‘Little People Big World’ Star Zach Roloff Says the “Ship Has Sailed” For Reconciling With Dad Matt Roloff: “Time Might Even It Out”
Zach Roloff has moved on from trying to make amends with his father Matt Roloff and is hoping time and space will eventually heal their broken relationship.
In a new teaser clip shared by Entertainment Tonight of Tuesday’s Little People Big World season finale, Zach discusses the current status of his relationship with his estranged dad. As fans of the TLC show know, the tension between Matt and Zach (as well as Zach’s twin brother Jeremy) began in 2022 when Matt announced he was selling a portion of the family’s farm, despite claiming that he wanted the farm to stay in the family.
Matt insinuated at the time that his twin sons were to blame for him having to sell the farm, igniting the feud between Zach and Matt. Their battle first became public when Zach blasted Matt online in May 2022 for “manipulating the narrative” of the situation to the show’s fans.
Since then, the Matt and Zach’s relationship has yet to heal and, in February, Zach and his wife Tori revealed on their podcast that they are leaving ‘Little People Big World’ for good.
On Tuesday’s season finale Zach seemed uninterested in attempting to mend his relationship with his dad, and appeared to be content to let time and space do the healing.
“When it comes to my dad, yeah, I don’t know, that ship has all sailed. There’s not much of a relationship. We’re just doing our own thing,” Zach said. “Time might even it out. Everything will be healed. It will be different.”
He also reflected on how different his kids’ childhoods will look from his own, which was spent on his parent’s farm in Oregon– a place he says his own kids have little interest in visiting.
“Growing up on the farm, I spent a lot of time outdoors, and I definitely want that same experience for our kids,” Zach said. “The farm was part of my life, but it’s not going to be part of our kids’ lives the same way it was mine. No one’s holding grudges; no one’s intentionally not going to the farm. There’s just no interest. The kids don’t ask.”
After Zach and Tori’s plans to purchase Roloff Farm went belly-up, the couple purchased their own property in Washington.
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“There’s nothing we’re hiding from them,” Zach said of the kids. “They don’t ask and they have their own space up here.”
Earlier this season, Matt expressed how “disappointing” it was to him that Zach and Tori did not attend an event that Zach’s mom (and Matt’s ex-wife) Amy Roloff was putting on for the Dwarf Athletic Association of America (DAAA).
“I’m disappointed. I thought at least Zach would come down with [his son] Jackson so it’s disappointing,” Matt later told the cameras. “… I think everybody gets to set their own priorities in life. I’m sadder for Amy than I am for me.”
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Matt stated that being separated from Zach is nothing new to him.
“I’m kind of used to keeping the space and the distance,” he said. “…for them to have a different priority, that’s their choice. You can’t cry over that. Everybody has to make their own choices with their own priorities.
