On the most recent episode of Southern Attraction, Olivia Flowers tearfully recalled her late brother Connor’s ultimate phrases to her — and revealed how her household first processed the loss.
“One of many final issues he stated to me was, ‘You’re doing the whole lot proper. You’re precisely the place you’re purported to be,’” Olivia, 31, instructed cameras on the Thursday, October 19, episode of the Bravo sequence. She remembered Connor telling her, “I hope you possibly can have a look at me and be pleased with me, like I’m pleased with you.”
Throughout Thursday’s episode, which filmed in January, the solid discovered that Olivia’s older brother, Connor, died that month on the age of 32. (The Flowers household confirmed Connor’s loss of life in January however haven’t revealed how he died.)
Whereas Craig Conover baked Olivia a gluten-free lasagna, Shep Rose supplied up his residence to her household so they might mourn collectively. (He and Olivia reside subsequent door to one another.)
The women, in the meantime, invited Olivia over to Venita Aspen’s home to encompass her with help. “I haven’t been in a position to go in his room, whereas my mother simply desires to remain in it,” Olivia stated of her grieving course of. “We’re all simply on completely different pages.”
Olivia started to cry whereas eager about Connor’s passing. “He was so considerate, candy and type. I simply hope he knew how cherished he was,” she instructed Venita, 30, and Leva Bonaparte. “I simply hope he knew that.”
In the course of the get collectively, Olivia and Taylor Ann Inexperienced put apart their current points and shared a hug. (Taylor, 29, and Olivia have been at odds all season after Taylor lied to Olivia about kissing her ex-boyfriend Austen Kroll whereas Olivia and Austen, 36, had been making an attempt to kind out their relationship.)
Though Taylor was there for Olivia in her time of want, Olivia later instructed the cameras she nonetheless has “questions” for her former BFF. “My emotions are nonetheless very harm. However you don’t actually take into consideration who you need round throughout one thing like this. You simply recognize the people who find themselves there,” Olivia stated in a confessional. “On the finish of the day, I actually care about our friendship. I wish to transfer ahead.”
Olivia proceeded to inform her buddies that Austen — who she yelled at one episode prior for kissing Taylor behind her again — had additionally been a shoulder to lean on after Connor’s loss of life.
“Everybody stepped up in such a manner that meant a lot. Having Austen step up is reassuring. It’s laborious to remain mad at somebody who’s skilled one thing related,” she stated, referring to Austen dropping his older sister, Kyle, as a baby. “It sucks that we now have that in frequent. It’s a typical floor, nonetheless.”
Earlier this month, Taylor gave Us Weekly an unique replace on her friendship with Olivia. She confirmed that though they aren’t 100% OK, they bonded over the deaths of their respective brothers in 2023. (Taylor’s brother, Richard “Price” Worthington Inexperienced, handed away in June at age 36.)
“With the whole lot that’s transpired in the previous few months, each of us having misplaced a sibling, the whole lot’s simply tabled proper now,” Taylor stated on October 11. “I do know we’re going to must rehash it at [the] reunion or no matter, however we’ve been in a position to put all issues apart and be there for one another as associates, and that’s actually essential for me.”
Southern Attraction airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.