Marciano Brunette has a lot to be thankful for amid the public feud between The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars Jessi Ngatikaura and Demi Engemann.
Marciano, 32, took to social media after Thanksgiving to reflect on what he is most grateful for, writing, “Vanderpump Villa cameras, Free DoorDash, Clean boxers, Emergency calls [and] I didn’t get peed on.”
The reality star was referring to Jessi’ shocking revelation about what the codeword Fruity Pebbles actually stood for after a sex act between Demi, 31, and husband Bret Engemann was referenced during season 1 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
“Since she wants to be petty and be an asshole, I think I am just going to go ahead and say that grandpa Bret likes to drink her piss like it is dirty soda,” Jessi, 33, alleged via Instagram Stories on Tuesday, November 25. “He gulps it down like water. And that is what fruity pebbles means.”
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Demi went on to release her own statement, writing, “What my husband and I did one time behind closed doors was a consensual and private experience in our marriage. I won’t let a private act between my husband and I be a distraction from a serious act that I did not consent to.”
The duo have been at odds following a trip that was captured on season 2 of Vanderpump Villa. In the months after filming, Marciano alleged that he maintained contact with Demi, which turned into an emotional connection despite her marriage to Bret.
Demi, for her part, has denied the romantic entanglement and accused Marciano of sexual misconduct.
“Nothing happened with Marciano. At the expense of sounding rude, there wasn’t even a remote attraction to him. It sucks that women can’t be kind and friendly and even playful with men in this world without it being taken as like you’re open. I had a rock on my finger the entire time I was there,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in May. “I brought up my marriage multiple times and they were told that we were married women — so it sucks that we couldn’t just go and have a good time and that he couldn’t respect that.”
Marciano has maintained his innocence. He attempted to clear his name with Demi on season 3 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and addressed his emotional affair with Jessi, who is married to Jordan Ngatikaura.
“It is unfortunate to see everything that is going on now, because everything that happened [on Vanderpump Villa] was consensual,” Maricano claimed on an episode of the “Juicy Scoop” podcast last month. “I will just flat-out say that the accusations she’s making against me are 100 percent false.”
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Jessi remained largely tight-lipped about her side of the story until the season 3 premiere in October confirmed that she had a two-month affair with Marciano. Demi, who wasn’t present for most of the season, was brought up when Marciano claimed she orchestrated him revealing his affair with Jessi on the show.
The drama led to a seemingly permanent falling out between Demi and Jessi.
“During season 3 — when this was all unfolding — our only conversations were on camera. There was that one sit down we had in a restaurant. It was the first time we spoke,” Jessi detailed on “The Viall Files” in November. “I remember going into it pretty heated and she completely turned it on me and was like, ‘You’re victim shaming [over my claims of sexual misconduct against Marciano].’ At the time I was like, ‘I’m going to look terrible. I have to give into this because if people take her side or the audience believes her, I’m going to look bad.’”
She added: “So I just gave in. That’s why you see us leave on somewhat OK terms. Because I was like, ‘How the hell am I going to fight with victim shaming?’”
