Fans have learned a lot about Lydia Plath on Welcome to Plathville, but many viewers are starting to think she has been putting on an act for the cameras. Lydia is known as the obedient middle child who is devoted to her parents. However, many fans think she has been hiding her more outspoken personality for the sake of the show. Here are all of the reasons why fans think Lydia is not actually as innocent as she appears on the show.
Seventeen-year-old Lydia is one of nine Plath children, and she is the oldest child still living in their family home. Lydia is known as the family equalizer, as she often ends up in the middle of family drama. Both her older siblings and her parents look to Lydia for her opinion, and fans have noticed she always supports her mom, Kim Plath. Lydia also said she has always been the one to do most of the cooking and cleaning for her entire family, leading many fans to think she is being manipulated, though others say her claims are fake.
When Moriah asked Lydia to go to her first concert, Lydia said she would not feel comfortable going if their mom was not also allowed to go. When Moriah wanted to rebel by wearing more revealing clothes, Lydia always seemed happy in her more modest clothes and less makeup. Lydia also seems to be the most religious of the Plath children, as she has her own prayer closet and often speaks of her love for God on the show. Welcome to Plathville has been accused of faking storylines for the sake of entertainment in the past, and Lydia acting as the perfect daughter may just be for show.
The Plath parents raised their children with very strict rules, such as no television or cell phones. However, Lydia was texting a boy she was interested in on her mom's phone for months when Kim decided, without explanation, that she did not want Lydia talking to him anymore. Lydia had her first act of rebellion by starting to text him again before getting in trouble with her parents. Lydia lost some of her innocence when she disobeyed her parents, and many fans saw this as a sign of Lydia's real personality.
In the Welcome to Plathville season 3 finale, Lydia seemed less shy and quiet at her graduation party. When she was interacting with family friends, she acted more naturally than in her confessionals, leading viewers to see how Plathville may be dramatizing much of Lydia's personality. Many fans hope Lydia will leave her family home and go to college so she can experience more of the outside world away from her parents' influence. Hopefully, her real personality will shine through when she's no longer under Kim and Barry's thumb.