{"id":211580,"date":"2025-12-17T12:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/mormon-wives-marciano-didnt-know-jessis-husband-jordan-blackmailed-her\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:01:48","slug":"mormon-wives-marciano-didnt-know-jessis-husband-jordan-blackmailed-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/mormon-wives-marciano-didnt-know-jessis-husband-jordan-blackmailed-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Mormon Wives&#8217; Marciano Didn&#8217;t Know Jessi&#8217;s Husband Jordan Blackmailed Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/secret-lives-of-mormon-wives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em> <\/a>star <strong>Jessi Ngatikaura<\/strong> revealed husband <strong>Jordan Ngatikaura<\/strong> blackmailed her over her affair \u2014 which came as a surprise to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jessi-ngatikaura\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Marciano Brunette<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not something I was aware of,\u201d Marciano, 32, exclusively told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mormon-wives-marciano-brunette-on-decision-to-sue-demi-spinoff-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about the revelation Jessi made<\/a>. \u201cIt was news to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marciano also clarified his recent claim that Jordan, 30, accused them of having a second affair earlier this year, telling Us, \u201cThat was in May \u2014 right before season 2 was coming out. \u2026 I think my brother will be friends with Jordan, but I don\u2019t know about me. Time heals all, so maybe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Vanderpump Villa<\/em> star acknowledged that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mormon-wives-marciano-and-jessi-were-accused-of-2nd-affair-more-revelations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would be \u201cvery triggering\u201d for<\/a> Jordan after Marciano\u2019s emotional affair with Jessi, 33.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always going to be salt in the wound for him. If he\u2019s willing to overcome it then I think he knows I\u2019m open to it. Because I have told him that he\u2019s a really good dude,\u201d Marciano noted. \u201cAt least to me, he\u2019s a really nice guy. I like him a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded: \u201cSo I never say never. I\u2019ve come to terms with it but I hope [we can mend things]. I would really like to because all the DadTok guys are awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:80%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Disney\/Christopher Willard<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hulu viewers saw Marciano and Jessi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mormon-wives-jessi-details-how-she-jordan-reconciled-after-affair-excl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confess to their emotional affair<\/a> during season 3 of <em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em>. After the episodes aired in November, Jessi revealed she wasn\u2019t separated from Jordan when he found out about Marciano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason I left was because we had been dealing with the affair for about six months behind closed doors. No one knew. During those six months, it got worse than it ever had. He was blackmailing me. He was threatening to send my texts out to Marciano to the world,\u201d she claimed on \u201cThe Viall Files\u201d podcast, noting that it was addressed on the show but didn\u2019t make the final edit. \u201cAnytime I did anything he didn\u2019t agree with, he had it on his TikTok drafts and he was like, \u2018I\u2019m going to post it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessi continued: \u201cIt was so toxic. I remember the day I left him, it got to a point where he was recording me and he\u2019s taunting me and I was chasing him around the house. We were just screaming at each other. It was so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mormon-wives-jessi-claims-jordan-blackmailed-her-more-affair-revelations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed she was still living<\/a> with Jordan when her affair with Marciano began.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mormon-wives-jessi-jordan-ngatikauras-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mormon-Wives-Jessi-Ngatikaura-Admits-Marriage-to-Jordan-Ngatikaura-Is-Tricky-After-Affair-Claims-Ditches-Wedding-Ring-Marciano-Brunette.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Mormon Wives Jessi Ngatikaura Admits Marriage to Jordan Ngatikaura Is Tricky After Affair Claims Ditches Wedding Ring Marciano Brunette\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mormon-Wives-Jessi-Ngatikaura-Admits-Marriage-to-Jordan-Ngatikaura-Is-Tricky-After-Affair-Claims-Ditches-Wedding-Ring-Marciano-Brunette.jpg?quality=47&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mormon-wives-jessi-jordan-ngatikauras-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Mormon Wives\u2019 Jessi and Jordan\u2018s Relationship Timeline After Affair Reveal<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJessi Ngatikaura\u2019s marriage to Jordan Ngatikaura made headlines after she admitted on\u00a0The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives that she had an affair with Marciano Brunette. The couple started dating and got married before the hit Hulu series premiered in September 2024. During the first season, Jessi\u2019s personal life wasn\u2019t in the spotlight, but that all [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen me and Jordan were dealing with this alone, he said to me, \u2018If anyone ever finds out, we need to say we were separated because then it\u2019s less of a big deal.\u2019 I remembered Jordan telling me that\u2019s how he wanted me to handle this if anyone found out,\u201d she recalled. \u201cHe ended up saying, \u2018If this is going to come out, we have to tell the truth.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In his own tell-all, Jordan addressed his perspective. \u201cI actually never meant it. It was just to cry for help,\u201d he claimed. \u201cHurt people, hurt people. I was literally just trying to like, \u2018Be sorry for what you did. Be sorry [and] love me. I\u2019m anxious over here. Give me something.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marciano, meanwhile, weighed in on both Jessi and Jordan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mormon-wives-marciano-calls-2025-the-hardest-year-amid-demi-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims about their issues.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re told something, obviously I was very sympathetic to Jessi. But seeing it is way different,\u201d he told <em>Us<\/em>. \u201cI think just seeing it all in general, I was like, \u2018Oh, now I can really understand what you guys were going through.\u2019 It\u2019s a really difficult situation and it was tough to watch. I felt like I obviously played a huge hand and not making it look good for either of them. Hence why I\u2019ve since said I live with regret by doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mormon-wives-marciano-didnt-know-jessis-husband-jordan-blackmailed-her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Jessi Ngatikaura revealed husband Jordan Ngatikaura blackmailed her over her affair \u2014 which came as a surprise to Marciano Brunette. \u201cIt\u2019s not something I was aware of,\u201d Marciano, 32, exclusively told Us Weekly about the revelation Jessi made. \u201cIt was news to me.\u201d Marciano also clarified his recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":211581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-211580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}