Mormon Wives Star Jessi Ngatikaura Breaks Silence on Marciano Affair Rumors
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Jessi Ngatikaura isn’t holding back—owning up to an affair with Vanderpump Villa’s Marciano Brunette and breaking down the state of her marriage in a no-holds-barred fan Q&A with Jennifer Affleck and Layla Taylor.
Jessi Ngatikaura has had a week. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star owned up to an affair with Vanderpump Villa alum Marciano Brunette, then jumped into multiple Q&As and a podcast to unpack where her marriage stands, what went down with Marciano, and how the show is about to air some of it. Not exactly a quiet press tour.
Where she said what
- A fan Q&A segment called 'Spilling the E-Tea' with castmates Jennifer Affleck and Layla Taylor, where she fielded questions about her marriage and the Marciano situation
- The November 19 episode of 'The Viall Files' podcast, where she talked through the fallout and drew some tough comparisons to her past
The marriage update
One fan asked point-blank if she and her husband are still together and what the work looks like behind the scenes. Her answer: it has not been pretty, especially during season 3, but they are still in it and doing the therapy grind. She framed it as two people working on themselves and each other, trying to make incremental progress day by day. The vibe was: imperfect, but ongoing.
The Marciano question
Another fan wanted to know the last time she spoke to Marciano and how things are with Jordan now. She said it has been a long time since she talked to Marciano. Also, heads up for viewers: season 3 will show her reaching out to him and trying to get answers. But as of now, that chapter is closed.
'That relationship is no longer.'
What she told The Viall Files
On the November 19 podcast, Jessi described her marriage as crumbling for a stretch and said her relationship with Jordan echoed patterns from her first marriage, which she characterized as emotionally abusive. That is heavy, and it puts the rest of her recent choices in a pretty raw context.
Where things stand for the show
If you want to see how it plays on screen, all episodes of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives are now streaming on Hulu, including the season 3 material she referenced. Messy, but candid — and it sounds like the cameras caught plenty of it.