- Olivia Dunne’s relationship with Paul Skenes was first confirmed in August
- And the young couple shared their first photo together at a football match
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Olivia Dunne posed for a photo for the first time with her boyfriend Paul Skenes during LSU’s college football game Saturday against the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Dunne, who turns 21 this Saturday, had already attracted attention in the run-up with a photo of her gameday outfit – with a photo of her yellow dress and white cowboy boots captioned as ‘happy game day tigah fans’.
And the gymnast was joined in the stands by her boyfriend Skenes, 21, who is a rising baseball talent himself and was selected first overall in the 2023 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
It was Skenes who shared the photos of the two together. He was back at LSU for the game and captioned his own social media post “back in the boot!”.
Dunne commented under the photo with “my heart” but with a yellow heart emoji as a tribute to her team.
Olivia Dunne and boyfriend Paul Skenes were pictured together at the LSU football game on Saturday
The gymnast, who turns 21 this Saturday, comments under the photo of her boyfriend
The gymnast had already attracted attention in the run-up with a photo of her competition outfit
Dunne and Skenes, who also shared two other photos from his day out with friends – with no trace of Dunne – are said to have had plenty to celebrate after the match. LSU defeated the Razorbacks 34-31 in a thriller in Baton Rouge, with Jayden Daniels starring as he passed for 302 yards and four touchdowns.
Skenes confirmed in August that he and Dunne are an item and made an impassioned plea to fans to give her space when she attends his matches.
The paid player has been rumored, but speculation increased when she was featured in his debut for the Bradenton Marauders last month.
Speaking to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, he opened up about their relationship, saying, “It’s definitely fun. It can be tricky sometimes, to be honest, when it comes to actually going somewhere.
“If one of us were to go to Baton Rouge alone, there would probably be someone there asking for something: a photo, an autograph, whatever.
‘It’s nice to be able to have that conversation. She gets it. I wish she could come to a baseball game and just enjoy it. It irritates me.
‘I have no control over it. She really doesn’t either. I’m sure it will get better as I move up, but that’s something I want for her.”
Dunne’s meteoric rise to fame means she cannot attend her classes in person at LSU.
Skenes (left) was the first pick in the MLB Draft, while Dunne has earned millions in endorsements
In July, she told Elle, “There have been some fears in the past and I just want to be as careful as possible. I don’t want people to know what my daily schedule is and where I am.’
Skenes, a pitcher, signed a record $9.2 million contract with the Pirates after being selected first overall in the MLB Draft.
Dunne now has an estimated net worth of around $2.3 million thanks to a number of endorsement deals.
Her fame has soared this year, thanks in no small part to those deals. She also appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.