United Kingdom, Feb. 5 -- Ryan Lochte and Kayla Reid are "not in a good place".

The 41-year-old six-time Olympic gold medal swimmer and 34-year-old podcaster Kayla split up last year after seven years of marriage and Kayla admitted things are not good between herself and Lochte.

She told PEOPLE: "Obviously, we're not in a good place. I really pray that he becomes the father our kids deserve. "I wish him well [but] we try to have minimal interaction."

Kayla and Ryan are currently "parallel parenting" son Caiden, eight, and daughters Liv, six and Georgia, two, and she is looking forward to the day her divorce to Lochte goes through.

She said: "It could be a long road ahead still. I would love to be divorced. I look back, and I'm like, '...