A week after Jessi Draper's husband Jordan Ngatikaura filed for divorce in the wake of her emotional affair with Marciano, the Vanderpump Villa star broke his silence on the matter.

Sharing a video to Instagram—which featured a snippet from Jessi’s Call Her Daddy appearance where she insisted she hasn’t talked to Marciano “in almost a year” and that their relationship was “done and over”—the 33-year-old hinted at where he stands with the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star.

“Listen, I know what everyone is thinking. I’ve seen all of the comments,” he said in the March 26 video. “But I want everyone to know that now that Jessi is single, I have no plan to…”

The video then cut out—but Marciano made sure to share a cryptic message about Jessi’s comments in the caption, writing, “But why is she giggling?”

Jessi, 33, also got in on the fun in the comments section. “Check mate,” she wrote, before adding, “Hahahahah.”

Jessi and Marciano’s relationship first came to light in November when she confirmed on the third season of SLOMW that she had an emotional affair with the server amid a rough patch in her marriage.

Though both Jessi and Jordan—who share kids Jagger, 5, and Jovi, 3—took accountability for the “mistakes” they made leading up to the affair, the couple agreed to implement a 90-day separation while they attempted to mend their relationship in therapy.

But the state of their marriage took a turn for the worst on March 19 when Jordan—who is also dad to daughter Peyton, 13, from a previous relationship—filed for divorce. 

"This has not been an easy decision and it comes with a heavy heart,” he told TMZ in a  statement that day. “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.” 

“I am committed to handling this next chapter with kindness and respect,” he added. “I kindly ask for privacy and understanding as we navigate this as a family."

Jordan, 31, went on to file for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against his ex, according to a court docket viewed by E! News, and Jessi later filed an opposition to the request.

But two days later, the MomTok star appeared on Call Her Daddy and spoke at length about the collapse of their marriage, alleging that Jordan was “blindsiding” her with his legal proceedings because “he wanted the headline first.”

"When he filed the divorce, I ended it," Jessi said on the March 25 episode. "Irreconcilable differences is what we're saying. But he put in the papers that we ended it because I had an affair and he's talking about Marciano, the person I kissed a year and a half ago. That's what he put as the reason."

She continued, "I was like, What? We've worked through that, it's already been proven on TV that I didn't sleep with him, so crazy.”

Jessi also accused her ex of hiring escorts and having orgies while they were married. And ultimately, she believes the podcast appearance will cause a major fallout with her ex-husband.

“I know that Jordan is most likely going to do his own thing,” Jessi said in a March 26 Instagram Story. “He’s allowed to tell his story, that’s totally fine. But doing this [podcast] was scary, because it will start a war.”

“It’s important to speak your truth as a woman,” she added, “and especially when you’ve been in a situation like this.”

E! News has reached out to Jordan for comment and hasn’t heard back.

For more of Jessi's bombshells from Call Her Daddy, keep reading…

Jessi Draper Emotionally Reacts to Taylor Frankie Paul, Dakota Mortensen's 2023 Altercation Video

Days after the video of a 2023 altercation between her Secret Lives of Mormon Wives costar Taylor Frankie Paul and then-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen was released by TMZ, Jessi Draper revealed her first thoughts after seeing the footage.

"Obviously, back in 2023, we knew what happened and we knew there was a video, but we never saw it," she told Alex Cooper on the March 25, 2026 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast. "The police had had it and they talked about it."

"Seeing that video is like so hard because there's so much pain underneath the surface for Taylor and I tell her this all the time, that it's not who Taylor is," she continued. "She got caught in a really bad cycle. Just seeing that video—and yes, the child being involved is awful and everyone involved is really hard."

The hairstylist emphasized that despite the incident—during which police records said that Taylor's then-5-year-old daughter was accidentally struck—she knows that her friend has a good heart.

"I'm not saying any of it's right, but I know Taylor as a person," Jessi said, adding that she just wants her and Dakota to have a happy ending. "I believe people can come back from things like this and I just want the kids to be safe and happy and healthy. That's all I really want for them right now."

Jessi Draper Details First Conversation With Taylor Frankie Paul After The Bachelorette's Cancellation

"Taylor was calling me so I had two missed calls from her and I was like, 'Oh s--t,'" she recalled of getting the news while she was with Dancing With the Stars pro Sasha Farber. "I answered and she was like, 'How are you?' The thing about Taylor is, she has her own s--t going on, so sometimes she's not very present, but she does care about her friends."

