Was Olivia fired from Southern Charm? Production had been watching her Instagram
Olivia Flowers thought she was just posting about her life, until a phone call a few weeks before filming showed her who else had been scrolling.
Olivia joined Southern Charm as a main cast member in season 8, which aired in 2022, mostly as Austen Kroll's new girlfriend. They split by the reunion. Season 9 was worse: Austen kissed her best friend, Taylor Ann Green, and Taylor lied to her about it. Then, in January 2023, in the middle of filming, Olivia's older brother Conner died at 32 of an accidental fentanyl overdose, after years of struggling with chronic Lyme disease. The cameras stayed with her through the aftermath, and the cast rallied around her.
Season 9 finished airing on January 18, 2024. Season 10 started filming without her.
Was Olivia Flowers fired?
Yes. Rumors that Olivia wouldn't be back started circulating soon after season 9 ended, and plenty of fans assumed she'd walked away for a new boyfriend in Texas. In July 2024, on Scheana Shay's Scheananigans podcast, she set the record straight.
"It wasn't my choice," Olivia said.
She wasn't the only one. Rod Razavi, who joined in season 9 and went on dates with Olivia on the show, wasn't asked back either.
What production saw on Instagram
The call came from the production company a few weeks before season 10 started filming. Olivia said it went like this:
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"You don't really seem to be in Charleston that much. We're noticing on your Instagram you're traveling. You know, you're in Texas. You got this new boyfriend, and it just seems like you've chosen a different path."
The boyfriend was Alex Williams, who lived in Dallas. Olivia had started seeing him after her split from Austen. Texas, she explained, was also where her parents had just moved, and she wanted to be closer to them.
"I don't think it's choosing a different path. I'm just kinda living my life," she told the producer.
The decision stood anyway. "I wish there would have been a little bit more communication there with it," she said.
What stung most was the timing. "Last season was very heavy and I was honestly just trying to keep my head above water," she said. "I wanted to have another season to get to be more me."
Where Olivia Flowers is now
The boyfriend production flagged turned into a fiancé. Alex Williams proposed in September 2024, and the wedding was set for November 2025. In October 2025, the couple called it off, and in February 2026 Olivia told Page Six's Virtual Reali-Tea podcast that they had decided together to hit "pause."
Since leaving the show, she's built her own career as a content creator, including Off-Season, a web series about what Bravo stars do between filming. Southern Charm returned for season 12 on November 12, 2026, without her.
For the record: production's read on her Instagram wasn't wrong about the destination. In January 2026, Olivia told her followers she'd be living "between Dallas & NYC this year."
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