Jessi Draper is head over heels for boyfriend Marciano Brunette — but after two failed marriages, she’s not ready to walk down the aisle with him just yet.
“I’m divorced twice now so I’m a little traumatized by the legal aspect of it,” Jessi, 34, said on the Tuesday, September 15, episode of the “Just Trish” podcast when asked if she’d tie the knot again in the future.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, who finalized her divorce from ex-husband Jordan Ngatikaura earlier this month, teased that she and Marciano, 33, have discussed getting hitched.
“I keep telling him, like, if we get married, we can have a party. We can have a wedding. I’ll have a ring,” Jessi revealed. “We can do the whole thing. I don’t know if I want to legally get married though.”
The reality star noted, “I’ve been married twice now. I love the idea of marriage. But with everything I have to lose, I’m scared.”
“I’m obviously fresh off divorce, that could change,” Jessi confessed. “As of now, I’ll do a legal partnership. We can be married but I’m scared to make it official.”
Jessi is also unsure whether she’ll have more children after welcoming son Jagger and daughter Jovi with Jordan in 2020 and 2023, respectively.
She hinted that if Marciano is The One, she is open to another baby — but not two.
“I always said ‘no’ but Marciano wants kids so bad,” Jessi said. “He doesn’t have his own, so I would have one. I told him I’ll have one. One more. That’s it. Not anytime soon.”
Fans met Jessi in 2024 during the series premiere of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. At the time, she was married to Jordan, 32, and raising their two kids while living in Utah and being part of the MomTok community.
As the series unfolded, Jessi and Jordan weathered a few storms. Their biggest bump in the road came when Jessi met Marciano on season 2 of Vanderpump Villa and sparked up a flirtation.
Jessi initially denied her romantic connection with Marciano, but eventually the pair revealed that they had been emotionally involved.
While Jessi and Jordan tried to work through the emotional cheating, Jordan filed for divorce in March after five years of marriage.
“[Jordan] 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,” Jessi revealed on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast that same month. “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 claimed that her and Jordan’s marriage was broken before she got close with Marciano, alleging she’d told her ex “a few different times” she wanted to get divorced before they took the legal steps.
Jessi has since moved on romantically with Marciano, confirming their status as girlfriend and boyfriend in August.
“I am a lover girl,” the TV personality said on Tuesday’s podcast, noting that her family “loves” Marciano.
