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Ryan Lochte gets loads of support from 'Dancing With the Stars' contestants

There was a lot of love for Ryan Lochte on Monday night's episode of "Dancing With the Stars," and not a protester in sight.

Lochte's castmates sent a clear message to the two men who confronted Lochte on stage last week and upbraided the Olympic swimmer for his actions at the Rio Games.

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The fellow dancers sported T-shirts with Lochte's name inside a heart drawing, rather than the circle/slash image worn by the protesters.

ABC, for its part, replayed the confrontation at the opening of Monday's broadcast, long after people able to see extended cuts of what (and who) went down:

Lochte drew the ire of the two men for falsely claiming he and three other U.