Gymnastics sensation Olivia Dunne asks fans to ‘be respectful’ after wild scene

Gymnastics sensation Olivia Dunne has asked fans to “be respectful” after wild scenes at a meet where she wasn’t even competing.

Olivia Dunne is asking her fans to “be respectful” to fellow competitors following a wild scene at her college’s season-opening meet.

In a tweet posted Sunday afternoon, the LSU gymnast — who is regarded as one of the most influential college athletes in America — wrote, “I will always appreciate and love the support from you guys, but if you come to a meet, I want to ask you to please be respectful of the other gymnasts and the gymnastics community as we are just doing our job.”

Olivia Dunne looks on at the meet against Utah. Picture: Alex Goodlett/Getty Images

Fans hold signs for Olivia Dunne. Picture: Alex Goodlett/Getty Images

The stands were littered with signs for Dunne. Picture: Alex Goodlett/Getty Images

Fans did not hold back their support for the 20-year-old gymnast at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Friday in Salt Lake City, where they held up Dunne-centric signs even though she wasn’t in the line-up.

Things took a troubling turn, however, as the mother of a Utah gymnast stated on social media how some fans acted in a “disrespectful” manner.

Olivia Dunne takes a 'selfie' with fans. Picture: Alex Goodlett/Getty Images

A cardboard cutout of Dunne was seen in the stands. Picture: Alex Goodlett/Getty Images

“As we were walking to the car the group swarmed my daughter and her teammate. They literally said to their faces, you are not Livvy but you will do, can we get a picture. (The group) also called my daughter Livvy 2.0. They were so rude and disrespectful,” said Jillian Hoffman’s mom, Jennifer, who added that her daughter and teammates were not “harassed, assaulted or harmed in anyway,” per Outkick.

Elsewhere on the scene, Josh Furlong of KSL.com Sports, described Friday on Twitter how “LSU had to move its team bus so they didn’t have to run into the group of boys. There were cops stationed in front to avoid them getting in”.

Olivia Dunne is a social media sensation.

She's created a rabid fanbase.

In an earlier tweet, Furlong said, “There’s literally a line outside of the Huntsman Center of teenage boys that keep asking if Livvy is coming out. I’ve never seen anything like this”.

Footage of the fans outside the venue also surfaced online, which featured the supporters chanting “Livvy” repeatedly.

She has 2.7 million Instagram followers.

Teenage boys are lining up to meet her.

Samantha Peszek, a former gymnast turn broadcaster, shared a clip of the scene on her social media pages, stating, “This is actually so scary and disturbing and cringey. I’m embarrassed for them …”

Dunne, who boasts millions of social media followers, ranks at the top of the list of female college athlete moneymakers, with an estimated value of $2.3 million.

This article was originally published by the New York Post and reproduced with permission