Olivia Plath Claims Former Mother-in-law Kim Favors Her Children Based on Who Will “Feed into Her Ego”
Former Welcome to Plathville star Olivia Plath is calling out her former mother-in-law Kim Plath for playing favorites among her own children, alleging that the mom of nine gravitates towards whichever kid will “feed into her ego.”
As The Ashley previously told you, Olivia– the ex-wife of Ethan Plath– has been speaking out as of late regarding how allegedly hateful and crooked the Plaths are behind-the-scenes of their TLC series, even slamming her ex-husband for exhibiting extremely disturbing behavior during their marriage.
In her latest Plath diatribe, Olivia spoke more about the dynamics of her former in-laws, while calling out Kim’s allegedly problematic parenting and sharing her theory on why Kim plays favorites with her own children.
“It’s really interesting when you see who Kim favors,” Olivia revealed on an episode of the Pink Shade podcast. “It’s whatever child will feed into her ego.”
Olivia went on to claim that Lydia Plath used to be Kim’s favorite, largely due to the fact that Lydia would “tattle on the other kids” and feed into Kim’s belief that some of her children– particularly Lydia’s older siblings Micah and Moriah– were just insubordinate.
“ … [Lydia] would confirm Kim’s ego that Kim was a great parent [and that] it was just Micah and Moriah that were rebellious … ,” Olivia said. “ … Now that Lydia is still living [a religious] lifestyle, but Kim is different, all of a sudden, Ethan is Kim’s favorite.”
As ‘Welcome to Plathville’ viewers have seen this season, Kim has definitely pulled back from Lydia. On a recent episode of the TLC series, Kim told viewers she believed her daughter might be making “the biggest mistake” she’s ever made by marrying Zac Wyse, even calling Zac “a bunch of red flags” to whom her daughter was “getting ready to make a lifelong commitment.”
Kim also accused her daughter’s now-husband of being controlling– a remark that Lydia went on to respond to social media, insisting that her mom’s claims were “the farthest thing from the truth.” Meanwhile, Lydia’s dad, Barry Plath, has appeared much more supportive of the young couple, even telling viewers during Lydia and Zac’s wedding rehearsal that he was “proud” of his daughter.
According to Olivia, Lydia and Ethan aren’t the only Plath children who have held the title of “Kim’s favorite child” over the years, as Moriah once occupied that position as well.
“Before Ethan, it was Moriah, when Moriah started going back to [being] best friends with her mom … because it was like, ‘See, it was Moriah’s problem all along, now me and Moriah are really close and Moriah can kind of help get Ethan back to the fold,’” she said.
Olivia claimed that once Moriah began putting some distance between herself and her family, Kim seemingly responded by promoting Ethan to the “favorite child” position.
“All of a sudden Ethan is her favorite, after being estranged for many years, because Ethan now feeds into her ego,” she said.
While she seems to have figured out how (and why) her former mother-in-law selects who her current favorite child is, Olivia said she doesn’t believe that Kim’s moves are as obvious to others.
“I think a lot of people miss that,” she said.
New episodes of ‘Welcome to Plathville’ air Tuesdays on TLC.
Watch a clip from Olivia’s interview below.
