Connor and Olivia Flowers.Photo:Olivia Flowers/Instagram
Olivia Flowers/Instagram
AsOlivia Flowers' family approaches the one-year anniversary of her brotherConner Flowers' unexpecteddeath, they are still adjusting to his absence.
During part 2 of theSouthern Charmseason 9 reunion, the 31-year-old reality revealed that her parents are “not that good” more than 11 months after Conner died at age 32.
“My parents are just trying to get through, figure out their new reality,” she added as she broke down in tears.
Olivia Flowers at BravoCon 2022 from the Javits Center in New York City on Saturday, October 15, 2022.Bryan Bedder/Bravo via Getty
Bryan Bedder/Bravo via Getty
Olivia admitted she felt “very fortunate” to have the support of her castmates following the family tragedy, adding, “Everyone stepped up and we really appreciate that.”
HostAndy Cohenthen commented it must have been difficult for Flowers’ exAusten Kroll, who lost his sister Kyle in 1994, to be on the outs with her at the time. He responded, “I tried to just get out of my own head and be there for her in any way she’d let me.”
She noted, “Consideringwhere we had been up until that point, it was nice to know that even for a moment that we could put it all aside.”
Austen Kroll and Olivia Flowers.Stephanie Diani/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank
Flowers also addressedher former friendTaylor Ann Green, whomourned the lossof her own brother Richard “Worth” Worthington in June 2023.
“My heart breaks for you every single day for what you and your family are going through, honestly,” she told Taylor, 29. “I’m more sad that I couldn’t be there for you in the way that, it’s kind of crazy, I can because I know what you’re feeling. That has been sad to me but I don’t ever wish bad on you. I hated this for you.”
Conner died on Jan. 30 at his residence in the Isle of Palms outside of Charleston, South Carolina,Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Nealsaid in a statement, according toPage Six.
In a statement to PEOPLE at the time, the Flowers family remembered Conner’s friendly nature and commitment to his faith.
“Conner was a remarkable young man, with the gift of compassion and love for others, earning him friends everywhere he went,” the family shared. “His values were seeded in his faith and in his family.”
Conner’s death occurred in themiddle of filming season 9.
“It certainly made it just that much more challenging to finish it out,” Flowerstold PEOPLEin October. “But my castmates were all really supportive in their own individual ways and a lot of people stepped up to help me and my family and be there for us.”
That support made it bearable for Flowers to continue filming. “That was so incredibly appreciated,” she shared. “They are why I kept showing up to finish it out. At the end of the day, it’s a job, it’s a commitment, and some days it was incredibly difficult. I had someone likeRod [Razavi]who was able to help me through it.”
Flowers called shooting the Bravo show while she first coped a “good distraction,” adding that “it was a good escape at the time.”
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Southern Charmcan be streamed on Peacock.
source: people.com
