Summary

• After facing numerous struggles and rumors, Welcome To Plathville's Ethan and Olivia Plath have officially announced their split after five years of marriage.
• Ethan's family's distrust of Olivia played a significant role in their strained relationship, leading to their separation.
• In an Instagram post, Olivia reflects on their younger years and acknowledges that choosing a partner reflects the kind of life one wants to create, implying that their visions for the future were incompatible.

Welcome To Plathville season 5 has been teasing the demise of Ethan Plath and Olivia Plath, and the couple has finally announced their split after five years of marriage. Throughout Ethan and Olivia's relationship, the couple has faced insurmountable struggles that have led Ethan's family to distrust her. The couple had committed to one another during their wedding in 2018, and Ethan was prepared to choose Olivia over his family.

With rumors having swirled around the media for months leading up to Welcome To Plathville season 5, Ethan and Olivia's split doesn't come as a surprise but is clearly a source of pain, as noted in Olivia and Ethan's Instagram posts.

Olivia shared, "Ethan and I have decided to go our separate ways. I have ambivalent memories of us being 18 years old, innocently dreaming forever - but the partner you choose is a reflection of the world you want to live in." She acknowledged that she wasn't sure who she was at that young age and didn't know "what kind of life" she wanted to "create for herself." Olivia continued to wax poetic about her marriage to Ethan before concluding the post with a moment of gratitude. "Thank you for the good times, Ethan," she added. "I wish the best for you."

Welcome To Plathville Fans React To Ethan & Olivia Plath's Split

After Olivia's post went live, there were several Welcome To Plathville fans in the comments section discussing their feelings surrounding the split. "Nasty remarks aren’t needed. I am sure they are both hurting. To you Olivia I say well said. People change. Wants/needs change and that’s ok. Better you figured it out now." @Boohammy shared. Other fans weren't as careful with their words, like @Sursiestar, who posted, "So glad he is finally free of the oppression & manipulation & will have a voice again." Another fan succinctly noted that the "decision wasn't easy" for Olivia, who seemed to fight "so d*** hard" to make her marriage work, and that "sometimes the best decision is parting ways."

Ethan and Olivia's relationship quickly led to marriage, dating long-distance for only a year before Ethan proposed to Olivia and the two began planning their lives together. The pair married in 2018 at only 18 years old, shocking their families. While the people closest to them were excited to see their relationship blossom, things quickly took a turn when Ethan's family began to push back against Olivia. The Plath family has struggled for years with what they feel is difficult behavior from Olivia, and the couple's divorce comes on the heels of some of their most outlandish claims yet about their former daughter-in-law.

Although Ethan and Olivia have both posted about their split, the fact that the couple has been mostly offline for the majority of 2023 has been a telling sign. There was a lot of concern about the state of Ethan and Olivia's marriage after they didn't share about one another for months at a time. Though there are now answers to the lingering questions Welcome To Plathville viewers were holding, it's a sad moment for those who have held the couple close.

Welcome To Plathville airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. EDT on TLC.

Sources: Olivia Plath/Instagram, Ethan Plath/Instagram