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Livvy Dunne's Sweaty Armpits at Pittsburgh Pirates Game refers to a viral video and photo of gymnast and influencer Livvy Dunne watching her boyfriend, Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates MLB team, pitch during a September 2025 game. Dunne is seen wearing a white top that has brown "pit stains" under her armpits. The video and screenshot of her standing with her arms up went viral on social media platforms like Twitter / X and Reddit in late September 2025, inspiring discourse and memes about Dunne being sweaty. Some users also "thirsted" over her sweatiness both sincerely and ironically.

Origin

On September 24th, 2025, the X^[1] account of SportsNet Pittsburgh (@SNPittsburgh) tweeted a video of gymnast Livvy Dunne watching her boyfriend, Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates, pitch against the Cincinnati Reds. The video received over 9.1 million views in five days.

On that same day, X^[2] user @PGHNoContext tweeted a screencap of Dunne at the same game, seen with her arms in the air, resting on her head. Notably, two brown stains are seen in her armpits, likely caused by sweat. Over five days, the tweet received over 15.7 million views and 47,000 likes.

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The abovementioned tweet amassed several viral quote-tweets and replies in the following days.

For instance, later on September 24th, 2025, X^[3] user @SandblasterSzn quote-tweeted the post, writing, "I guess that's why they call it Pittsburgh," gaining over 35,000 likes in five days.

On September 25th, X^[4] user @ruffledsavior quote-tweeted the post, calling Dunne a foid, writing, "This has been brought to my attention. 'Why are they brown?' because the pit sweat of a foid is sweet-smelling, syrupy, not unlike the sap of a maple tree. One of life's many delicacies." Over four days, the post gained over 4,200 likes.

Also on September 25th, 2025, TikToker ^[6] @smsportss shared a video about the clip of Livvy Dunne having armpit stains, gaining over 10,500 likes in four days.

Livvy Dunne's Comment / Response

On September 26th, 2025, X^[5] user @PGHClothingCo tweeted a screenshot of a TikTok comment that Livvy Dunne left on her own TikTok^[7] video in response to a comment that said, "You put the 'pit' in Pittsburgh." Dunne replied, "You’d break a sweat too being a Pirates fan," gaining over 6,400 likes in three days. The tweet from @PGHClothingCo received over 31,000 likes in three days.

On September 27th, Redditor Thistletuftz shared a post to the /r/SipsTea^[8] subreddit, which reposted Dunne's comment on TikTok. Over two days, the post received over 9,200 upvotes.

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