TLC has a knack for showcasing the lives and stories of people from all walks of life who have certain peculiarities. In one of their shows, Welcome to Plathville, we follow the Plaths, a Christian conservative family. But if you watch the show, which claims to be unscripted a question arises: Is Welcome to Plathville real? or is this an attempt by TLC to fake or exaggerate the lives of a large Christian family just for ratings?
As we put this show under the microscope, we find some discrepancies concerning what we see when we contrast it to the reports available on the web. So, in an effort to get to the bottom of things, we prepared a scoop for you concerning the facts and the inaccurate of the Welcome to Plathville TLC reality show. Prepare yourselves for a dose of truth because this one might actually shock you.
What Is Welcome To Plathville?
Welcome to Plathville is a TLC show that began its run back in November 2019 and is currently in the bottom part of its fifth season. The program is allegedly an unscripted reality television series that follows a Christian family, the Plaths.
At the helm of the clan are Barry and Kim Plath. They have nine children together: Micah, Moriah, Ethan, Hosanna, Lydia, Cassia, Isaac, Amber, and Mercy. The thing that makes the Plaths unique is that they’re very radical Christians, and Kim and Barry decided to limit the contact that their kids have with the rest of society.
Is Welcome To Plathville Real?
When Welcome to Plathville began its run on TLC, it gained a lot of traction, as well as a lot of questions concerning the veracity of the events portrayed in its episodes. The Plath family isn’t precisely as reclusive as they claim. They do not seem to be out of touch with society and its events as much as they claim to be.
When asked about it, one of the family members, Micah answered a couple of years ago that several of his siblings chose a different lifestyle and that they are not as strictly Christian and radically reclusive as they are portrayed in the show.
This affirmation leads the public to question the veracity of the events shown across five seasons. Consider the first season, which was introductory to the family dynamics. We learn how the Plath kids were raised, and with what values. Still, the Plath kids are young adults and have the legal power to make choices concerning their future, relationships, and how they interact with the world.
This Isn’t The First Time TLC Fails To Accurately Portray Things
When considering how the Plaths go about their business, their accounts to the press, and contrasting those elements with other shows that TLC claims to be “unscripted” and “real” we find ourselves with a series of facts. Firstly, some aspects of Welcome to Plathville aren’t as real as they seem to be.
That’s a trait that has happened in the past with shows like “Breaking Amish”, which tells the stories of several Amish who broke away from their ways of life even before the cameras began to roll and the show portrayed that these Amish breakaways were doing that for the first time in front of the camera.
The Plaths Don’t Own A Farm, They Operate An Airbnb
The Plath clan, who is portrayed in the show as the administrators of a vast swath of land are reported to not own that plot of land. They apparently bought another property and used the original one we see in the show as a bed and breakfast —of the Airbnb variety. We can’t blame them for wanting extra income though.
As the seasons progress, you see that the Plaths relocated to Cairo in Georgia and that that place isn’t as secluded from the mainstream world they claim to abhor and denounce in their radical Christian worldview. That property isn’t disconnected from the world as the press has proven that several business establishments —of the mainstream franchise variety— are nearby. We’re talking Taco Bells, Walmarts, Pizza Hut, and the like.
Furthermore, Ethan, Moriah and Micah, who have strong dissenting opinions on the lifestyle their parents chose are shown to have normal lives in restaurants, chains, and similar businesses.
