Current:Home > MarketsSouthern Charm's Olivia Flowers Details "Difficult" First Holidays 10 Months After Brother's Death -Secure Horizon Growth
Southern Charm's Olivia Flowers Details "Difficult" First Holidays 10 Months After Brother's Death
View
Date:2025-04-17 12:53:20
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! (633)
Related
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- These Empowering Movies About Sisterhood Show How Girls Truly Run the World
- Mississippi legislators are moving toward a showdown on how to pay for public schools
- Union reaches tentative contract at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Women’s mini-tour in Florida changes to female-at-birth policy
- 'I am losing my mind': Behind the rosy job numbers, Americans are struggling to find work
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth says Alabama's new law protecting IVF does not go far enough
- Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
- 'A new challenge:' Caitlin Clark dishes on decision to enter WNBA draft
Ranking
- 'Kraven the Hunter' spoilers! Let's dig into that twisty ending, supervillain reveal
- Stock market today: Asian shares rise after Wall Street sets another record
- Avoid sargassum seaweed, algal blooms on Florida beaches in spring with water quality maps
- These Empowering Movies About Sisterhood Show How Girls Truly Run the World
- Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
- Jail phone restricted for Michigan school shooter’s dad after he made threats, authorities say
- Dinosaur-era fossils of sea lizard with a demon's face and teeth like knives found in Morocco
- Miley Cyrus, Tish and Noah family feud rumors swirl: How to cope with family drama
Recommendation
Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
Kirk Cousins, Chris Jones, Saquon Barkley are among the star players set to test NFL free agency
Shooting at park in Salem, Oregon, kills 1 person and wounds 2 others
Democrat Min to face Republican Baugh in California’s competitive 47th Congressional District
Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
Maryland Senate OKs consumer protection bill for residential energy customers
Stephen Colbert skewers 'thirsty' George Santos for attending Biden's State of the Union
Kentucky bill to expand coverage for stuttering services advances with assist from ex-NBA player