A new episode of Southern Charm was released recently, and in that, it was revealed that Connor Flowers, brother of Olivia Flowers, has passed away. Austen Kroll, her co-star, can relate to this sad tragedy.
In this season so far, Olivia and Austen have been on the rocks. Their relationship has not been smooth sailing since last year following season 8 of Southern Charm.
Initially, Austen wanted to make things work but did not put in enough effort to actually make the needed changes for the relationship to last. Olivia was over, and both of them moved on. Things got more haywire after the news of Taylor Ann Green and Austen surfaced.
Story of season 9 so far
The majority of season 9 has discussed the unusual relationship between Taylor and Austen. The two of them got close after Olivia and Austen broke up and Taylor moved away from Rose.
Both of them mentioned that they were struggling after their breakup and were comfortable in the relationship. But one night, both of them got a little extra friendly and kissed each other.
After hiding the truth for some time, Taylor finally told Olivia, and Austen told Shep. Olivia felt heavy as she felt that she got betrayed by Taylor and Austen. But Olivia was even more worried as her brother just passed away.
Death of Connor, Olivia’s Brother
In February 2023, it was released that Connor passed away at the age of 32 after battling Lyme Disease for seventeen years.
As per Page Six, Connor passed away on 30 January 2023, in Isle of Palms, at his home outside South Carolina. At that time of passing, the reason was still unclear. In May, with an Instagram Post, Olivia revealed that she recently came to know about Lyme Disease Awareness Month.
She said that her brother has been fighting this disease for his entire adult life. He was private about his battle with the disease, but my family saw everything, the till that this disease put him through and how he navigated his life battling it for the last 17 years of his life.
She also praised the doctors for diagnosing him correctly, as for years, he was not being diagnosed correctly. Her brother couldn’t beat the fatal disease, but Olivia was happy as she and her family did everything they could to shave him from it.
The cast of the show rallied around Olivia
During the last few episodes, the cast found out about Olivia’s brother passing away. The news was revealed in a scene between Leva Bonaparte and Venita Aspen, who were there to meet Olivia for lunch. Both of them felt right away that there was something wrong.
Olivia had not shown up for lunch and had not been answering her phone all day. After some time, they got a call from Taylor, who broke the sad news to them.
Leva was utterly distraught as she got to the Flowers family and asked the production and crew guys to stop filming, which they did, and left to support the Flowers in their low time.
After knowing this, the cast went out to support Olivia during this sad time. Shep offered the house to Olivia’s parents. On the other hand, Craig Conover sent them his homemade lasagna.
The boys did whatever they could to support their friend. Venitia and Leva organized a close get-together at Venitia’s house to check on Olivia.
As soon as she walked into the house, Olivia started crying. She told her friends how she struggled to even go to Connor’s room, and her mother just wanted to stay in his room. She also told them that Connor was kind and sweet, and that is how she wanted to remember him.
She shared about her last days with her brother
She remembered her last days with Connor, confessing-the last thing Connor told her was that she was doing everything right and was where she was supposed to be.
He also believed that she is proud of him as he is proud of her. She also said that she found comfort with her ex, Austen, after the passing of Connor. Austen also faced something very similar when he was young. Both of them had a common base in their sad tragedies.
