Going into Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3, fans had burning questions about the relationship between Jessi Ngatikaura and Marciano Brunette. Season 2 ended with Marciano dropping a bombshell on Layla Taylor. The Vanderpump Villa star stood by his side of the story with Demi Engemann. But he also revealed that he and Jessi were having an affair. Adding fuel to the fire, Jessi stopped wearing her wedding ring for a while. After months of waiting, SLOMW fans finally got answers. So, what really happened between Jessi and Marciano?
Marciano Brunette initially claimed he had sex with Jessi Ngatikaura
When Marciano met with Layla at the end of Season 2, he claimed that he and Jessi had sex. Going into Season 3, Layla had the weight of this claim on her shoulders. She told Jessi what Marciano told her in the SLOMW Season 3 premiere. Jessi quickly admitted that something was going on, but fiercely denied that they ever had sex. When she and Layla called Marciano, he didn’t budge. He claimed that he took a Cialis and had a “c*m stain” in his underwear, so to him, that was proof. Jessi became determined to prove they never had sex.
Luckily, it didn’t take long for Marciano to consider changing his tune. He cracked under pressure when Mikayla Matthews and Mayci Neely confronted him in person. Once the MomTok dynamic duo started questioning him, he walked back his insistence that they had sex. Marciano also looked right at the camera to emphasize that he didn’t have erectile dysfunction, just took a Cialis because they were drinking a lot. Okay?
However, Marciano insinuated that Demi put him up to claiming he and Jessi had sex. Demi denied this, but also continued to insist Jessi had sex with him long after Marciano wavered. At an event, she asked Jessi “how was it f*cking Marciano twice?” while making crude gestures.
Jessi revealed she had an emotional affair with Marciano
While Jessi was insistent she never had sex with Marciano, she did admit they crossed a line. On a physical level, Jessi said she kissed Marciano twice after a night of drinking. But for the most part, Jessi described her relationship with Marciano as an emotional affair. She also said this happened while she was separated from her husband Jordan.
After coming clean, Jessi started to explore why she had the affair. While most of the girls saw her and Jordan as a perfect couple, Jessi revealed how bad things were behind closed doors. She described constant fighting and name calling, and even classified it as emotional and verbal abuse.
In addition to the problems in her marriage, Jessi also theorized that she might’ve had the affair because of her insecurities. While talking to a therapist, the hairstylist spoke about all the negative comments she gets about her appearance online. She also wondered if she went for a guy who showed interest in Demi because of her insecurities around her former friend. Jessi, who said she’ll never be friends with Demi again, alleged that her ex-BFF would frequently belittle her during their friendship.
Once she came clean about the affair, Jessi and Jordan separated for 90 days. She started to open up more about Marciano to the other women. At Mikayla’s birthday party, she read their very flirtatious texts out loud, ostensibly to show Marciano’s wording and questions indicated they didn’t have sex. But the ladies were uncomfortable by these texts, especially since Jordan was right nearby as she read them!
What Jessi and Marciano’s lie detector results revealed
In order to prove once and for all that she and Marciano never had sex, Jessi asked him to take a lie detector test, and he agreed. When asked if he and Jessi had sex, this time, Marciano said no. He also said no when asked if Demi put him up to lying that they did have sex. But that answer was found to be inconclusive.
As they waited for the test results, Jessi invited Marciano to dinner with her and the girls. This became a very controversial move, as Jordan got very angry about it. The girls also side eyed Jessi for being a little flirty with Marciano at the dinner. For instance, when they grilled him about his alleged kiss with Demi, Jessi asked if it was like their kisses.
Once the lie detector results came in, both Marciano and Jessi were found to be telling the truth about never having sex. However, when she said no to the question “Besides those two kisses, have you ever had any sexual/physical contact with Marciano,” Jessi’s answer was found to be inconclusive. But the other MomTok girls admitted it was a confusingly worded question. In their eyes, the most important question was cleared up.
After the lie detector results, the group seemed settled on Jessi’s side of the story. However, they still had the big question of what happened between Marciano and Demi. Because she’s made some serious allegations about him.
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is available to stream on Hulu.
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