Kim Plath becomes a mama bear on the upcoming episode of Welcome to Plathville, calling out daughter Lydia Plath for her and husband Zac Wyse’s alleged criticism of their family’s so-called bad habits.
“Apparently, Lydia and Zac have been sitting people down and telling them that they don’t approve of how they’re living their lives, and that’s kind of hard,” Kim, 53, confesses in Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek at the Tuesday, June 2, episode of the TLC series. “I just want to hear Lydia’s perspective on it.”
Kim follows through with her plan during a road trip with Lydia, revealing, “What I heard is that you two said to Moriah [Plath] that you didn’t approve of her having alcohol in the house.”
Lydia, 22, quickly denies the allegation, claiming, “No, that’s not what we were saying.”
Kim, however, continues to tell Lydia what she’s heard from her older sister Moriah, 23, whom Lydia and Zac, 24, recently visited in Montana.
“You [said you] didn’t approve of the games that she plays, like, the raunchy card game and the movies or TV that she watches. That it ‘doesn’t honor God,’” Kim recalls. “That’s what I was told. So this is your chance to correct me.”
Lydia is visibly surprised by her mother’s line of questioning, responding, “I’ve already corrected all of it with Moriah and Amber [Plath] and everyone was there out now.”
Kim explains that she isn’t “calling up people, asking for people’s business,” revealing that Lydia’s sisters just “tell” her things and now she wants answers. (Kim shares nine children, including Moriah, Lydia and Amber, 17, with ex-husband Barry Plath. The exes’ 10th child, son Joshua, died when he was 17 months old following an accident on their farm.)
“I am a little taken aback, I guess news travels fast,” Lydia tells the cameras while reflecting on her conversation with Kim in the car.
Lydia, who married Zac in February 2025, then explains that while the couple was in Montana to see Moriah, they “observed a lot.”
She admits that after seeing some things she and Zac didn’t necessarily approve of, she brought it to her sister’s attention — which is what Kim was later told about.
“Moriah having the alcohol there, I just wanted to bring it up to Moriah of, like, ‘Just be aware, you know, like, Amber is a minor still,’” Lydia recalls. “And someone turned on a show that had more F-bombs in one episode than I hear at work in a week.”
When it comes to the card game in question, Lydia says it was “another instance” where she was “not feeling considered” by the others in the group.
“I would never in a million years read out loud what it says on this card,” Lydia tells the cameras, noting that she is more buttoned up than some of her siblings and therefore Moriah should’ve been more considerate with her choice of fun and games.
Lydia confirms that “these things did bother us,” referring to her and her husband, who fans remember waited until their wedding day to share their first kiss despite criticism from her brothers. (Lydia’s eldest brother, Ethan Plath, questioned Zac’s sexuality because he was OK waiting to be intimate with her before they got hitched.)
“We thought it’d be nice, you know, if there was less of it,” Lydia concludes, seemingly standing by her and Zac’s remarks about Moriah’s way of life.
Welcome to Plathville airs on TLC Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET.
