Welcome to Plathville’s Plath Family’s Ups and Downs Through the Years: Feuds, Arrests and More

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Since Welcome to Plathville first premiered, the Plath family have dealt with their fair share of ups and downs.Kim Plath and estranged husband Barry Plath — who announced their separation in June 2022 — rose to fame in November 2019 when Welcome to Plathville debuted on TLC.

The docuseries chronicles Kim and Barry’s life in rural Georgia with their large brood of children Ethan, Hosanna, Micah, Moriah, Lydia, Isaac, Amber, Cassia and Mercy. (Hosanna and her husband, Timothy Noble, have not appeared on the reality TV show.) The Plaths — who used to have their own family band — live remotely with strict rules, which include no TV viewing or drinking soda.While the family had a tight bond for years, things hit a snag leading up to Ethan’s 2018 nuptials to Olivia Plath (née Meggs) when the bride-to-be notably clashed with Kim.“When we were dating, I knew that I was being controlled in what we were allowed to do, what we’re allowed to say,” the photographer recalled to Us Weekly in August 2021. “I remember the night that it clicked for me was the night we got engaged.

We come in the door, [Kim] waited up for us and she, like, grabbed my hand and looked at the ring. And the first thing she said was, ‘Oh, I want to trade rings with you.’ And I was like, ‘OK, that’s really weird.’”Ethan, for his part, sided with Olivia, telling Us in 2021 that his mom seemed to think their wedding was all about her. “It just wasn’t quite right,” he admitted. “Then coming back from that, after our honeymoon and all that stuff, it’s kind of, like, trying to discuss it and sort it out and then it didn’t go well.”Ethan and Olivia, who have also navigated ups and downs in their marriage, have continued to remain at odds with his famous family.“Three