Current:Home > NewsSouthern Charm's Olivia Flowers Details "Difficult" First Holidays 10 Months After Brother's Death -ProfitLogic
Southern Charm's Olivia Flowers Details "Difficult" First Holidays 10 Months After Brother's Death
View
Date:2025-04-11 15:58:53
This holiday season will be a different one for Olivia Flowers' family.
Ten months after the Southern Charm star's brother Conner unexpectedly passed away at the age of 32, Olivia shared how she and her parents are coping with the loss ahead of their first Christmas since his death.
"Holidays are definitely difficult," Olivia exclusively told E! News Chief Correspondent Keltie Knight at the DIRECTV Celebrates Christmas at Kathy's event Nov. 28. "We just had Thanksgiving, which was a very different experience. There was only four of us and now just three. But we're a very tight-knit, close family so we're pulling through and holding tight. So, we'll get through it."
Despite Conner's absence, Olivia will still try to embrace their Christmas traditions.
"My favorite part is just family time and the movies of course," the 31-year-old noted. "Home Alone, that's the favorite. I'm just looking forward to being in Texas, that's where I am right now, and family time."
Earlier this month, Olivia shared that her sibling died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, years after being prescribed opioids to treat chronic pain stemming from his longtime battle with Lyme disease.
"He started depending, at a very young age, on this prescription medicine to feel normal," the Bravolebrity told People in an interview published Nov. 1. "And we as a family started to see this toll it took on his body."
Olivia also noted Conner recently sought treatment at a wellness center and was "completely clean."
"He was in the best shape I'd seen him in years," she recalled. "He had huge dreams he wanted to accomplish. And he was talking about his plans to move to Dallas, Texas, where he already had jobs lined up."
However, Conner experienced a fatal relapse.
"To hear he died of a fentanyl overdose, there's immediately going to be this assumption that he was partying," she said. "Conner wasn't like that. This was his means to survive."
Southern Charm airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. on Bravo.
(E! and Bravo are both part of the NBCUniversal family)
Peacock is live now! Check out NBCU's streaming service here.veryGood! (9669)
Related
- South Korea's acting president moves to reassure allies, calm markets after Yoon impeachment
- Have Mercy and Check Out These 25 Surprising Secrets About Full House
- Madonna Pens Sweet Tribute to Her Kids After Hospitalization
- Why residuals are taking center stage in actors' strike
- Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
- Jonathan Taylor joins Andrew Luck, Victor Oladipo as star athletes receiving bad advice | Opinion
- Viral dating screenshots and the absurdity of 'And Just Like That'
- The 15 craziest Nicolas Cage performances, ranked (including 'Sympathy for the Devil')
- Selena Gomez engaged to Benny Blanco after 1 year together: 'Forever begins now'
- Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
Ranking
- Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
- Here's how you can help kids stay healthy if they play outside in a heat wave
- The CDC sees signs of a late summer COVID wave
- Rest in Power: Celebrities react to the death of Sinéad O'Connor
- Intellectuals vs. The Internet
- Boy George and Culture Club, Howard Jones, Berlin romp through '80s classics on summer tour
- What recession? It's a summer of splurging, profits and girl power
- National Chicken Wing Day 2023: Buffalo Wild Wings, Popeyes, Hooters, more have deals Saturday
Recommendation
Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
America's farms are desperate for labor. Foreign workers bring relief and controversy
4 killed in fiery ATV rollover crash in central Washington
July keeps sizzling as Phoenix hits another 110-degree day and wildfires spread in California
Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
Rangers acquire Scherzer from Mets in blockbuster move by surprise AL West leaders
First August 2023 full moon coming Tuesday — and it's a supermoon. Here's what to know.
Why residuals are taking center stage in actors' strike