Erm, Mormon Wives’ Jessi just revealed the last time she spoke to Marciano
She eventually had to block him
If you thought the Jessi Ngatikaura and Marciano Brunette drama was done once The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season three dropped, absolutely not.
The crossover scandal that started on Vanderpump Villa has properly followed Jessi into MomTok territory, and we’re finally getting the timeline from her side.
On the show and in new interviews, she has opened up about what really happened with Marciano, how far things went and why she decided to cut him off completely, all while trying to repair her marriage to Jordan Ngatikaura.
Jessi explains why she had to block Marciano
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First, a quick refresher. Marciano is the flirty server from Hulu’s Vanderpump Villa who met Jessi when the MomTok women filmed at Château Rosabelle.
People later learned that they developed an emotional connection and shared a couple of kisses while Jessi and Jordan were secretly separated. Jessi has maintained that they never slept together, even though Marciano claimed they had a full affair, and a lie detector on the show backed up her version of events, reported Cosmopolitan.
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season three finally lets Jessi spell it out. She admits to an emotional affair with Marciano that happened during a rough patch in her marriage, when she says she was feeling put down and unseen at home, per People.
That does not mean things magically ended once filming wrapped. In a new StyleCaster Q&A, Jessi explains that she actually stayed in touch with Marciano for a while because she still wanted answers about all the Demi Engemann drama and what exactly had gone down behind her back.
According to Jessi, the last time she spoke to Marciano was in May, around the time they were finishing filming for season three
She says she reached a point where she realised that if she and Jordan were going to seriously try again, she could not keep messaging Marciano, even if the conversations felt innocent. So she hit block.
Jessi adds that she has not heard from him directly since, although she fully expects something to bubble up now that the show is airing and everyone has seen the reunion of it all play out.
Where does all this leave Jessi and Jordan now?
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The affair reveal obviously blew up Jessi and Jordan’s already fragile marriage. On the show, the couple go through a 90-day separation while Jessi confronts what she has called a toxic dynamic and emotional abuse, and Jordan admits he has a lot of work to do on himself.
Off camera, both of them have talked about therapy and trying to break unhealthy patterns for the sake of their family.
In an interview with E! News, Jessi confirmed that she and Jordan are back together and actively working on things, stressing that neither of them is perfect and that rebuilding after something like this will take time rather than a neat TV ending.
Cosmo also notes that six months after filming wrapped, their social media still shows them together, co-parenting and turning up for joint press events, which suggests the reconciliation has stuck for now.
What does seem over, though, is any kind of friendship between Jessi and Demi. Apparently, the fallout from Marciano, plus older contract and loyalty issues, has basically ended that relationship.
As for Marciano, he is now cemented as the villainous connecting thread between two different reality shows. Jessi has moved from secretly texting him for clarity to blocking him entirely, and at this point, it looks like the only place they will ever cross paths again is in flashbacks and confessionals.
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