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Olivia Dunne Calls Out the Internet’s “Misconception” Around Her Social Media Posts

Published 03/12/2024, 8:40 AM EDT

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The social media personality and star LSU gymnast, Olivia Dunne is the most followed NCAA gymnastics athlete on social media. With more than 7 million followers on TikTok and 4 million on Instagram, her growing fame as a content creator has raked in a lot of NIL deals as well. When she was interviewed lately during the LSU Gymnastics media session, her clear explanation of some “misconceptions” around her social media posts was voiced.

Olivia Dunne marked her career-high performance in the recent Podium Challenge with a 9.900 score on floor exercises. But the media session following after was a catalyst to the denouement of Livvy Dunne’s social media shenanigans, rife with certain haters. With naysayers teeming undulatingly, at least for a star of Olivia Dunne’s stature, she sure seemed to have a fitting response. The truth will out, and how.

 Olivia Dunne sets the record straight

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Telecasted on YouTube on March 11th, 2024, the LSU Gymnastics Media Session covered the matter of Olivia Dunne’s ‘misconceptions‘ that people have over the web. The star LSU gymnast had posted a video a few weeks back on Instagram regarding herself, entering the gym and everyone else leaving, which was posed forward to her by the reporter to which her snarky, tongue-in-cheek response laid the bare bones truth out. The video continued to see her with other LSU gymnasts dancing in joy later.

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The audience may have jumped to a sarcastic conclusion to her declaration of being the topmost gymnast. However, Olivia Dunne humbly cleared the misconception,” she said, The internet likes to assume things and I just think that this team is so special and our bond is (amazing). So, we could take jokes. Our team is funny and we just decided to make a funny video, pushing back at the haters.”

When she was asked how she balances her schoolwork with her college athletics, she confidently knew her answers and stated that with experiences in the past, she had now managed to groom her schedule accordingly and this year has been pretty smooth for her. Staying in shape and fueling her body with requisite necessities has helped her to achieve the best grasp on it, she quotes therefore. Concluding it to be the best year yet, Olivia Dunne eyes on the further championships in her ( last) senior year.

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Future aspirations for the young Dunne

Prepping up for the upcoming 2024 NCAA gymnastics championships, Olivia Dunne seeks to deliver a majestic routine on the floor, beam and bars so that she can etch her name in the history of LSU Tigers gymnastics. Being her last year, most probably, as a senior in the Louisiana State University, she will be leaving behind her college landscape after the 2024 season and thus is completely determined to leave a mark before dropping out of the University.

Read More: “Love the Casual Beauty!”: Olivia Dunne Makes Fans Go Gaga Over Bold Bikini Pictures

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Considering the Olympic fever and pre gala imbued in everyone’s nerves, Livvy was asked back in 2021 about her Olympic aspirations with Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards, and Bri Chickenfry. She quipped with –“That dream has died,”. With collegiate gymnastics driving her forward and major wins with LSU thus far in 2024, we have our hopes high from this 21-year-old wunderkind.

Read More: Olivia Dunne Wraps Up 2023 With a Captivating Year in Review in Recent Update

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Nandini Makkar

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Nandini Khanna is a budding Olympics Sports writer at EssentiallySports. A true sports enthusiast, Nandini covers track and field, equestrian sports, NCAA gymnastics, and wrestling. Rooted in her school days' prowess in badminton and volleyball, Nandini brings a genuine passion to her work.
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Himanshu Sridhar