Jordan Ngatikaura took the chaos on Vanderpump Villa one step further when he put a price on his attempts to save his marriage to Jessi Draper after her emotional affair with Marciano Brunette.
Jordan, 31, and Marciano, 32, had an awkward sit-down during season 3 of the Hulu series, which started streaming on Thursday, April 16. Marciano apologized, but Jordan pushed back by pointing out how much his marriage to Jessi, 33, suffered from the drama.
“Jessi and I have gone through close to $100,000 in therapy to try to get through this,” he told Marciano.
Jordan also wasn’t happy with Marciano for claiming he had sex with Jessi for “screentime” on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
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Jordan and Jessi, who share kids Jagger, 5, and Jovi, 2, faced various obstacles in their relationship. Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives documented the aftermath of Jessi’s emotional affair with Marciano, which she initially denied before coming clean.
“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,” Jessi said on “The Viall Files” podcast in November 2025, claiming that it was addressed on the show but didn’t make the final edit. “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.’”
Jessi continued: “It was so toxic. I remember the day I left him, it got to a point where he was recording me and he’s taunting me and I was chasing him around the house. We were just screaming at each other. It was so bad.”
Jessi confirmed she was still living with Jordan when her affair with Marciano began.
“When me and Jordan were dealing with this alone, he said to me, ‘If anyone ever finds out, we need to say we were separated because then it’s less of a big deal.’ I remembered Jordan telling me that’s how he wanted me to handle this if anyone found out,” she recalled. “He ended up saying, ‘If this is going to come out, we have to tell the truth.’”
In his own sit-down interview, Jordan addressed his perspective. “I actually never meant it. It was just to cry for help,” he claimed. “Hurt people, hurt people. I was literally just trying to like, ‘Be sorry for what you did. Be sorry [and] love me. I’m anxious over here. Give me something.’”
Marciano, meanwhile, weighed in on both Jessi and Jordan’s claims about their issues.
“When you’re told something, obviously I was very sympathetic to Jessi. But seeing it is way different,” he told Us Weekly in December 2025. “I think just seeing it all in general, I was like, ‘Oh, now I can really understand what you guys were going through.’ It’s 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’ve since said I live with regret by doing that.”
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Marciano acknowledged that he would be “very triggering” for Jordan, adding, “It’s always going to be salt in the wound for him. If he’s willing to overcome it then I think he knows I’m open to it. Because I have told him that he’s a really good dude. At least to me, he’s a really nice guy. I like him a lot.”
He concluded: “So I never say never. I’ve come to terms with it, but I hope [we can mend things]. I would really like to because all the DadTok guys are awesome.”
News broke in March that Jordan filed for divorce from Jessi after five years of marriage. (He also filed a restraining order that was denied.)
“This has not been an easy decision and it comes with a heavy heart,” Jordan told Us in a statement. “I’m grateful for the shared memories and the lessons. While our paths are now moving in different directions, my priority remains my children and ensuring they feel loved, supported, and protected through this transition.”
The statement continued: “I am committed to handling this next chapter with kindness and respect. I kindly ask for privacy and understanding as we navigate this as a family.”
Vanderpump Villa is currently streaming on Hulu.
