Paul Skenes' girlfriend Olivia Dunne gives hilarious response to fan's romantic request

Paul Skenes' girlfriend, Olivia Dunne, boasts a huge fan following across social media platforms despite calling time on her gymnastics career earlier this year. In her latest social media post, she even roped in the Pittsburgh Pirates ace.

Olivia Dunne posted pictures from her summer activities on Instagram this week. The post caught the attention of fans, with one of them sending a romantic request for the former LSU gymnast.

"Be my girlfriend Livyyy," a fan wrote in the comments.

Dunne reacted to the comment, tagging her boyfriend Paul Skenes in her reply to the request.

"U hear dis."

(Image source - Olivia Dunne's Instagram)

The Instagram post had Dunne's pictures from her candid time with her dog Roux along with other pics. She also shared pictures from her visit to the Pirates' PNC Park and even posed alongside Skenes' poster. One of the pictures was a candid shot of the Pirates ace trying his hand at golf.

Olivia Dunne is supporting boyfriend Paul Skenes from the stands after gymnastics retirement

Since calling time on her gymnastics career, Olivia Dunne has been seen rooting for her boyfriend from the stands frequently this year. She was at Citi Field last month for the Pirates' game against the New York Mets and even had some of her model friends throw the first pitch before Skenes took the mound.

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In the aforementioned Instagram post, Olivia Dunne shared pictures from her visit to the PNC Park for Paul Skenes' latest start against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. During the reigning NL Rookie of the Year's start, his girlfriend shared an encouraging message on Instagram.

"Yes sir, let's go," Dunne wrote in her Instagram story.

Paul Skenes was dominant on the mound with his girlfriend watching from the stands. His scoreless 7.2 innings with just two hits and seven strikeouts helped the Pirates to a 2-1 win. It also improved Skenes ERA to an NL best 1.88 with a 4-6 record.

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Chaitanya Prakash is an editor who covers US Sports at Sportskeeda. His first brush with sportswriting was in 2012 when the greatest football manager of all time, Sir Alex Ferguson, bid farewell to the beautiful game.

Although having started out professionally as a cricket writer in 2022, Chaitanya's curiosity and indiscriminate interest in all sports in general eventually introduced him to America's favorite pastime.

While Chaitanya's favorite player from the current crop is the dynamic Venezuelan Ronald Acuna Jr., his all-time favorite, however, is Pedro Martinez, for his self-belief and consistency. He also rates Jose Bautista's iconic bat flip in 2015 as his favorite moment in baseball history.

Chaitanya specializes in reporting on technical aspects of the game or analyzing patterns behind specific plays. He also likes pondering over players' self-assessments following the conclusion of a game as it helps him get an idea of how they think about the sport in general.

When not cheering for his favorites across sports, Chaitanya likes being transported to the past through a good war documentary or a historical documentary in general.

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