diff --git a/src/components/live/LiveStatusDialog.tsx b/src/components/live/LiveStatusDialog.tsx
index 086f0759c..782c25e9e 100644
--- a/src/components/live/LiveStatusDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/live/LiveStatusDialog.tsx
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ export function LiveStatusDialog({
   profile,
   embed,
   status,
+  onPressViewAvatar,
 }: {
   control: Dialog.DialogControlProps
   profile: bsky.profile.AnyProfileView
   status: AppBskyActorDefs.StatusView
   embed: AppBskyEmbedExternal.View
+  onPressViewAvatar?: () => void
 }) {
   const navigation = useNavigation<NavigationProp>()
   return (
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ export function LiveStatusDialog({
         profile={profile}
         embed={embed}
         navigation={navigation}
+        onPressViewAvatar={onPressViewAvatar}
       />
     </Dialog.Outer>
   )
@@ -57,11 +60,13 @@ function DialogInner({
   embed,
   navigation,
   status,
+  onPressViewAvatar,
 }: {
   profile: bsky.profile.AnyProfileView
   embed: AppBskyEmbedExternal.View
   navigation: NavigationProp
   status: AppBskyActorDefs.StatusView
+  onPressViewAvatar?: () => void
 }) {
   const {_} = useLingui()
   const control = Dialog.useDialogContext()
@@ -74,6 +79,12 @@ function DialogInner({
     })
   }, [navigation, profile.handle, control])
 
+  const handlePressViewAvatar = useCallback(() => {
+    if (onPressViewAvatar) {
+      control.close(onPressViewAvatar)
+    }
+  }, [control, onPressViewAvatar])
+
   return (
     <Dialog.ScrollableInner
       label={_(msg`${sanitizeHandle(profile.handle)} is live`)}
@@ -84,6 +95,7 @@ function DialogInner({
         profile={profile}
         embed={embed}
         onPressOpenProfile={onPressOpenProfile}
+        onPressViewAvatar={handlePressViewAvatar}
       />
       <Dialog.Close />
     </Dialog.ScrollableInner>
@@ -96,12 +108,14 @@ export function LiveStatus({
   embed,
   padding = 'xl',
   onPressOpenProfile,
+  onPressViewAvatar,
 }: {
   status: AppBskyActorDefs.StatusView
   profile: bsky.profile.AnyProfileView
   embed: AppBskyEmbedExternal.View
   padding?: 'lg' | 'xl'
   onPressOpenProfile: () => void
+  onPressViewAvatar?: () => void
 }) {
   const {_} = useLingui()
   const t = useTheme()
@@ -202,21 +216,36 @@ export function LiveStatus({
               />
             </View>
             <Button
-              label={_(msg`Open profile`)}
+              label={
+                onPressViewAvatar ? _(msg`View avatar`) : _(msg`Open profile`)
+              }
               size="small"
               color="secondary"
               variant="solid"
               onPress={() => {
-                logger.metric(
-                  'live:card:openProfile',
-                  {subject: profile.did},
-                  {statsig: true},
-                )
-                unstableCacheProfileView(queryClient, profile)
-                onPressOpenProfile()
+                if (onPressViewAvatar) {
+                  logger.metric(
+                    'live:card:viewAvatar',
+                    {subject: profile.did},
+                    {statsig: true},
+                  )
+                  onPressViewAvatar()
+                } else {
+                  logger.metric(
+                    'live:card:openProfile',
+                    {subject: profile.did},
+                    {statsig: true},
+                  )
+                  unstableCacheProfileView(queryClient, profile)
+                  onPressOpenProfile()
+                }
               }}>
               <ButtonText>
-                <Trans>Open profile</Trans>
+                {onPressViewAvatar ? (
+                  <Trans>View avatar</Trans>
+                ) : (
+                  <Trans>Open profile</Trans>
+                )}
               </ButtonText>
             </Button>
           </ProfileCard.Header>
diff --git a/src/logger/metrics.ts b/src/logger/metrics.ts
index 7afe7f3bb..5fa138197 100644
--- a/src/logger/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/logger/metrics.ts
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ export type MetricEvents = {
       | 'AvatarButton'
       | 'StarterPackProfilesList'
       | 'FeedInterstitial'
-      | 'ProfileHeaderSuggestedFollows'
       | 'PostOnboardingFindFollows'
       | 'ImmersiveVideo'
       | 'ExploreSuggestedAccounts'
@@ -468,7 +467,6 @@ export type MetricEvents = {
       | 'AvatarButton'
       | 'StarterPackProfilesList'
       | 'FeedInterstitial'
-      | 'ProfileHeaderSuggestedFollows'
       | 'PostOnboardingFindFollows'
       | 'ImmersiveVideo'
       | 'ExploreSuggestedAccounts'
@@ -632,6 +630,7 @@ export type MetricEvents = {
   'live:card:open': {subject: string; from: 'post' | 'profile'}
   'live:card:watch': {subject: string}
   'live:card:openProfile': {subject: string}
+  'live:card:viewAvatar': {subject: string}
   'live:view:profile': {subject: string}
   'live:view:post': {subject: string; feed?: string}
 
diff --git a/src/screens/Profile/Header/Shell.tsx b/src/screens/Profile/Header/Shell.tsx
index f195b4701..3a9d41395 100644
--- a/src/screens/Profile/Header/Shell.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Profile/Header/Shell.tsx
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ let ProfileHeaderShell = ({
                     banner={profile.banner}
                     moderation={moderation.ui('banner')}
                   />
-                  {live.isActive && <LiveIndicator size="large" />}
                 </Animated.View>
               </View>
             </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
@@ -348,6 +347,17 @@ let ProfileHeaderShell = ({
             status={live}
             embed={live.embed}
             profile={profile}
+            onPressViewAvatar={() => {
+              const modui = moderation.ui('avatar')
+              const avatar = profile.avatar
+              if (avatar && !(modui.blur && modui.noOverride)) {
+                runOnUI(() => {
+                  'worklet'
+                  const rect = measure(aviRef)
+                  runOnJS(_openLightbox)(avatar, rect)
+                })()
+              }
+            }}
           />
         ))}
     </View>