NEED TO KNOW
- Jessi Ngatikaura came clean about her emotional affair with Marciano Brunette during season 3 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
- Jessi and husband Jordan Ngatikaura have continued to seek out therapy and work through these issues in their marriage
- A never-before-seen clip shows Jessi confronting Marciano about his claims and the two sharing differing opinions on what transpired
Jessi Ngatikaura is sharing more insight into how she confronted Vanderpump Villa star Marciano Brunette about his comments on their affair.
In a never-before-seen clip from the show shared during The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 3 reunion, Jessi can be seen in her car, on the phone with Marciano after hearing from Layla that he claimed they had sex.
On the phone call, Jessi plainly tells Marciano, “You know that that’s not true, so I’m just confused why that was said that way.” Immediately, Marciano told her that he didn’t want to “get into a disagreement.”
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Jessi asked Marciano if he thinks they had sex, to which he said, “Yeah, I mean that’s how I remember it.” Frustrated, she reasserted the claims she made throughout season 3, that the two only kissed twice, with him falling asleep in her hotel room after one of their encounters.
Jessi explained that she’s “willing to be so open and honest that I had feelings for you,” adding, “I was struggling in my marriage. But I want it to be the truth.”
Maricano asked Jessi if she planned to “admit to everything.” When she confirmed that, he pressed, “You’re going to talk about how you wanted to leave Jordan and how you told me you loved me?”
“This is so much bigger than you think,” Marciano replied. “Demi really f—– me. I don’t want to get into it. I really can’t. I’m sorry.”
Both Demi and Bret shake their head, sharing their continued frustrations that Marciano has claimed Demi put him up to lying about the extent of his affair with Jessi.
In season 3, Demi is at odds with MomTok as they continue to question whether she and Marciano did have a physical connection during or after their visit to Italy. When Marciano tells the women he did kiss Demi, it leads to more confusion as Demi maintains that any contact between her and Marciano was “unwanted touch.”
Demi defended herself when she and Jessi met to talk out their differences, telling her former best friend, “I think the thing that was so frustrating for me was that I confided in you about what happened with Marciano and then you had a physical and emotional affair with the guy. You were my best friend.”
“I get that, but from my perspective, you were still friendly with him, so I genuinely didn’t feel that you felt that way about him,” Jessi replied.
In a confessional, Jessi explained, “I’m only hearing now that he’s her alleged abuser, now that it’s coming out publicly, but she’s told me and the girls so many times that she’s not a victim. I did not go out and intentionally find someone who abused Demi and decided to kiss him. And that’s how she’s trying to make it seem right now.”
Demi defended herself in a confessional after she and Jessi met to talk out their differences. “Everyone is going to handle these kinds of situations different. You never deserve unwanted touch. No matter what it looks like, no matter what your relationship was like before or after, unwanted touch is unwanted touch.”
In an exclusive statement to PEOPLE shared by the Vanderpump Villa personality’s rep on Nov. 20, he addressed Engemann’s accusations that he engaged in “unwanted touch” against her during the cast’s Italy trip earlier this year.
“I want to be absolutely clear: I am taking this matter extremely seriously. This is the most difficult situation I have ever faced, and the allegations against me are not only entirely false but profoundly damaging. I remain committed to addressing this issue fully and transparently.”
As the clip of the conversation concluded, host Stassi Schroeder asked Jessi’s husband, Jordan, how he felt after watching it. Jordan knew about the affair between Jessi and Marciano before the season started to film, but was reluctant to address the situation on camera.
“A little bit triggered,” he admitted, explaining, “I was specifically told by Jessi that she never had said that she was going to leave me for that piece of s—.”
Jessi spoke up in her defense, explaining that while she did say she was considering leaving Jordan because she was unhappy, she never said it would be for him or any specific person. Jordan contests that, based on what he just heard, leading the women of MomTok and Stassi to each confirm that they heard what Jessi said.
Last month, Jessi spoke with PEOPLE and confirmed she and Marciano “haven’t talked in a long time,” which made her “curious how he’s going to handle” the story playing out on the show.
“I don’t know what he’s going to say or do, but again, he’s part of the story. He has a right to say his side. I just hope he speaks honestly, because as you can see in the show, he has lied about some things. I just hope that he speaks his truth and it is the truth, instead of trying to chase clout. We’ll see what he says, I guess.”
The Vanderpump Villa star’s days around MomTok may be in the past, but he isn’t out of the picture just yet. DadTok hints at an encounter with him during Vanderpump Villa‘s upcoming season in London, which the men attended together as the ladies had done in Italy the previous season.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives reunion is now streaming on Hulu.
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