Paul Skenes had a busy Wednesday. GQ published a profile of him and girlfriend Livvy Dunne to start the morning. Later on, he gave up just three hits and no earned runs in seven innings, recording his first win of the 2025 season in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Naturally, Skenes was asked about his debut as a GQ model after the game and had the most on-brand response possible.
"Um... Yeah, I don't know," Skenes said to reporters postgame via SportsNet Pittsburgh. "I'm going to get some flak in the locker room, I know that. I'm not looking forward do it.
"But yeah, I didn't know what GQ was until the offer came, so I'm glad I did it I think. I mean, how'd I look? Did you guys think I looked good?"
It wouldn’t be hard to make the case that Livvy Dunne and Paul Skenes are the archetypal Gen Z power couple
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) April 2, 2025
They’re the pride of Baton Rouge and Pittsburgh, respectively, but the truest measure of their influence lives online https://t.co/7SW2qY0lej pic.twitter.com/QYq2p6trRL
The second-year ace is known for his laissez-faire attitude, like when a meme was born of Dunne's reaction to Skenes being named the 2024 NL Rookie of the Year, when his own expression looked less than thrilled.
The profile itself discussed the origins of Skenes and Dunne's relationship as they've grown into a "Gen Z it couple" online. Dunne, an LSU gymnast, has 5.3 million followers on Instagram and eight million on TikTok. Skenes is one of the MLB's brightest young stars, even if he has to take a few more pictures than he wants to sometimes.
"It’s not my job to take pictures with these people, it’s my job to throw, and them wanting to take pictures is getting in the way of that. But she always handles everything very well... she never says no to a picture. I say no to them.” – Paul Skenes https://t.co/7SW2qY0lej pic.twitter.com/HbU50xUA7Z
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) April 2, 2025
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