Olivia Dunne and her MLB boyfriend Paul Skenes made the most of some brief downtime this week by soaking up the sun in Montauk.
Dunne, 22, had some precious time with her boyfriend during a break in the MLB season for the All-Star game.
The former LSU gymnast shared several pictures of herself with Skenes and their dog, Roux – who appeared to be getting more attention from Dunne than Skenes was.
The MLB pitcher, who plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates, is widely considered to be one of the most talented stars in the game, even at the age of 23.
But this week, it has been Dunne making the headlines as Skenes enjoys some needed downtime at the midway point of the 2025 baseball campaign.
In an interview on the ‘What’s Your Story?’ podcast Dunne repeated a long-standing grievance with the New York Times after posing for a photoshoot with them back in 2022.
Livvy Dunne has shared some pictures from her recent beach trip to Montauk
The former gymnast poses alongside her boyfriend, Paul Skenes, and their dog Roux
Pittsburgh Pirates star Skenes, 23, and Dunne, 22, pose with their slices of pizza
Recapping her journey to becoming a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, Dunne explained: ‘It all started because of a hit piece [that] the New York Times wrote about me.
‘They came to our gymnastics facility at LSU, took pictures of me. They said, “wear your team-issued attire, put on a leotard,” and they took a picture of me standing in front of the beam like any gymnast would and then they blew it up on the screen and put the headline, “Sex Sells”.
‘Okay well, you just came into the facility and took pictures of me in our team-issued attire and blew it up on a screen. So I was like, well this is crazy. And there was obviously a lot of backlash to the New York Times because of that.
‘I decided I was going to put that same picture that they posted and captioned “Sex Sells” on my Instagram story and write “@ The New York Times, is this too much?” Because, come on, you know what you’re doing. You just put a picture of me in a leotard for clicks and then caption it “Sex Sells.”
‘And then people loved that. They were like this is so great because no, it’s not too much. You’re in your team-issued attire, which is a leotard for gymnasts.” […] There was a lot of positive feedback from that.
‘So, Sports Illustrated reached out to my agent. I was so excited about that. That was always a dream of mine. There’s some legends and some amazing athletes that have been in Sports Illustrated.’
In May, Dunne, who called time on her athletics career last month, was named as one of four cover stars for SI Swimsuit’s 2025 edition after appearing in two previous issues.
The high-flying couple’s dog, Roux, appeared to get more attention from Dunne than Skenes
In five years at LSU, Dunne became the most-followed and highest-paid female college athlete with over 13 million combined TikTok and Instagram followers and a NIL (name, image and likeness) valuation of $4.1million.
With more time on her hands, Dunne has been at plenty of Pittsburgh Pirates games to cheer on Skenes.
But while he has been a sensation in baseball, his team are struggling and have a 29-59 record so far, which leaves them last by 12 wins in the National League Central.
