Livvy Dunne slams New York Instances for controversial ‘Intercourse Sells’ headline

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Former LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne remains to be not letting The New York Instances off the hook for a controversial 2022 story on her that used a headline which included the phrase "Intercourse Sells."

The November 2022 article, titled "New Endorsements for School Athletes Resurface an Outdated Concern: Intercourse Sells," described Dunne as "a petite blonde with a vivid smile and a gymnast’s toned physique." The article went on to argue that Identify, Picture and Likeness enterprise in ladies's faculty sports activities "rewards conventional female desirability over athletic excellence."

Dunne spoke out towards the newspaper in an interview on the "What's Your Story?" podcast. She recalled the paper's staffers allegedly telling her to put on the outfit that they ended up placing the notorious headline over.

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Mar 7, 2025; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers Olivia Dunne seems on throughout the meet towards the Georgia Bulldogs at Maravich Middle. (Stephen Lew-Imagn Photographs)

"They got here to our gymnastics facility at LSU, took footage of me. They stated, ‘put on your team-issued apparel, placed on a leotard,’' they usually took an image of me standing in entrance of the beam, like several gymnast would, after which they blew it up on the display and put the headline, ‘Intercourse Sells,’" Dunne alleged on the podcast.

"Okay, nicely, you simply got here into the power and took footage of me in our team-issued apparel and blew it up on a display… So I used to be like, ‘okay, nicely, that is loopy.’ And there was clearly a variety of backlash to the New York Instances due to that."

Dunne then recounted how she mocked The New York Instances on social media for the design determination, and ended up getting a modeling provide from Sports activities Illustrated consequently.

"I made a decision I used to be going to place that very same image that they posted and captioned ‘intercourse sells’ on my Instagram story and write ‘at The New York Instances, is that this an excessive amount of?’ As a result of, come on, you understand what you are doing. You simply put an image of me in a leotard for clicks after which caption it 'intercourse sells," Dunne stated.

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Mar 7, 2025; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; LSU Tigers Olivia Dunne throughout the meet towards the Georgia Bulldogs at Maravich Middle. (Stephen Lew-Imagn Photographs)

"After which folks cherished that. They have been like that is so nice as a result of no, it is not an excessive amount of. You are in your team-issued apparel, which is a leotard for gymnasts. There was a variety of optimistic suggestions from that. So, Sports activities Illustrated reached out to my agent. I used to be so enthusiastic about that. That was at all times a dream of mine. There's some legends and a few superb athletes which were in Sports activities Illustrated."

Dunne has beforehand spoken out towards the newspaper for the piece.

Throughout an look on the "Full Ship Podcast" in summer season 2023, she referred to as the piece "BS," and claims the reporter requested her "bizarre" and "odd" questions.

"It was full BS. I imply, they referred to as me on the telephone in November they usually instructed me that they have been going to put in writing about my accomplishments and stuff and I used to be like, ‘OK, for certain. That’s superior. The New York Instances. That’s enormous,'" she stated.

"The interviewer referred to as me and he was asking me very odd questions. It was worded fairly bizarre," she defined. "He was like, ‘So, how does it really feel to be a small petite blonde gymnast doing so nicely with NIL.’ I used to be similar to, ‘Why does it matter that I’m petite and blonde.’ You'll be able to simply ask me about NIL with out you having to make use of these bizarre methods of claiming it."

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LSU Tigers gymnast Olivia Dunne proven throughout the SEC Gymnastics Championship at Fuel South Enviornment. (Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports activities)

Dunne has been one of many most-followed athletes on social media since she joined LSU. She boasts greater than 8 million followers on TikTok and one other 5.4 million on Instagram. She helped the Tigers to a nationwide championship in 2024, however her ultimate 12 months with LSU was derailed due to an damage.

Since then, she’s been noticed cheering on her boyfriend, Paul Skenes, as he makes waves in MLB with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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