{"id":2057423,"date":"2025-09-29T13:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2057423"},"modified":"2025-09-29T13:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:22:01","slug":"ethan-calls-olivia-a-liar-and-insists-she-created-problems-as-they-hash-out-divorce-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ethan-calls-olivia-a-liar-and-insists-she-created-problems-as-they-hash-out-divorce-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethan Calls Olivia a &#8216;Liar&#8217; and Insists She &#8216;Created&#8217; Problems as They Hash Out Divorce (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ethan and Olivia Plath sat down to discuss finalizing their divorce in PEOPLE&#8217;s exclusive sneak peek at the Sept. 30 season finale of <em>Welcome to Plathville<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The former couple jointly filed for divorce in February 2024, five years after tying the knot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The conversation turned into an argument when Olivia refused to stop talking about the Plath family, claiming it was not &#8220;slander&#8221; as Ethan called it<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ethan-plath-new-girlfriend-makes-welcome-to-plathville-debut-11785584\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ethan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ethan<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/welcome-to-plathville-olivia-plath-reflects-on-marriage-to-ethan-plath-falling-apart-8413516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Olivia Plath;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Olivia Plath<\/a> are sitting down together for the first time in a year-and-a-half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the season 7 finale of <em>Welcome to Plathville, <\/em>airing Sept. 30, where the exes meet up to discuss the final stages of their <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/welcome-to-plathville-season-5-finale-recap-ethan-olivia-plath-end-marriage-8411276\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:divorce;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">divorce<\/a> proceedings. However, the conversation quickly turns tense when the two realize they are not seeing eye-to-eye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLook, I am not arguing with you over the details of the divorce,\u201d Ethan declares. \u201cAll I&#8217;m saying is I have everything lined up. Let&#8217;s do it and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pair <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/welcome-to-plathville-ethan-and-olivia-plath-file-for-divorce-8602028\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:jointly filed for divorce;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">jointly filed for divorce<\/a> in February 2024 after five years of a tumultuous marriage and a four-month separation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe can, and I&#8217;m not arguing with you either, but you made me wait a year and a half,\u201d Olivia explains. \u201cYou can at least be polite about asking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ethan claims that he has been polite \u201cin every way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI&#8217;m not apologizing for any of that,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In her confessional, Olivia admits that she \u201cknew\u201d Ethan \u201cwas not in a good mood\u201d from the moment she saw him, but she was still hoping their dynamic would be different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI should know by now not to walk into it with expectations,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"TLC Olivia Plath\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/8Uzi5z7IMQHgRJ40hy7Ejw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/74fe97d0f4ed783ea592650fad12bb2f\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Back at the table, Ethan goes on to reveal one more request he has for Olivia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWill you please stop slandering, disrespecting my family in public for things, whether you perceive them to be true or not?\u201d he asks. \u201cWould you please stop?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNo,\u201d Olivia replies. \u201cIt&#8217;s not slander.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt is slander,\u201d Ethan insists, but Olivia continues to push back: \u201cMe talking about my life and my experiences is not slander.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Olivia Plath\/Instagram; TLC Olivia and Ethan Plath\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/HcVm1HLs0kAdpkWf13FEwQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/81ca56e105ca867158823730e0d9be10\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Olivia Plath\/Instagram; TLC<\/p>\n<p> Olivia and Ethan Plath<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnyone can say they experience anything, but if it&#8217;s factually not true, it is slander,\u201d Ethan argues before drawing comparisons between Olivia and his brother <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/welcome-to-plathville-veronica-peters-accuses-micah-plath-cheating-several-times-11782031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Micah;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Micah<\/a>\u2019s girlfriend, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/welcome-to-plathville-veronica-peters-catches-micah-plath-looking-nude-photos-ethan-plath-girlfriend-11802301\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Veronica Peters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Veronica Peters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOlivia seems to be coming closer and closer to what Veronica is, and that&#8217;s a sad reality,\u201d he tells cameras. \u201cI thought Olivia was more tactful. I thought, you know, she wouldn&#8217;t just outright lie about things like Veronica. And I just, I see them both the same now. They&#8217;re both liars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt&#8217;s infuriating to me because what she walked into, she claims it&#8217;s awful,\u201d he adds as the clip comes to an end. \u201cSome of it may have been unpleasant, but it is not nearly as bad as she makes it out to be. And it&#8217;s also 100% true that the majority of the problems that she wants to talk about today of her experience, she also created.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-news-inline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The season finale of <em>Welcome to Plathville <\/em>airs on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/welcome-to-plathville-ethan-plath-calls-olivia-liar-hash-out-divorce-exclusive-11819997\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Ethan and Olivia Plath sat down to discuss finalizing their divorce in PEOPLE&#8217;s exclusive sneak peek at the Sept. 30 season finale of Welcome to Plathville The former couple jointly filed for divorce in February 2024, five years after tying the knot The conversation turned into an argument when Olivia refused to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2057424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[39661,383076,54717],"class_list":["post-2057423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-olivia","tag-olivia-plath","tag-season-finale"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ethan-Calls-Olivia-a-Liar-and-Insists-She-Created-Problems.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2057424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}