics/ "undefined") about being robbed at gunpoint at the [Rio Olympics](http://time.com/4460750/rio-2016-olympics-best-moments-neymar-phelps-biles-ledecky/ "undefined"), and he’s been paying for it ever since: He lost his endorsement from [Speedo](http://time.com/money/4461369/speedo-drops-ryan-lochte/ "undefined") and stands to lose [millions more](http://time.com/money/4459036/ryan-lochte-rio-olympics-scandal-endorsements/ "undefined"). And Sunday night, the entire crowd at the [2016 VMAs](http://time.com/4470045/vmas-2016-mtv-red-carpet/ "undefined") laughed as _Tonight Show_ host Jimmy Fallon, sporting Lochte’s bleach-blonde locks and Olympic sweats, took him to task for his lies. “Is it too late now to say sorry?” Fallon asked, quoting Justin Bieber. “That’s my jam, I wrote that song,” he continued, claiming to have written it, produced it and directed the video. He went on to lay claim to having had a “30-way” with Kanye West, having made _Lemonade_ with Beyoncé and having made all of the videos nominated for best of the year. If he had to say which was the best, Fallon quipped, “I couldn’t tell you even if there was a gun to my head.” Lochte may not be laughing, but his teammate Michael Phelps sure was. > [](https://twitter.com/BreanneNYC/status/770103448792629248) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4470235/vmas-2016-jimmy-fallon-ryan-lochte/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4470235/vmas-2016-jimmy-fallon-ryan-lochte/"},"headline":"Watch Jimmy Fallon Slam Ryan Lochte at the VMAs","datePublished":"2016-08-29T04:23:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:14:54.373Z","description":"The \"Tonight Show\" host, dressed as the Olympic swimmer, took credit for producing all of the Video of the Year nominees","url":"https://time.com/4470235/vmas-2016-jimmy-fallon-ryan-lochte/","keywords":["Music","mtv vmas","Ryan Lochte"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7ca84ee07b546ec/6988a3f0428a9e8cdacd40d5/jimmy-fallon-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7ca84ee07b546ec/6988a3f0428a9e8cdacd40d5/jimmy-fallon-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"jimmy-fallon-facebook","caption":"Jimmy Fallon onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Jeff Kravitz—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4470235/vmas-2016-jimmy-fallon-ryan-lochte/","name":"Watch Jimmy Fallon Slam Ryan Lochte at the VMAs"}}]}] ```