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Olivia Plath is detailing her decision to step away from Welcome to Plathville
The reality star confirmed on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, Sept. 30, that the season 7 finale will mark her final appearance on the show after she got “out of my contract”
The season finale airs on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 10 p.m. ET on TLC
Olivia Plath‘s time on Welcome to Plathville is coming to an end, and she’s giving fans some insight into her departure.
The reality star, 27, confirmed on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, Sept. 30, that the final scene she “will ever film” for the series is set to air later that night as part of the TLC series’ season 7 finale.
Olivia joined Welcome to Plathville as part of its first season, which premiered in November 2019. Her exit comes after she and her now-ex-husband, Ethan Plath, jointly filed for divorce in February 2024, following five years of marriage and a four-month separation.
“When I look back at the last 7(!) years of my life on this show, I feel so many emotions. In many ways, I grew up with all of you watching and supporting me,” Olivia wrote, alongside an image of herself. “I was a sheltered, newly married, fundie kid when the show started and had no clue who I was.”
“The last 7 years have had their respective challenges and there were definitely moments I didn’t think I’d see the other side, but I’m here to prove myself wrong,” she added. “This chapter closing brings some sadness — it is sad for me to see who I once knew, what they had the potential to become and the path they chose instead. It could have been so different. And if it had been different, I wouldn’t be where l am today.”
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Olivia Plath shares a message to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, Sept. 30
Olivia then shared with fans that she was “grateful for this journey and all that it taught me,” revealing that her last scene of season 7 was “filmed a while ago.”
“Since then, I’ve worked hard to get out of my contract — and succeeded! I have not only endeavored to distance myself from hate, bullying, but also reported harmful behavior, and tried to stand up for what is right,” Olivia wrote, further alleging, “It sickens me to see violence, hatred, and dysfunction presented as entertainment.”
A rep for the series did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Tuesday.
The reality star also opened herself up to questions from her followers, sharing an interactive “questions” sticker on her Instagram Stories and adding that not everything was on the table for discussion.
“In lieu of closing this chapter, I’m going to take some questions from YOU! I still have an NDA,” she claimed. “But I will answer everything that I can and be as transparent as possible.”
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Olivia shared on Instagram in May that she “asked to be released” from her contract and was waiting for a response. She also wrote in March that her split from Ethan, 27, was “the best decision for me” and that she hadn’t gone into detail about her marriage because she was “figuring out” the restrictions of an alleged non-disclosure agreement and “still unpacking and finding terminology for what I experienced.”
In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek of the Sept. 30 season finale of Welcome to Plathville, both Ethan and Olivia sat down together for the first time in a year and a half, as they discussed the final stages of their divorce proceedings.
During the conversation, Ethan asked Olivia to “please stop slandering” his family, while Olivia told him that her “talking about my life and my experiences is not slander.”
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The season finale of Welcome to Plathville airs on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.
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