Gymnast Livvy Dunne gives tearful reply to Markell Washington feud Instagram: livvydunne \/ YouTube: BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh RichardsViral gymnast Olivia Dunne is defending herself against accusations from TikToker Markell Washington, who claims she was rude to him when he approached her for a handshake. 20-year-old Olivia Dunne is taking over the internet after skyrocketing to social media stardom in early 2023, garnering a swath of young male fans (some of whom notably swarmed outside of a January 6 gymnastics meet in an attempt to meet their idol). The Louisiana State University gymnast (affectionately known as \u2018Livvy\u2019) boasts over 6.7 million followers on TikTok and continues to appear on \u2018For You Pages\u2019 across the app\u2026 but not everyone is enamored with the college athlete. Recently, TikToker Markell Washington claimed that Dunne was rude to him while he was standing in line at Saddle Ranch in Los Angeles. According to Washington, he reached out for a handshake \u2014 only to get the stink eye in return. Markell Washington accuses Livvy Dunne of rude behavior \u201cI reached out and tried to shake her hand, I tell you not, sis looked like this [imitates giving side eye], \u2018Hi, nice to meet you \u2014 Wait, \u2018Roommate,\u2019 where did you say y\u2019all were going?’\u201d he explained. \u201cWe ain\u2019t gonna hate her, that was just my only ever encounter with her, but it\u2019s like, first encounters are everything,\u201d he continued. \u201cEven if she were to apologize or say she didn\u2019t see me type sht \u2014 btch, you saw me!\u201d (Topic begins at 53:30) Washington went on to further explain his side of the story after speaking his piece about Dunne on the BFFs Podcast, arguing that he wasn\u2019t lying about the encounter and admitting that the entire situation was \u201cstressing\u201d him out. Dunne quickly took notice of Washington\u2019s comments and gave a tearful response to the whole ordeal in a live stream on TikTok. \u201cI just want to do my gymnastics and make content,\u201d Dunne said. \u201cI would never, ever\u2026 I\u2019m not being dramatic. My feelings are hurt.\u201d She went on to say that Josh Richards, co-host of the BFFs Podcast, FaceTimed her and apologized for the hate Dunne was receiving after the show went live. \u201cI guess that\u2019s what social media is,\u201d the gymnast continued. \u201cPeople can just make stuff up.\u201d For now, it looks like public sentiment is decidedly against Dunne for her alleged treatment of Markell, with some critics claiming she exhibited discriminatory behavior toward the TikToker \u2014 who is set to be the next internet \u201cit\u201d girl following an NCAA rule change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gymnast Livvy Dunne gives tearful reply to Markell Washington feud Instagram: livvydunne \/ YouTube: BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh RichardsViral gymnast Olivia Dunne is defending herself against accusations from TikToker Markell Washington, who claims she was rude to him when he approached her for a handshake. 20-year-old Olivia Dunne is taking over the internet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}