"Last pic so fire": LSU's Flau'jae Johnson reacts to Olivia Dunne and BF Paul Skenes' romantic rookie season snaps
Flau'jae Johnson is showing love to LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne's relationship with Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes. The LSU Tigers alum is playing his first season with the Pirates and Dunne is supporting him by attending his games.
On Sunday, the gymnast posted pictures of her and Skenes meeting after the games.
"My little rookie," she wrote in the caption.
The last photo showed Skenes on the mound and Olivia Dunne taking a picture from the box. Johnson reacted to this photo, writing:
"Last pic so fire ðŸ˜."
Olivia Dunne was a guest on Flau'jae Johnson's 'Best of Both Worlds' podcast last week, where the LSU guard expressed her awe at Dunne and Skenes' relationship dynamics. Livvy shared that since she is so busy with school, the baseball star charters private planes for her to travel to his game days during the weekends.
When Johnson heard this, she said:
"See, you know, that sound like a power couple to me. I don't know, that's crazy."
Dunne also revealed the story behind the couple's meeting. The two met last year at LSU with rumors of them being in a relationship starting in June.
"I would kind of see him around and I was like, 'Who is this tall guy, like tall mysterious man?'", Dunne said. "I literally had no clue who he was, but I would just see him around and then during baseball season, he wasn't even playing that game. ... I was just sitting there in the stands with my friends."
They eventually began hanging out together before making things official in August.
Flau'jae Johnson names Olivia Dunne as her dream NIL partner
Flau'jae Johnson and Olivia Dunne are on a six-part docu-series, 'The Money Game', which documents the effect of NIL among LSU athletes. During its premiere in New York, Johnson was asked about her dream NIL partner in one of the red-carpet interviews.
"I would say Livvy Dunne," the LSU guard said. "I would try to like, go into her world in gymnastics, knowing I can't. And I would want her to try to come into basketball. That would be cool."
Meanwhile, Olivia Dunne took a pop-star route for the answer as she said:
"I think the inner 'Swiftie' in me is saying Taylor Swift."
Johnson and Dunne are LSU's biggest earners in the NIL landscape and are slowly changing the business game for student-athletes.
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