Paul Skenes discusses dating Livvy Dunne and his unique relationship with social media

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“It’s nice, for sure,” Skenes said. “It can be a pain in the butt sometimes, to be honest, in terms of actually going somewhere. If one of us went out in Baton Rouge [La.] by ourselves, there’s probably gonna be someone there asking for something — picture, autograph, whatever.
“It’s nice to be able to have that conversation. She does get it. I do wish she could come to a baseball game and just enjoy it. It does irk me. I don’t have any control over it. She really doesn’t either. I’m sure it’ll get better as I go up levels, but that’s something I want for her.”

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The two started dating, Skenes said, because his best friend at LSU was dating Dunne’s roommate and regular TikTok sidekick, Elena Marenas.

“Just a small-world type of thing,” Skenes said.

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He has a Twitter account but will only post anything when logged in from a laptop. He doesn’t keep social media apps on his phone. Skenes intentionally tries to avoid reading what’s said about him or Dunne.

“I wasn’t on it during the season because it’s toxic,” Skenes said. “When you see something positive about you or something negative, it doesn’t matter. There’s no substance to it. It can’t help.”

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“She doesn’t like seeing some of it, too,” Skenes said. “It’s worse for her. I’ve told her, ‘People are gonna write about you. People are gonna write about me. If it rattles you, if it makes you upset, you gotta find a way to either not see it or not get upset over it.’ In my mind, it’s a lot easier to not see it than not get upset over it.”

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