When Olivia Dunne posted her video with Travis Kelce, multiple fans joked that she had discarded Paul Skenes. That wild speculation came even though she had shown a ton of support for her boyfriend just a month earlier. The gymnast-influencer does not post a lot of content with Skenes, but uploaded an adorable TikTok on May 8 when they found out he would be making his debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates. “POV: you both wake up from a nap and find out he’s in the MLB,” Dunne wrote in text as she danced in the video with Skenes barely visible in the background.
Dunne was at the game when Skenes hit the mound a few days later on May 11. She spoke to MLB reporters in an interview that was posted to the league’s official TikTok account. “I always say, it’s way harder to be the person in the stands watching because I’m not in control,” she said. A day later, Dunne gushed over Skenes’ debut by updating a rare Instagram post featuring her beau. “Way to go Bucco,” she wrote in the caption alongside a yellow heart. Dunne’s post featured three snaps of the couple embracing on the sideline after the pitcher’s game.
Previously, Dunne had spoken about how fame had affected her relationship with Skenes. “I’ve definitely learned over the past few years that, this past year mostly, that keeping certain things private is okay,” Dunne told People in November 2023 while referring to her relationship.
