There is no shortage of drama in the Plath family.
In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek of Tuesday’s season 5 premiere of TLC’s hit series Welcome to PlathvilleMicah and Moriah Plath told their parents Kim, 50, and Barry, 55, about their brother Ethan’s wife, Olivia.
“Honestly, she always hated the way we grew up,” Micah, 22, says of his sister-in-law. “She was always talking shit. And so was Ethan, I really feel like he absorbed it all.”
Barry replies, “You know what it’s called? It’s called brainwashing.”
Micah, Moriah, Kim and Barry Plath on ‘Welcome to Plathville’.
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‘Welcome to Plathville’: Olivia reveals tensions with mother-in-law over their ‘different values’
In the interview, Moriah, 21, notes that things have seemingly “turned sour” with Olivia, 25. The two used to be best friends but don’t seem to be on speaking terms anymore. The tension between them only increased as Moriah became closer to her parents again.
“Olivia said a lot of things about my parents over the years, and it only got worse,” he says in the confessional. “It’s gotten to the point where lies are being told. And I personally want to do my part to make things right.”
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Moriah cites the “credit card story” as an example, referring to Olivia’s claim that Kim stole money from Ethan. “The way I see it is that she was using, basically, a fictional story to validate her big emotions,” she says.
He adds that he understands and accepts how Olivia feels about her family, but simply refuses to tolerate her “lies” anymore.
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Olivia, Ethan, Moriah and Micah Plath from TLC’s ‘Welcome to Plathville’.
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“It makes me very angry, because for years I sat next to her saying, ‘You’re valid. You can feel however you want,'” she shares. “But I won’t tolerate lies being told. I won’t tolerate someone going off the rails.”
“You have every right not to like a person who’s okay. And you have every right to say, ‘Their values or their beliefs or whatever, they don’t match mine and I don’t want to be associated with that,'” she continues. Alright. But it is not okay to try to make the whole world or the whole family feel the same.”
Barry agrees with his daughter’s assessment, calling Olivia’s behavior “destructive to the relationship.”
“I see it now,” Moriah says. “And that’s why I decided not to have a relationship with her anymore.”
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The Plath family.
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Welcome to Plathville season 5 premieres Tuesday, September 5 at 10:00 PM ET on TLC.
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