OLIVIA Dunne responded to a cheeky young Pittsburgh Pirates fan.
The young fan in question, Cooper, went viral on May 23 during the Pirates’ game against the San Francisco Giants.
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Wearing a yellow Pirates uniform and a fake mustache in honor of the team’s young pitcher, Paul Skenes, Cooper was there alongside other students from Greensburg’s Amos K. Hutchinson Elementary School.
In the top of the fifth inning, SportsNet’s Hannah Mears headed into the stands to interview the youngsters.
“What’s your favorite thing about Mr. Paul Skenes?” Mears asked Cooper.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he replied, “Your mustache and Livvy Dunne!”
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Former LSU Skenes and Tigers pitcher, gymnast, and social media star Dunne went public with their relationship in June 2023.
The Pirates ended up losing Thursday’s game 7-6.
Fast forward to Friday, Dunne took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to respond to Cooper’s now-viral clip.
“I like the mustache too, kid,” she wrote.
Many of Dunne’s nearly 140,000 followers wasted no time in commenting on her unexpected response.
“Kid is a new Pittsburgh legend!” one fan said.
“Elite tweet,” replied a second.
“Very cute!” commented another.
While a fourth replied: “Haha this lad is the king of his school now.”
Dunne was in attendance at Thursday’s game at PNC Park to cheer on Skenes during his third appearance since being called up from the minors.
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Before the game, she posed for a photo on the field wearing black leather pants, a black tank top and a white Pirates baseball cap.
During the game, she shared a reel on TikTok from the stands where she lip-synced to Now or Never from High School Musical 3, switching her camera to Skene’s pitch.
The first overall pick in the 2023 draft finished the game with six innings, allowing six hits and one run, as well as three strikeouts.
DUNNE AND SKENES’ SUMMER OF LOVE
Olivia Dunne and Paul Skenes managed to keep their relationship a secret before finally going public last summer.
The two met at LSU, but it’s unclear when they started dating.
Rumors of a romance began when Dunne watched LSU win the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, last summer.
And Dunne posted selfies from Fort Myers, Fla., where Skenes was playing.
He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and began his professional career playing in the minor leagues in the Sunshine State.
The final clue came when Dunne posed in a Pirates cap before the pair finally went public.
In three games, Skenes totaled 277 pitches for a total of 12 hits, four runs and 21 strikeouts.
The Pirates will return to action on Friday when they host the Atlanta Braves.
The Braves will return Saturday and Sunday before Skenes and Co. head to Detroit on May 28.
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