‘I CAUSED THIS’ Marciano Brunette feels ‘terrible’ for Jessi Ngatikaura’s husband Jordan after ‘affair’ with his wife
Jessi and Jordan had a very public relationship meltdown
THE SECRET Lives of Mormon Wives guest star Marciano Brunette has said he feels “terrible” for Jessi Ngatikaura’s husband Jordan after his affair with his wife.
Speaking exclusively with The U.S. Sun, Marciano, 32, claimed he understood Jordan, 31, and his frustration in the aftermath of the Vanderpump Villa server’s fling with Mormon Wives standout Jessi, 33.
While he acknowledged that both Jordan and Jessi are “entitled to their own feelings” about the affair, Marciano said he believed that the married DadTok star likely had regret over how he handled himself in the aftermath.
“I think [Jordan] would say himself that he’s not happy with how he acted in that moment.
“I think he’s very passionate about his marriage and that he truly loves Jessi, and I think he just wanted to be heard,” Marciano said, in defense of Jordan, whom Jessi, 33, has called “verbally abusive.”
“Do I think he went about it the right way? No, but I think he would say the same thing,” he added.
“I’m sure he wished he could do that over again, but I think you know, as a male in a marriage that you felt like you know you were cheated on, he’s going to be very passionate about that.
“It’s a difficult situation, and I feel bad, very bad, for both of them.”
Marciano also took full responsibility for being part of the reason Jessi and Jordan’s marriage took a turn for the worse.
“Seeing it live, knowing that I caused this – I have to take that accountability,” he continued.
“It’s so unfortunate. It really is, and I do genuinely feel so terrible for both of them, and I do care a lot about Jessie and even Jordan as well,” Marciano added of the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars.
Marciano and Jessi met while filming an episode of Vanderpump Villa in 2024.
The pair met up after Italy and have since admitted to kissing at Vanderpump Rules restaurant TomTom in Los Angeles that fall.
In the aftermath of Marciano’s affair with Jessi going public, the TikTok group, MomTok, star in part blamed stepping out on her marriage over Jordan’s alleged emotional abuse in their marriage.
On the Viall Files podcast, Jessi claimed her marriage to Jordan was emotionally abusive, but also claimed her first marriage was actually worse.
“Jordan is [emotionally abusive] in different ways but I had already dealt with worse. So it was normal for marriage where it’s just hard,” she told Nick Viall.
“At least it’s not as bad as my first one, but then over time, it got to that point where it was as bad.”
Jessi also claimed that before her affair with Marciano was revealed, Jordan had been blackmailing her and told her he had a TikTok draft ready to release when they fought.
“Anytime I did anything he didn’t agree with, he had it on his TikTok drafts and he was like, ‘I’m going to post it,’” she claimed on the podcast.
Jordan previously released a statement to People regarding Jessi’s allegations.
Jordan told the outlet he takes “full accountability for the pain I caused Jessi during our marriage.”
JESSI’S PATERNITY SCANDAL
As The U.S. Sun previously revealed, this isn’t Jessi’s first relationship scandal.
The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed the details behind Jessi’s first divorce, and wild paternity scandal with her ex-husband, Zach Gish.
Before his birth, Jessi claimed that her son Jagger was the biological child of her first husband, Zach.
Jessi formally began divorce proceedings against Zach in October 2019.
A final divorce decision was issued by the court in December of the same year. The judgment stated that Jessi and Zach “are the legal parents” of an “Unborn Child, Expected Date of Birth 4/27/2020.”
The court awarded Jessi and Zach joint physical and legal custody of the anticipated child, while naming Zach as the parent with custodial custody.
On February 29, 2020, the Hulu star suddenly announced her engagement to Jordan.
“I’M ENGAGED!!! I wanted to share this happy news with you guys. The best day of my whole life, I feel so blessed and lucky to have @ngatijordy. Bring on the wedding planning!!” she excitedly posted on Instagram.
In a later Instagram post on March 16, 2020, Jessi reflected: “My situation is very unique – divorced, pregnant and engaged within 8 months, if you can’t laugh at yourself who can? LOL.”
On April 1, 2020, just weeks before her son was born, an updated filing was submitted in Jessi’s divorce case from Zach.
Jessi filed a motion requesting changes to the initial divorce settlement. After having previously designated both individuals as parents of her soon-to-be-born child, the revised documents now declared: “[Jessi] and [Zach] do not have any minor children born between them and none are expected.”
The court ordered: “Any current use or internet posting suggesting that [Zach] is the father of the unborn child shall be removed immediately.”
In a highly unusual ruling, the court required Jessi to publish a post on her Instagram within two weeks following her son’s birth, confirming that “Jordan is the natural father and Zach is not the father.”
Jagger Zayn Ngatikaura was born on April 20, 2020.
Jessi and Jordan were married six months later on October 8, 2020.
