{"id":38631,"date":"2025-11-24T19:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=38631"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:38:17","slug":"heres-the-real-reason-jessi-is-quitting-social-media-after-mormon-wives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/24\/heres-the-real-reason-jessi-is-quitting-social-media-after-mormon-wives\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s the real reason Jessi is quitting social media after Mormon Wives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"550\">Okay, so Jessi\u2019s time on <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/19\/from-layla-to-mikayla-heres-how-old-the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-cast-is\/\">The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/a> season three was absolutely wild, like, totally emotionally exhausting.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"550\">After all the drama, the kiss stuff, and very public relationship tension, she posted a tearful video saying she\u2019s going off social media for a while.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"550\">It feels less like a stunt and more like a real &#8216;I gotta breathe&#8217; moment. She\u2019s not running away&#8230; she\u2019s protecting her headspace.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"587\">Jessi had a hectic season three<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jessi Draper on where her marriage stands after her affair | SLOMW season 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oAqwGQAruQw?start=163&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"941\">Seriously, season three was a lot. Jessi came clean about an emotional affair with Marciano Brunette (yes, that <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/17\/erm-mormon-wives-jessi-just-revealed-the-last-time-she-spoke-to-marciano\/\">Marciano from Vanderpump Villa<\/a>), she admits they kissed twice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"941\">She says there was no sex, and Marciano later did a lie detector test where he confirmed that, per <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2025\/11\/13\/what-happened-between-jessi-ngatikaura-marciano-brunette-slomw-season-3\/\">Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"1283\">But it wasn\u2019t just about him, Jessi also opened up about her marriage to Jordan. She described parts of it as emotionally abusive, calling out behaviour like name-calling and constant tension.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"1283\">They even did a 90-day separation, which they talk about on the show.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1285\" data-end=\"1563\">And yeah, things got messy in front of everyone. At one point, Jessi read out texts between her and Marciano in front of the cast, partly to show they never slept together, according to her. All of this filmed drama clearly weighed on her.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1565\" data-end=\"1607\">She\u2019s taking a break from social media<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRQrw5_jBGC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRQrw5_jBGC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jessi Draper (@_justjessiiii)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"2077\">So after all that, Jessi dropped a really emotional video on Instagram this November saying she needs some space, reported <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/entertainment\/mormon-wives-season-3-jessi-draper-ngatikaura-social-media-break\">Bustle<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"2077\">She said between reading the comments and seeing all the speculation, it\u2019s just not helping her mental health right now.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"2077\">She thanked people who\u2019ve supported her, but also said she feels &#8220;a little bit hopeless&#8221; and needs to step back for &#8220;my sanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2079\" data-end=\"2352\">On top of that, she subtly changed things on her social media, dropping her married name, Ngatikaura, and going back to Draper on Instagram and TikTok.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2354\" data-end=\"2663\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/05\/20\/omg-jessis-business-empire-was-worth-millions-before-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives\/\">She and Jordan<\/a> are reportedly trying to work through stuff, per <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/are-jessi-and-jordan-still-together-on-the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives\">Parade<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> He\u2019s in therapy, she\u2019s healing, and they seem to be taking this very seriously, especially now that the season aired and all the public eyes are on her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She had to take a 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