⚡ “Welcome to Plathville” Explodes With Drama: Kim Plath Accused of Manipulation, Leaving Ethan and Barry Completely Broken!
⚡ “Welcome to Plathville” Explodes With Drama: Kim Plath Accused of Manipulation, Leaving Ethan and Barry Completely Broken!
Summary
- Kim Plath’s selfish ways are hurting her ex and kids, who are emotionally damaged and fragile. Ethan and Moriah Plath are particularly vulnerable to depression after heartbreak.
- Ethan’s depression is concerning, with red flags surfacing post-divorce, while Kim’s midlife crisis worsens.
- Welcome to Plathville highlights the cost of very strict rules that make it hard for people to be themselves and find joy in their lives.
- Kim used to enforce zany rules that she no longer follows. She needs to take accountability.
Welcome to Plathville‘s matriarch Kim Plath is off the rails, and her kooky, selfish ways have hurt her ex, Barry Plath, and their children. Sure, Barry’s trying to be amicable with Kim, but it’s a pretty safe bet that he feels sad sometimes. Meanwhile, Ethan Plath is going through hell due to a divorce that he doesn’t want. He signed the papers and now, onscreen, he has to hear about Olivia Plath’s sex life with other people.
It Seems Like “Promiscuous” Olivia’s Still Rebelling Against Kim
She Could Never Win Her Monster-In-Law’s Approval
In the August 20 episode, Olivia really spilled the tea, talking about her:
hoe
phase in LA. When she became single after years of marriage with Ethan, she wanted to experiment. She said she played safe but didn’t really seem to revel in her “hoe phase.”
Sometimes, with Olivia, it seems like her choices are more about rebelling against the Plaths than anything else. Not that this would be hard to understand or sympathize with. Au contraire.
Kim was undoubtedly one of the worst mothers-in-law ever shown on television and that is saying a lot. She rejected her beautiful, smart and charismatic daughter-in-law from the get-go. Not once did she consider how bad it would feel to be put down by her husband’s parents. Kim’s empathy is possibly non-existent.
It’s not such a stretch to think that something’s wrong, such as narcissistic personality disorder. However, that is for a psychiatrist to decide. The thing is, narcissists are usually resistant to therapy because they believe they are perfect and awesome. Nonetheless, Kim might benefit from talking through her problems with a psychologist or psychiatrist.
Ethan Is So Depressed
His Wife Let Him Down Just Like His Mom Did
This Welcome to Plathville season has been so grueling for Ethan. He is miserable and his depression is deeply concerning. If he had a truly selfless mother, she’d probably stay with him during this tough time just to make sure he was okay. He’s singing country songs about wishing he wasn’t on the planet.
There’s really no louder cry for help. Ethan is spelling it out.
While people may blame Olivia for leaving him, they should point the finger elsewhere, straight at the Plath matriarch, who is getting weirder by the minute during her intense whirlwind of a midlife crisis. She’s living on a boat that can’t actually be taken anywhere – she calls it a houseboat, but it’s just a broken boat. It’s cramped, everyone needs to go onto dry land to shower…it’s not a proper home.
Her kids are trying to make the best of it, but Kim doesn’t really care about their comfort. She cares about her own happiness, including her new romance with Ken Palmer.
When it comes to Ethan and even Moriah, the red flags of depression are waving in the breeze. Those two Plath kids are traumatized by breakups. That’s probably because of their upbringing. They always had to change themselves to get love, and sometimes nothing they did was good enough. Now, they look for approval from their partners and when they don’t get it, it feels like the world is ending. That is Kim’s handiwork, and Barry’s too.
| Moriah has talked about | living with depression |
| Ethan is clearly | extremely despondent |
Welcome to Plathville shows the realities of too-strict rules that often go against human nature. It shows what happens when people are forced into molds that just don’t suit them. They are uncomfortable in those molds – they feel constricted, sad, and angry. Kim breaks the rules now, heedless of how she hemmed her own kids in. She set the stage for the emotional problems that they have now. She needs to take accountability.
