Olivia Dunne and Paul Skenesare making the most of their time together as the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher enjoys his final days of freedom before reporting for Spring Training.
The couple, who have been dating for two years, were present for Sunday’s star-studded Super Bowl which saw the Philadelphia Eagles take down the Kansas City Chiefs.
Skenes made sure to mark the occasion with an Instagram post of the couple spending time together, uploading a carousel of pictures to his account.
The images show Olivia and Paul posing in front of a private jet and spending time with friends in New Orleans. The couple also attended the Sports Illustrated Super Bowl LIX party that was held at Mardi Gras World and featured a performance by Tucker Wetmore.
One of the pictures also shows Skenes with LSU Tigers alum Will Helmer as he played the piano. Another shows the couple spending time with the US Air Force fighters.
To cap things off, Skenes had to pay tribute to their dog, Roux, as he ran on the beach during a beautiful sunset and napped on the couch.
“This past off-season was fun,” he wrote, with Dunne commenting: “Impressive dump baby.”
Dunne and her social media presence
While Skenes was busy documenting his off-season, Dunne isn’t new to using social media to grow her popularity.
With 5.3 million followers on Instagram and another 8 million on TikTok, Dunne was one of the first NCAA athletes to capitalize on NIL as she once earned $500,000 for a single post.
Back in November 2024 she spoke with Glamour about how some MLB fans follow her because she is dating Skenes, showing how the popularity of the sport has benefitted her as well.
“My social media has changed a bit because my audience that follows me also loves Paul,” she said.
“I have a lot of people come up to me in person and people tell me how much they love Paul, and I’m like, ‘Me too!’ I feel like people just like to cheer him on with me, and my social media has definitely grown. The MLB is a really big community and it’s been fun.”
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