Demi Engemann is doubling down on her decision to make light of her…umm, experience with Fruity Pebbles cereal, despite previously claiming on social media that it was a “private experience” between her and her husband, Bret Engemann.
As The Ashley told you last week, after teasing Demi and Bret’s “Fruity Pebbles” scandal since Season 1 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, fans finally learned last week what “Fruity Pebbles” means, thanks (I guess?) to cast member Jessi Ngatikaura, who took to social media to spill the pee tea on Demi and Bret’s secret “crazy sex story” amid her and Demi’s ongoing feud.
“Since she wants to be petty and be an a**hole, I think I’m just going to go ahead and say that Grandpa Bret likes to drink her [urine] like it’s dirty soda, and he gulps it down like water,” Jessi revealed in an Instagram Story. “And that’s what ‘Fruity Pebbles’ is.”
While Demi initially fired back at Jessi’s comments, insisting that what she and Bret “did one time behind closed doors was a consensual and private experience in our marriage,” she went on to post multiple videos to social media joking about the situation, leading many ’SLOMW’ fans to accuse her of being a hypocrite.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Demi revealed why she’s “owning” the “Fruity Pebbles,” despite initially requesting privacy on the matter.
“Ya know, ‘Fruity Pebbles’ has been a topic that we’ve all teased and talked about for so long and as much as it was a private moment and we never planned on sharing this ourselves, we have nothing else left to do other than just, like, own it and have fun with it,” she said.
Demi also provided some insight on why she chose to publicly confirm what Jessi revealed, despite the awkwardness that followed.
“I think I just thought, it’s out there and it’s gonna be talked about enough,” she said. “I was able to handle the comments and everything with just more levity, which was nice, because it’s an awkward topic. I’m not gonna lie, like, yeah, I had to go to Thanksgiving the next day. It was not ideal.”
While rolling up at to a family function 24 hours after FruityPebblesGate may not have been ideal, Demi dropped another cereal-related post that same day– this time, showing her walking into the holiday get together holding a tray of homemade Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispy Treats.
@demilucymay_ Was it something I said? 😔
In addition to unabashedly churning out cereal content in the wake of last week’s reveal, Demi insists she’s made peace with the fact that viewers may not have the full-story behind her and Jessi’s feud.
“There are things that people have seen on-camera, there’s things that people haven’t seen and I’m kind of at peace with it,” she said, adding that she does feel like Jessi takes “a lot of time out of her life to make it a point to dislike me.”
Still, Demi said there’s hope for reconciliation between her and Jessi– at least on her end, anyway.
“On my end, 100 percent,” Demi said. “If [our ‘SLOMW’ co-stars] Whitney [Leavitt] and Mikayla [Matthews] can become friends again … there is hope for Demi and Jessi.
“At the end of the day, like, I never wish anyone ill will and I don’t want to ever see anyone fail or suffer,” she continued. “I want to see her do well and I hope she is doing well.”
Watch a clip of Demi’s interview with ET below.
(Photos: TikTok; Hulu; Instagram)
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Why do these ladies wear the super huge headbands? I can’t take it. They’re as bad as amber portwoods massive glasses. Sometimes, bigger is not better girls! 😭😭 please stop. Pee on your husbands face all you want but please stop wearing those AWFUL headbands.
Jessi and Demi look like twins. I can barely tell them apart. And nobody wants to hear about Fruity Pebbles. Except Jessi and Demi who keep fanning the flames.