Livvy Dunne reveals the reason it is 'really hard' to watch boyfriend Paul Skenes pitch

For Livvy Dunne, watching her boyfriend, Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes, is not easy.

Dunne, 23, said watching Skenes transportation is harder than competing arsenic a gymnast astatine LSU and that she goes done a whirlwind of emotions during his starts.

"Obviously, I deliberation I sewage put connected blast a fewer times while watching him," Dunne said during an quality connected MLB Network pinch Skenes. "I get tense because I evidently want him to do his best. I emotion him. He usually pops out, does his thing, does amazing. But I consciousness each emotion while he’s retired location doing his thing."

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Paul Skenes poses for a photograph pinch Olivia Dunne during nan reddish carpet photoshoot astatine Loews Philadelphia successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

"It’s wholly retired of my control, which is really difficult because while I was competing, I mean, I was successful power of my ain destiny. Now I conscionable request to beryllium back, relax and spot him."

Dunne went viral earlier this play erstwhile she was seen mouthing "F---" aft Skenes gave up a location tally to Toronto Blue Jays prima George Springer. The erstwhile LSU prima attends galore of nan games Skenes pitches and is an ardent protagonist of her fellow and nan Pirates.

Dunne has gotten a firsthand look astatine Skenes’ worldly arsenic she stepped into nan batter's container earlier nan Pirates ace near for outpouring training.

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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes and Livvy Dunne locomotion nan reddish carpet for nan MLB All-Star Game connected July 14, 2026, successful Philadelphia. (Chris Szagola/AP Photo)

"I deliberation each offseason Paul wanted maine to guidelines successful while he was pitching. I’ve been procrastinating each offseason because it’s scary and everybody told maine it would beryllium very scary," Dunne said.

"It was nan past time of nan offseason earlier he went to outpouring training and he was like, ‘Nope, come. You’re going to guidelines there.’ And I thought he was joking, and I stood and I was frozen."

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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes walks to nan dugout aft handing nan shot to head Don Kelly during nan sixth inning of a crippled against nan Milwaukee Brewers successful Pittsburgh connected Sunday, July 12, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Skenes said he buzzed her tower, meaning he threw precocious and wrong to his girlfriend.

"She had been asking me, too. She wanted to spot it, aliases she said she wanted to spot it, and past clip comes, we sewage to spot if you’re astir it," Skenes said.

The reigning NL Cy Young victor has an 8-8 grounds and a 3.57 ERA this season, and has been an anchor for a Pirates squad that is successful nan heavy of nan National League Wild Card title astatine 50-47.

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