Who is Marciano? Vanderpump Villa star at centre of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives drama
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season three will explore what really happened between cast member Jessi Ngatikaura and Vanderpump Villa star Marciano Brunette
Reality TV fans are set to finally find out what happened between Jessi Ngatikaura and Marciano Brunette.
Season three of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives continues straight from where the second series ended which saw Vanderpump Villa’s Maricano claimed he had an affair with #MomTok member Jessi.
During the second season of Vanderpump Villa, SLOWM stars Jessi, Demi Engemann, Jennifer Affleck, Mikayla Matthews and Layla Taylor travelled to Italy for a stay at the villa.
Titled Momtoks and Mormons, Oh My!, the episode featured an innocent drinking game between the castle staff and the SLOWM cast that devolved into hurt feelings and deception.
Speculations that Marciano and Jessi were romantically involved sparked in 2024, when they were allegedly spotted kissing in Los Angeles a month after filming the crossover episode.
In an attempt to get to the bottom of all the drama, Layla met up with Marciano in the penultimate episode of SLOMW’ season two to discuss what happened in Italy last summer.
He admitted that he initially tried hooking up with Demi, but she ended up shutting down his advances.
Marciano revealed that after hearing about the “soft swinging” scandal involving SLOMW cast mate Taylor Frankie Paul, he mistakenly assumed all the Mormon wives were swingers.
“I didn’t really understand the boundaries,” he told Layla, before adding: “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t at least try and kiss [Demi].”
He then went on to insinuate that he and Jessi hadn’t just kissed but had also slept together.
“It’s not like this was just some freaking one-night stand,” he said to Layla, who replied, stunned, “No, it’s a full-blown f***ing affair.”
He further claimed that Jessi’s husband, Jordan “doesn’t know the truth about how extensive it was” and that he and Jessi had “tried meeting up” additional times to continue their alleged dalliance.
Jessi has denied the initial kissing allegations, saying in an episode, “If I was dumb enough to do that, I wouldn’t do it in public.”
While she still has yet to directly address the affair allegations, in a TikTok video posted the day after the finale aired, the mother of three teased, “I’ll speak when I can.”
Marciano is a current main cast member on Vanderpump Villa and is a Lead Server at the Villa.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season three drops Thursday, November 13 on Hulu and Disney+ with all 10 episodes available at once
