Livvy Dunne was ready to buy her dream apartment — one that once belonged to Babe Ruth — with cash in hand. But not even a full-price, all-cash offer was enough to sway the co-op board.
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The 22-year-old influencer and former LSU gymnast revealed this week that her bid to purchase the Upper West Side apartment once home to baseball legend Babe Ruth was denied, despite her efforts to seal the deal in grand fashion.
In a TikTok video shared with her nearly 8 million followers, Dunne detailed the experience, calling the historic New York City unit her "dream apartment" and explaining how close she came to making it her own. She said she was ready to pay the $1.595 million listing price in full and had already brought her boyfriend, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, to visit. An interior designer had even started planning the space.
But just days before she expected to receive the keys, Dunne said she got a call: the co-op board had voted against her application.
"That week I was supposed to move in," Dunne said in the video. "I got a call that I was denied."
The three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom apartment is the stuff of Yankees lore. According to NBC News, Ruth lived there from 1920 to 1940, during the height of his playing career. The apartment's legacy clearly added to its appeal for Dunne, whose growing presence in baseball circles has included a high-profile relationship with Skenes, one of MLB's rising stars.
The board didn't offer a clear reason for the rejection, but Dunne speculated that her celebrity status — and the attention that often follows — may have been a factor.
"Maybe they just didn't want someone with a public profile," she noted, hinting at concerns over privacy, media, or potential disruptions.
The rejection marks another bump in what's already been a challenging stretch for Dunne, who has been juggling life in the spotlight with personal and professional transitions. In addition to her social media empire and NIL deals, she's also a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and former member of the U.S. Junior Women's National Gymnastics Team.
Now, she'll have to search elsewhere for her first piece of real estate, though it likely won't come with quite the same legend-in-the-walls appeal.
