Current:Home > InvestSouthern Charm's Olivia Flowers Details "Difficult" First Holidays 10 Months After Brother's Death -Prime Money Path
Southern Charm's Olivia Flowers Details "Difficult" First Holidays 10 Months After Brother's Death
View
Date:2025-04-16 05:00:32
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! (36)
Related
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- Family fights for justice and a new law after murder of UFC star's stepdaughter
- Appeals court allows part of Biden student loan repayment plan to go forward
- Florida man admits to shooting at Walmart delivery drone, damaging payload
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- “Always go out on top”: Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp will retire June 2025
- No. 3 seed Aryna Sabalenka withdraws from Wimbledon with shoulder injury
- All-Star Paul George set to join 76ers on a $212 million free-agent deal, AP source says
- Man can't find second winning lottery ticket, sues over $394 million jackpot, lawsuit says
- Blake Lively Shares Peek Into Her Italian Vacation—And the Friends She Made Along the Way
Ranking
- Could your smelly farts help science?
- California to bake under 'pretty intense' heat wave this week
- Bill defining antisemitism in North Carolina signed by governor
- Campaign to get new political mapmaking system on Ohio’s ballot submits more than 700,000 signatures
- Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
- “Always go out on top”: Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp will retire June 2025
- Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
- 'Potentially catastrophic' Hurricane Beryl makes landfall as Cat 4: Live updates
Recommendation
As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
'Inside Out 2' becomes first movie of 2024 to cross $1B mark
Documenting the history of American Express as an in-house historian
Zayn Malik Shares Daughter Khai's Sweet Reaction to Learning He's a Singer
Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
Family of 13-year-old killed in shooting by police in Utica, New York, demands accountability
Visiting a lake this summer? What to know about dangers lurking at popular US lakes
'The Bear' is back ... and so is our thirst for Jeremy Allen White. Should we tone it down?