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Olivia “Livvy” Dunne, the former LSU star gymnast and viral sensation, revealed Tuesday that she was rejected from purchasing Babe Ruth’s former New York City home, saying that the building voted “not to have me live there.”
Dunne, who made an estimated $9.5 million through the “name, image and likeness” rules in the NCAA, claimed she was going to buy Ruth’s $1.59 million Upper West Side pad all in cash.
However, Dunne said she was denied days before she was set to get the keys to the co-op.
“I get a call. The co-op board denied me,” Dunne told her eight million followers in a video titled, “I’m just disappointed that’s all.'” Pretty much the people in the building voted to not have me live there, which is fine.”
If the co-op voted to approve the sale to the influencer, it would have been Dunne’s “first real estate purchase” ever.
Dunne said she and her boyfriend, Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes, hired an interior designer to decorate the apartment when the sale appeared as it was favoring the couple.
“It got to the point where the realtor was so confident, Paul and I went, I got an interior designer because I didn’t want to bring my college furniture to Babe Ruth’s apartment, that would be like, criminal,” Dunne said.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model added that she had “no clue” why residents rejected her from living in the building, which was constructed in 1915.
“Honestly, it wasn’t financial. It could have been, for all I know, they could have been Alabama fans and I went to LSU,” Dunne quipped.
“Maybe they didn’t want a public figure living there, but I was literally supposed to get the keys and that week they denied me,” Dunne added.
The Yankee slugger’s seventh-floor, three-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom prewar residence is located at 345 W. 88th St and hit the market in March, the Post reported.
“The Sultan of Swat” lived on the property with his late second wife, Claire Merritt Ruth, and their late adopted daughter Julia Ruth Stevens, from 1920 to 1940.
The space featured high ceilings, oak floors, numerous storage areas, a modern open kitchen with a breakfast bar, and multiple closets.
There’s even a commemorative plaque outside the historic home honoring the New York Yankees and baseball legend.
“My fondest memories [of the apartment] are of me and Father listening to ‘The Green Hornet’ on the radio and looking out to Riverside Park,’’ Ruth Stevens told the Post in 2015.
“Mom and Dad loved to entertain there. We had a maid and a cook, and Dad would always invite Yankees who had been traded and were in town with other teams. He knew they wanted a home-cooked meal [while on the road].”