Ethan Plath’s grand gesture of surprising ex-girlfriend Teegan Nichols in Minnesota on Welcome to Plathville appears to be backfiring.
“I was just shocked seeing him. I don’t know. I think just too shocked to really feel anything else,” Teegan admits in Us Weekly’s exclusive clip from the Tuesday, April 28, episode showing their reunion after Ethan, 27, drove to Minnesota from Georgia. “You know, [it’s] nice seeing an old friend. I don’t know what to say. Yeah, just shocked.”
Teegan is visibly surprised that Ethan is in her hometown after they broke up ahead of filming season 8, which premiered in March.
“I mean, we aren’t dating. So he’s supposed to be down in Georgia, not here,” she tells the cameras as Ethan stands quietly next to her by a lake.
Teegan makes it clear that Ethan’s impromptu arrival in town hasn’t changed things for her romantically — at least not yet.
“I told him when we broke up that I would never date him again if he wasn’t living here or nearby. So that was and is a deal breaker for me,” she explains. “I also talked to him when we broke up and I reminded him last night that I don’t want to date him if he’s still married. And so those are just the two main, I guess, dealbreakers per se with him.”
Teegan then notes that “as far as I know,” Ethan is “still married” to Olivia Plath. (Us confirmed in April that Ethan and Olivia, 28, had finalized their divorce after announcing their split in October 2023.)
Ethan, for his part, isn’t giving up on his possible second chance with Teegan.
“Now that I’m here and I’ve told Teegan everything, she’s waiting to see me actually move here. Is that right or no?” he asks Teegan while staring at her awkwardly on the lakeshore.
Teegan is taken aback by the question, replying, “Yeah. I’ll believe it when I see it and that our current relationship isn’t going to change for the time being.”
She appears unimpressed by Ethan’s claims that he wants to live in Minnesota to be with her, telling the cameras, “If he moves here, he moves here. If he doesn’t, he doesn’t. Move here, move to Minnesota, stay down there, move to Africa. Like whatever you need to do.”
“I am moving here,” Ethan declares, getting a big grin on his face.
Teegan, however, admits she’s still not sure about her future with Ethan even if he’s living close.
“I don’t think it’s a matter of believing or not. I don’t think you should distrust people. I think you should just trust people based on what they’ve shown you,” she explains. “I trust [him] already [and] how he is. So we’ll see if the patterns change.”
Ethan smiles, telling Teegan it’s “perfectly fair” for her to want to wait and see if his actions match his words.
“I think it’s just a personal choice I need to make,” Teegan confesses. “This all happened yesterday and so I sort of need some time.”
Ethan confirmed his relationship with Teegan in January 2025. He shared during the Welcome to Plathville season 8 premiere in March that they had parted ways.
Neither of them have revealed their current relationship status.
Welcome to Plathville airs on TLC Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET.