And at the time, Jessi's estranged husband Jordan Ngatikaura had just filed for divorce, leading Taylor to check in on her. 

"She's like, 'How are you doing? I just heard,'" Jessi explained. "And I was like, 'How are you doing?"

And she's continued to ask Taylor that question in the days since. 

"I actually talked to her right before I came in here and she seemed pretty positive today," Jessi shared. "I think she knows that this is gonna be a long and scary journey."

"The thing about Taylor, she always tells the truth," she emphasized. "She's known for that and I think she's gonna handle this in the best way possible and I think she's taking a beat to figure that out."

Jessi Draper Addresses the Fate of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives After Pause

Jessi revealed that MomTok may just survive this latest difficult moment, but they first needed to take a step back from filming season five. Although the pause was first decided by executives—which a source with knowledge confirmed to E! News on March 16—after Dakota had filed a police report, the cast ultimately chose to continue the break. 

"Me and the girls, we did decide to stop filming when we found out because we were starting to hear things a little bit before it leaked," she shared, "and we just didn't want to be filming and say the wrong thing on camera, not knowing the whole story yet."

"We didn't want to have to process all this information for the first time and also be speaking about it," she continued. "We just thought for everyone's mental health, let's take a beat and not film right now. And that's probably the best thing for everyone in this situation."

Jessi Draper Says She Was "Blindsided" By Jordan Ngatikaura Divorce

Although the 33-year-old—who shares two kids with Jordan, and is stepmom to his daughter from a previous relationship—said it was her decision to break up, her ex had "blindsided" her by filing for divorce first.  

"My heart sunk," she shared, "because we agreed to tell our children together before filing and we haven't done that, including his daughter, who's like 13 years old."

"We had made the agreement to tell our kids together and we didn't and luckily they're young, but it's just a betrayal," she continued. "I had this huge packet of paperwork to fill out on how to divide assets and furniture and cars and houses. We had to fill it out to file. So, he went ahead and just did it all without me. So, I have no idea what he put in there."

E! News reached out to reps for Jordan for comment about Jessi's allegations about their marriage and the end of their relationship and has not yet heard back.

Jessi Draper Accuses Jordan Ngatikaura of Attempting to Hire Escorts, Believes He Had "Orgies"

Jessi addressed rumors that Jordan has been "paying for parties" during their marriage, which she said she believed were "orgies, like sex parties."

"I don't know what other kind of parties you would pay for," she continued. "Like, you just go to a party, you know? So that's what I have to believe. I've actually never asked him about this. I just heard about it."

 However, she did emphasize that she wasn't completely sure of the validity of the rumors, adding, "I actually haven't even thought about that possibility until now. I have no clue." 

Where Jessi Draper and Jordan Ngatikaura Stand After Divorce Filing

Jessi revealed that she and Jordan have had little contact since initiating their divorce proceedings. 

"He texted me," she explained. "He was like, 'By the way, I filed but I didn't know it was going to be public.'"

However, pointing to the comment he provided to TMZ, she said she responded, "'That's funny 'cause you gave them a statement.'"

After Jordan allegedly told her that he was "advised that it was what was best" for him, Jessi admitted she wasn't interested in speaking any further. As she put it, "I was just like, 'Do not talk to me anymore. We will handle the kids through a third party.'"

In fact, she had even decided to change her phone number. 

"He has no clue what it is now," she said. "I had my old phone to communicate with him about the kids, but he doesn't know my new phone number. It's going to be very separate now."

Jessi Draper Reveals What Led to Emotional Affair With Marciano Brunette

The reality star reflected on why she ultimately had an emotional affair with Vanderpump Villa's Marciano Brunette, whom she also kissed, when her relationship with Jordan hit a rough patch in 2024.

"I felt so trapped in that marriage like I couldn't do anything right," she explained. "I was so beaten down emotionally. I was just so unhappy, deeply unhappy. I felt trapped, not only with my money and my business—like you saw in season four—but also, he made me feel like I couldn't leave."

"I was just really, really upset," she continued. "I met Marciano and it was the first person who was nice to me and told me I was cool and pretty and fun and that I was worth something. I just remember being like, 'Oh, like this is how a man should talk to you.'"

Although Jessi knew she shouldn't have engaged in an intimate relationship with Marciano, which was confirmed on SLOMW season three in 2025, she admitted that even at the time, she knew that it might lead to the end of her marriage.

