Jessi Draper is spilling the tea dirty soda on the events leading up to her split from husband Jordan Ngatikaura, while alleging that she found out her estranged spouse filed to end their marriage after receiving a text from a TMZ reporter.
As you know, Jordan– the self-proclaimed leader of “DadTok”– filed for divorce last Thursday in Utah court. The following day, the father of three filed a temporary restraining order (TRO) request against his wife of five years, which was later denied. (Jessi had filed her opposition to the TRO request on the same day that Jordan filed.)
On the latest episode of Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star revealed that she found out Jordan filed to end their marriage after receiving a text from a TMZ reporter, who wanted to know how Jessi was doing in light of Jordan taking legal action to end their union. While Jessi said she had already ended things with Jordan and both agreed that divorce was the next step, she claims that she and Jordan had agreed that they would file together.
“ … he blindsided me and filed because he wanted the headline first,” she said, adding that her “heart sunk” upon learning that Jordan went ahead and filed, as they had also decided they would sit their children down and tell them the news together.
As fans of ‘Mormon Wives’ know, Jessi and Jordan, who have been married since October 2020, share 5-year-old son Jagger and 3-year-old daughter Jovi; Jordan also has a 13-year-old daughter named Peyton from a previous relationship.
While Jessi said she’s unsure if Jordan gave his oldest daughter a heads up on the impending divorce before filing last week, Jessi still considers her ex’s actions a “betrayal” due to their agreement to speak to all of their children before officially filing. The JZ Styles co-owner also noted that Jordan’s decision to file solo last week has likely complicated the terms of their split.
“ … I had this huge packet of paperwork to fill out on, like, how to divide assets and furniture and cars and houses and we had to fill it out to file,” Jessi explained. “So he went ahead and just did all of that without me, so I have no idea what he put in there.”
One thing Jessi knows Jordan did attempt to put in their divorce filing was a clause that would’ve prevented her from talking about him on any podcasts; however, Jessi confirmed that she had yet to sign or agree to anything.
As for the rumors that Jordan’s decision to file came after he learned that Jessi would be a guest on Call Her Daddy, Jessi said she didn’t know for certain, though she suspects Jordan either had a hunch because she was traveling to Los Angeles or someone in “MomTok” told their husband, who then told Jordan.
“I told [Jordan] on Friday the 13th– not long ago– I said I wanted a divorce,” she said. “He definitely didn’t want it and now he’s rushing to do it, which is strange.”
While Jordan’s TRO request was ultimately denied, it was initially speculated that he was seeking the TRO in order to prevent Jessi from discussing their split publicly. With no TRO in place, Jessi remains free to publicly discuss matters relating to her and Jordan’s relationship, which she took full advantage of on Wednesday when she alleged that Jordan had cheated on her with escorts.
Jessi made this claim after revealing that she and Jordan had been planning to cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split, only for Jordan to end up claiming in the filing that their marriage was ending because Jessi had an affair with Marciano Brunette– the Vanderpump Villa star with whom Jessi previously admitted to having an emotional affair and kissing.
“But the ironic thing about that is I do have proof and screenshots that when Season 1 [of ‘Mormon Wives’] dropped, I had an escort service reach out to me and they sent me screenshots of [Jordan’s] phone number and messages and he was trying to meet up with them,” Jessi claimed. “He got a hotel room and I have all of that.”
Jessi said that while Jordan previously dismissed the alleged escort receipts by telling her they were “probably AI,” she was later contacted by someone who worked for the escort service who sent her “so much proof” of Jordan’s past actions.
Though she’s unsure if Jordan continued to reach out to escorts after she called him out, Jessi said she’s remained skeptical of his behavior for other reasons. She then claimed that, just last month, her sister and brother-in-law were approached by a friend while at dinner who wanted to know if Jessi and Jordan were still married. When asked why, the friend claimed that he “always” sees Jordan at “these parties,” while adding that Jordan was at these parties “a lot” when his and Jessi’s daughter was born.
“I don’t have proof of those, but that’s what I’ve heard,” Jessi said, later revealing that she believes these “parties” were NSFW get togethers that Jordan was using her money to pay for.
“I have to believe they are orgies, like, sex parties,” she claimed. “I don’t know what other kind of parties you would pay for. Like, you just go to a party, you know? So that’s what I have to believe. I’ve never actually asked him about this, I just heard about it. But the funny thing is, I heard through my sister, who heard from someone who was there and now it’s also being reported. So I’m like, clearly there’s some truth to it.”
(Jessi clarified during the conversation about escorts and orgies that when Jordan was caught using the escort service, he was still working and earning an income; however, as of the last three years, Jordan has not worked and Jessi has been providing “everything” for their family, financially speaking.)
In addition to cheating through escort services and using his wife’s income to fund sex parties, Jordan is also being accused of blackmailing Jessi with screenshots of her texts with Marciano (something she also alleged during Season 3 of ‘Mormon Wives’), even after the pair temporarily separated, worked through their issues in therapy and reunited.
“That was honestly, like, something that really ruined us,” Jessi said of Jordan’s alleged blackmailing. “And yeah, it was traumatizing.”
While Jessi insists that she experienced more emotional abuse in her first marriage than she did in her marriage to Jordan, she said she eventually saw similar patterns between the two. Even when she was in denial about the issues in her marriage to Jordan, she claims that those around her were very much aware of what was going on.
“They knew that he didn’t treat me well, no one liked him,” she said. “They would bring it up to me, but I would just kind of be like, ‘That’s Jordan.’”
Jessi said it didn’t officially “click” in her mind that what she was experiencing was emotional abuse until her energy healer (who appeared briefly in Season 4) confronted her, at which point Jessi said she began to open up to her friends and family about what was happening.
Later in the podcast, Jessi addressed the details of her prenuptial agreement– something fans of ‘Mormon Wives’ saw her break down in Season 4 about after learning the document wasn’t valid because it was missing witness signatures. Jessi revealed this week that she has since been informed that her prenup actually is valid, alleviating some of her concerns regarding her company, which she maintains Jordan “never did anything to contribute to.”
“I don’t have to give him anything from my businesses, but I’ll have to pay alimony and child support, most likely,” she said. “And then I might have to do some sort of payout. We haven’t gotten there yet because he filed yesterday … but I do know he can’t take my business or, you know, anything like that. So I’m happy about that.”
Jessi also admits that she’s been happy to have the support of so many fans online following the news of her and Jordan’s divorce, even if she does “feel bad” that her ex was already “getting ripped” on social media after Season 4 of ‘Mormon Wives.’
“ … it’s not that I chose to break up with him during that because of it, but it just lined up that way, so I do feel guilty,” Jessi said, before adding that she believes Jordan is already back on the dating scene.
“I’ve heard that through the grapevine,” she said.
Season 4 of ‘Mormon Wives’ is now streaming on Hulu. Watch Jessi’s full interview on Call Her Daddy below.
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