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Olivia Dunne and Paul Skenes‘ alleged romance has at last come to an end, giving a powerful athletic duo. Dunne is a well-known gymnast on the collegiate circuit, while Skenes gained fame for his successful baseball career move from LSU to the Pittsburgh Pirates. During the College World Series, the gymnast first sparked dating rumors by wearing a baseball player’s jersey. Although Skenes later confirmed the relationship, calling it a ‘small-world type of thing.’

They earned an ardent fan base after announcing their romance in August. Their romance was recently captured at the NCAA football game between the Auburn Tigers and the LSU Tigers. At the same time, fans were seeing the pair out and about in a recent update has attracted a lot of notice.

Olivia Dunne shares an adorable update

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While the relationship between Dunne and Skenes is no secret, their bond seems to grow with each passing day. In a TikTok video shared with her 7.8M followers, the 21-year-old was seen cuddling with her white floofball puppy. While the purpose lay in the video caption that read, “When I show someone my puppy and there not immediately obsessed,” yes, the spell check wasn’t the only thing her fans noticed in the cute voice-over clip.

In the 6-second video, many noticed her boyfriend Paul Skenes casually popping out of one door looking at the camera, and disappearing to the other side. Now, the fans weren’t letting that slide easily. The couple recently attended the exciting game between the LSU Tigers and Auburn Tigers on October 14.

The update was shared by Olivia’s buddy Meghan Patricia on Instagram capturing the pair holding hands and enthusiastically supporting their college team. The pair could be seen fervently cheering on the victorious LSU squad after the game, which ended with a 48-18 triumph for them. Their frequent attendance at games together after an abrupt career halt, they’re showing their mutual love of football and baseball.

The pair was first seen together at the start of October. A carousel of pictures from LSU’s 34-31 victory against Arkansas posted with the remark, “Back in the boot,” by Skenes. In the photo posing in the stands, senior Dunne although without having officially spoken about their relationship, confirmed it. Being the highest-paid female collegiate athlete attracts much attention for Dunne as she leads an influencer life too. On the recent recent, a similar inclination was seen as many noticed her boyfriend!

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How did Olivia Dunne’s fans react?

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With over 57.4K likes and 516.9K views in just 9 hours, her recent TikTok captioned, “Roux is a queen” is blowing. Upon catching a view of Skenes one wrote,??Paul back there lurking.? Another fan spoke on his growing popularity saying, ?Paul’s the star these days.? Another wishful comment read, ?Paul in the background luckiest guy in the world.? A sarcastic commenter even said, ?Paul thinks he’s slick?

While there were people confused, as a fan wrote, ?is that mr skenes I see in the background.? Jokes were shot, I repeat jokes were shot as one said, ?Pauly what you doin there buddy.? Someone called him out saying,?Paul just had to sneak in there lol.?? Then there was someone with demands saying, ?Need some Paul TikToks.??

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While Dunne is in the midst of her final year at LSU, Skenes is taking time off MLB this year to be back stronger. This in turn means the duo has more time to spend together, making fans turn wishful with their pair requests.

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