"I remember thinking, 'If I do this tonight,' just kissing him by the way, 'It will give me a reason to be done,'" she said. "It'll give Jordan a reason to leave me. Like I could be free."

As she put it, "Even if it was me that did the bad thing, I was like, 'Maybe this could end it.'"

Jessi Draper Accuses Jordan Ngatikaura of Blackmail After Marciano Brunette Affair, Kiss 

The JZ Styles salon owner alleged that in the days leading up to her and Jordan's breakup, he threatened to release screenshots of her and Marciano's interactions. 

"It got to a point where he was blackmailing me with Marciano texts and he had them on a draft on his phone on TikTok," she said. "Anytime he was mad, he was like, 'I'm gonna post them. I'm gonna ruin your life.'"

"So I went to go grab his phone and I was like, 'Jordan, no,'" she continued. "At that point, no one knew about what I had done. I was like, 'You're gonna ruin my life and my business, too.’ Like, I employ 50 people. This could ruin everything."

She alleged that he began recording her while she was trying to grab the phone from him.

"That was the moment where, for me, I was like, 'What am I doing? I am chasing around my husband, trying to get his phone so he doesn't blackmail me. This is not healthy,'" she noted. "And I literally left him the next day. I was like, 'This can't happen anymore.'"

For Jessi, her relationship with cosmetic procedures has been complicated. And she candidly shared why she waited to share insight into the surgeries she's undergone.

"I do get a lot of hate for what I get done," she said. "I didn't want everyone watching thinking that I just wanted to look this way or I wanted this. It didn't go the way I planned. So, I wanted to talk about it."

She admitted that she regretted getting multiple procedures after season four, including an upper and lower blepharoplasty as well as a fat graft.

"I looked back and I was like, 'I looked so good in season four, what was I thinking?'" she recalled. "I never would've been able to say that before, but it gave me a clear perspective. I don't need to get all this work done."

However, she believed that it was, in part, due to her mental health struggles.

"That was the only thing I could control," she reflected. "That may sound weird, but it was like, I can't do anything else. So, I can control my appearance, and I think it became a coping mechanism for me."

Jessi Draper Reveals Where She Stands With Her Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Costars 

Despite the ongoing controversies surrounding the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast, Jessi emphasized that there's a lot of love among them. But these days, Mayci Neeley and Mikayla Matthews are her closest friends.

And when it comes to costar Demi Engemann, however, with whom Jessi had a falling out during season two, she explained, "I haven't talked to Demi since the season three reunion." 

"Me and Demi, it's been interesting," she said. "I wish her the best. I had a lot of issues with her and I don't think it was a friendship that was meant to last, but I do wish her happiness and if I have to see her again, I can be cordial. But it's just not meant to be."

Jessi Draper Says She's "A Little Bit" Resentful About Settlement Amid Divorce Proceedings

With Jessi and Jordan currently working through their divorce proceedings, the reality star shared insight into their potential settlement.

"Thank God I don't have to give him anything from my businesses, but I'll have to pay alimony and child support most likely," she explained. "I might have to do some sort of payout. We haven't gotten there yet 'cause he filed yesterday. So I actually gotta the details of that yet."

Above all, she was most grateful that Jordan wouldn't have any connection to her business ventures, including her hair salon JZ Styles and her education workshop JZ Academy.

But she admitted that it's difficult having to divide any assets with her ex.

"It sucks," she said. "Yes, I made mistakes in this relationship, too, and he does deserve something. But all the hard work that I've done, I've built my business up from the ground up, me and my family. And you get a chunk of that."

Although she did add, "If I do have to do that because we have kids, I'm OK with it because I want them to have a dad who has some stability."

Jessi Draper Teases Dating Plans After Jordan Ngatikaura Divorce 

For Jessi, her breakup has catapulted her into a new era of her life, which could include a budding romance.

"I haven't dated since I was 20," Jessi, who was previously married to Zach Gish, admitted. "I got married at 21. Married Jordan right after. I'm so nervous. It's like I'm like a giddy 15-year-old. I'm like, 'How do I date?' I have no clue."

"I want to date," she added. "I want to not be tied down. I have my freedom back. I don't want to like jump into anything. I'm sure I'll have guys I talk to and stuff and that's where I need to like be careful because I could like jump into something without realizing it. But I want to go date and have fun and meet new people."