Olivia Dunne’s mom in tears during heartfelt birthday celebration by gymnast

Olivia Dunne celebrated her mother, Katherine Patterson Dunne's, birthday in an extraordinary way. The latter got emotional amid the special celebration of her birthday by the former LSU gymnast.

On Tuesday, November 4, Dunne shared a series of videos on her Instagram story, showing her followers the beautiful surprise birthday celebration of her mother. The first video featured the decoration and the cake for the special day. She added a wish that read:

"Happy birthday Mama Dunne💞"

In the second update, she posted a video of her mother entering the room, and she immediately got teary-eyed after witnessing the special celebration. Dunne wrote:

"I think she likes it!"

In the third story, the former gymnast was seen hugging her mother tight and penned a caption that read:

"I love you mom!💞 happy birthday."

Earlier this year, in May, Dunne and her mother went on a Bermuda trip together for the former's photoshoot for the Swimsuit edition of the SI magazine. The 22-year-old shared a video from the trip on her Instagram, giving viewers a sneak peek of her preparations for the photoshoot.

She also shared some glimpses of her dinner outing with her mother. The post's caption read:

"Best 24 hrs everrr👙🩵 @si_swimsuit #siswimsuit #beach #travel #model #cover #college #athlete"

Her mother, Katherine, dropped a sweet reaction to this post, writing:

"The best 24 hours. We need to go back."

When Olivia Dunne's mother opened up about her daughter's social media presence

In a conversation with the Salt Lake Tribune in January this year, Olivia Dunne's mother made her feelings known about the former LSU gymnast wanting to use her social media presence to draw attention to NCAA gymnastics. Talking about NCAA gymnastics events being broadcast on channels like ESPN and ABC, she said that it gives her daughter another chance to grow the sport.

“I think it’s an important moment for women’s gymnastics. I think coming off of an Olympic year there’s extra enthusiasm for the sport, and I think it will continue to give it the recognition that these women deserve. When Olivia started social media, she always wanted to try to bring more eyeballs to the sport of college gymnastics. It’s really gratifying for her to see the appetite for it grow and the audience grow more and more each year," said Olivia Dunne's mother.

Olivia Dunne has now wrapped up her gymnastics career after her fifth NCAA season with LSU and is now focusing on growing as a social media influencer and content creator.

Edited by Tushhita Barua