{"id":80536,"date":"2026-04-20T09:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/jessi-draper-reacts-to-marciano-brunette-romance-speculation\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:25:14","slug":"jessi-draper-reacts-to-marciano-brunette-romance-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/jessi-draper-reacts-to-marciano-brunette-romance-speculation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessi Draper Reacts to Marciano Brunette Romance Speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em>\u2019 <strong>Jessi Draper<\/strong> responded to a report claiming that \u201csparks might be flying\u201d between her and <em>Vanderpump Villa<\/em>\u2019s <strong>Marciano Brunette<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After <em>TMZ<\/em> published photos of Jessi, 33, cozying up to Marciano, also 33, on Sunday, April 19, the outlet shared the images via its Instagram account. \u201cLooks like sparks might be flying between Marciano Brunette and Jessi Ngatikaura \u2026 \u2019cause the two were getting real comfortable during a night out in Nashville,\u201d a caption read.<\/p>\n<p>Jessi, who was seen receiving a kiss on the cheek by Marciano in the snaps, simply corrected the post, \u201cJessi Draper*,\u201d which attracted more than 17,000 \u201clikes\u201d and almost 200 supportive fan comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell em queen,\u201d wrote one person, while another commented, \u201cOmgggg ur so iconic im so happy ur free girl!!!! Be single and keep having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessi-Draper-GettyImages-2250266057.jpg?crop=0px%2C123px%2C1334px%2C754px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Jessi-Draper-GettyImages-2250266057\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessi-Draper-GettyImages-2250266057.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Mormon Wives&#8217; Jessi Plays Coy About Marciano Reunion Rumors Amid Divorce<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJessi Draper has presumably seen the latest rumors about her post-divorce lovelife. \u201cBeen hearing some rumors \u2026\u201d Draper, 33, wrote via TikTok on Saturday, April 4, sharing a video of herself lip-synching Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cFresh Out the Slammer.\u201d (The Tortured Poets Department track is presumably about ending a long-term relationship and embarking on a freeing [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jessi\u2019s estranged husband<strong> Jordan Ngatikaura<\/strong> filed for divorce on March 19 after five years of marriage. During an appearance on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast less than one week later, Jessi told host <strong>Alex Cooper<\/strong> that she had planned to file for divorce from Jordan herself \u2014 but he beat her to it. (The former couple share two children: son Jagger, 5, and daughter Jovi, 3.)<\/p>\n<p>Marciano, who engaged in an emotional 2024 affair with Jessi while she was married to Jordan, responded to rumors of a rekindled relationship with Jessi in the wake of her divorce news and \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d appearance. \u201cListen, I know what everyone is thinking. I\u2019ve seen all of the comments,\u201d Marciano said in an Instagram video on March 26 that included part of Jessi\u2019s podcast interview. \u201cBut I want everyone to know that now that Jessi is single, I have no plan to \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4314188\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4314188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270791181-Jessi.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Jessi Draper<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Monica Schipper\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The nature of his relationship with Jessi was put under the microscope again on April 9 when the pair teamed up for a photo shoot which was shared via Instagram by photographer <strong>Rachel Cook<\/strong>. In one of Cook\u2019s photos, Jessi lounged on a picnic blanket as Marciano hovered above and fed her berries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Another snap captured Jessi resting her foot on Marciano\u2019s leg while dousing him with a pitcher of lemonade. The post even drew a cheeky response from Jessi herself, who commented, \u201cUh oh \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\ude1c.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4314187\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4314187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2251494434-Marciano.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Marciano Brunette<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Amanda Edwards\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jessi\u2019s emotional affair with Marciano occurred after the pair met in Italy when the cast of <em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em> traveled to film at <em>Vanderpump Villa<\/em> where Marciano was a server. <em>Mormon Wives<\/em> documented the pair\u2019s connection, which Jessi denied at first before owning up to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe [Jordan and I] 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,\u201d Jessi claimed on a November 2025 episode of \u201cThe Viall Files\u201d podcast. \u201cAnytime I did anything he didn\u2019t agree with, he had it on his TikTok drafts and he was like, \u2018I\u2019m going to post it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u2019 Jessi Draper responded to a report claiming that \u201csparks might be flying\u201d between her and Vanderpump Villa\u2019s Marciano Brunette. After TMZ published photos of Jessi, 33, cozying up to Marciano, also 33, on Sunday, April 19, the outlet shared the images via its Instagram account. \u201cLooks like sparks might [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-trends-and-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jessi-split.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}