Kim and Barry Plath have officially announced they are ending their marriage. Welcome to Plathville viewers have watched this season as the longtime couple grew apart — and eventually began living apart from one another.
Now it’s confirmed: the TLC leads are splitting up after 24 years of marriage. The two announced the sad news to People in a post published Tuesday evening, saying in a joint statement: Wow, 24 years together is a really long time to suddenly decide on a split.
But how mutual was the decision? Related: Kourtney Kardashian RUSHES To Be By Hospitalized Travis Barker’s Side! 54-year-old Barry revealed in a preview for Tuesday’s episode: He added: Ugh our hearts go out to him.
He clearly still loves her and doesn’t want their marriage to end, but flowers and presents can’t fix things that are broken — they can’t make someone happy… And for Kim, that seems to be what she’s missing, as she explained to Barry: That’s definitely enough to make anyone reconsider their relationship… She also posed the question to Barry, who asked why she was being “selfish” about the decision: Oof, what a question… Related: Sister Wives’ Kody & Meri Brown’s Only Child Comes Out As Trans! It’s also of note that the two share a whopping 10 children together, including Ethan, Moriah, Hosanna, Micah, Lydia, Isaac, Amber, Cassia, Mercy, and Joshua, who died at 17 months.
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