2025 is here and the NCAA competitive gymnastics season is just around the corner. So, LSU’s fifth-year senior Olivia Dunne has been busy preparing for the upcoming season. After all, 2025 will be the final season of her college gymnastics career, and Dunne hopes to do well. “This past year I found a renewed love of the sport,” said the gymnast. However, that doesn’t mean Dunne is missing out on the latest happening on social media.

The massive social media star with nearly 13.5 million followers on Instagram and TikTok hopped on the 2025 prediction filter trend on TikTok. Yet, one fan was more curious about her stance on the latest TikTok controversy featuring Vexbolts, that’s taken over the platform. Thankfully, Livvy was well aware of what the fan was talking about.

Olivia Dunne’s one-word answer

The 2024 NCAA Championship winner’s fan asked the 22-year-old’s stance on mass-unfollowing of Vexbolts on TikTok. “Livvy will you be leaving Vexbolts in 2024?” the fan asked in the comments. If you’re wondering why someone is addressing 2024 in the future tense, then’s here what you need to know about the context behind the question.

Vexbolts, the TikTok creator who went viral after his ‘Let him cook!’ phrase, saw his follower count explode by 7 million in the final months of 2024. However, these weren’t organic followers, and even before the creator stopped gaining followers, the trend ‘leave Vexbolts in 2024’ cropped up. Now that trend has bled into 2025 and hence Olivia Dunne got that question.

Livvy responded with just one word, “Gotta,” which revealed that she was also part of the trend. Meanwhile, Vexbolts, who surpassed Livvy momentarily on TikTok, has continued to lose followers and is currently sitting at 2.9 million. The meme creator, saw his follower count skyrocket from 1.5 million to over 8.5 million in late December, only to plummet to 3.2 million as TikTok users decided to “leave him in 2024.” The unfollowing frenzy hit its peak at 11:59 pm on New Year’s Eve, with millions bailing in seconds.

But Vexbolts turned the chaos into content gold, launching a $50,000 “Let Him Cook” challenge and pulling in nearly a million live viewers during the event. Sure, he lost followers, but he doubled his original count and raked in hundreds of millions of views—so maybe being “left behind” wasn’t such a bad deal after all. However, this wasn’t the only trend Dunne tried in 2025. The 2025 prediction filter she uploaded made a hilarious prediction for the gymnast.

The filter replaced every digit with an emoji one by one, and each one shocked Olivia Dunne. The first emoticon was a broken heart, followed by a clown face, then a policeman, and finally a coffin. “2025 lookin promising,” the LSU gymnast wrote in the sarcastic caption. However, the national champion is not goofing around in the gym.

Livvy is out to do her part in protecting the crown

For the first time in their history, Olivia Dunne’s team will enter the NCAA gymnastics season as defending champions. However, things didn’t start on the best foot for the Tiger in the annual Gymnastics 101 event titled ‘Protect The Crown’ at Baton Rouge. Not everyone did well in the pre-season event, featuring veterans such as Livvy alongside newcomers.

Coach Jay Clark expressed his concern after the December 16 event. “Some good, some bad. Some people looked really ready, others looked scared and timid,” explained the LSU Tigers head coach. Olivia Dunne was among the ones who missed the mark. These concerns have only escalated in the last couple of weeks as two of Louisiana State’s best gymnasts, Haleigh Bryant and Konnor McClain, remained sidelined.

Both star athletes suffered injuries and their participation in the competitive season has been in doubt. Thankfully, Coach Clark had some good news about McClain on the last day of 2024. “So I think she’s ready to go on bars and beam. We’ve started adding a little bit on the leg events…” shared coach Jay Clark. However, Haleigh Bryant’s situation remains far more uncertain.

So, now that LSU is facing its share of challenges even before the season has started, Olivia Dunne is looking to step up. “New year… same goal” the college gymnastics icon posted on social media. Although Dunne spent last year’s finals on the bench as a substitute, she may need to shoulder a lot more weight to defend the NCAA title.