Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Jessi Draper has addressed her divorce from Jordan Ngatikaura in a brand new interview — and she is not sparing any details.
Draper, 33, was featured on Call Her Daddy’s new episode released Tuesday, which is less than a week after Ngatikaura filed for divorce on the same day that co-star Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette was canceled. The hair stylist said she was “blindsided” by Ngatikaura’s decision to file for divorce.
“So I actually found out that he filed through TMZ,” Draper told podcast host Alex Cooper. “I did end it with him so I knew it was coming but we had made an agreement to do it together and he blindsided me and filed because he wanted the headline first.”
She added, “My heart sunk because A, we agreed to tell our children together before filing and we haven't done that, including his daughter, who’s like 13 years old.” Draper and Ngatikaura share two children, a three-year-old and a six-year-old, and Draper is a stepmother to Ngatikaura’s daughter from a previous marriage.
Draper said the divorce was brought on by several issues they faced throughout their five years of marriage — some of which were shown on the hit Hulu series, including her emotional affair with Vanderpump Villa star Marciano Brunette.
However, Draper accused Ngatikaura of being unfaithful in their marriage as well, although the pair kept it hidden on the show for years.
She said that after season one of SLOMW aired, “Someone messaged me and she works for the escort service and she called me and was like, ‘I work for this, you can like look into it.’ She sent me so much proof… And she sent the screenshots and it’s his phone number. She wouldn't have known his phone number.
“Also, she said this happened while he was in Texas and he was in Texas doing summer sales at the time. And this was before we filmed the show. So no one would’ve known that.”
Draper said that Ngatikaura denied the allegations that he had used an escort service. The Independent has contacted Ngatikaura for comment.
She went on to say that weeks before their marriage ended, she also heard rumors about Ngatikaura attending “sex parties,” which Draper said was the “final straw” for her.
“I have to believe they are orgies, like sex parties,” Draper said. “I don’t know what other kind of parties you would pay for... So that’s what I have to believe. I’ve actually never 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.”
Despite speculation on social media, Draper said she is not sure if Ngatikaura paid for the alleged escorts and sex parties with her money because the former couple shared their finances until recently.
