The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Jordan Ngatikaura broke his silence about wife Jessi Ngatikaura's affair with Marciano Brunette in a tense new interview with Nick Viall. During the Wednesday, November 26, episode of the "Viall Files" podcast, Nick, 45, sat down with Jordan, 30, to ask about Jessi's claims of emotional abuse and their marriage overall, which was a main story line on season 3 of the Hulu hit. "My plan is just to focus on my family. All these people online can chirp all day. There's going to be people that hate me and there's gonna be people that hate her," Jordan said. "There's going to be a really big broad spectrum of what people think about what they've been able to see. "I think the best thing that I can do in that instead of being pissed off, it's to remember that that's in the past. What we're doing now is what matters and turning into one another and not away from one another." Jordan added that it was "really eye-opening" for him to watch the show back and see his own behavior. 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Cast's Dating History Before the Show As Mormon Wives viewers know, Jessi admitted to kissing Marciano, 32, after meeting him during a stint on Vanderpump Villa in 2024. She also revealed that they carried on a texting relationship, but denied having sex with him. Jessi's admission of her affair came on the heels of exposing cracks in her marriage to Jordan, with whom she shares kids Jagger, 5, and Jovi, 2, While Jordan continued to acknowledge his mistakes in his marriage with Jessi 33, on "Viall Files," his decision to keep bringing up Jessi's affair with Marciano during the interview appeared to frustrate the podcast host. They ultimately weren't able to see each other's point of view before the podcast came to an end. Keep scrolling for the biggest revelations from Jordan's solo - and joint conversation with Jessi - about the ups and downs in his marriage: Jordan Makes Rare Comment About His Wife Before Jessi Before exchanging vows with Jessi in 2020, Jordan was married to someone else and became a young father, something he believes happened because of a lack of sexual education. "I essentially lost my virginity and had my daughter at 18 years old and, basically, had a shotgun wedding," he shared. "Very soon after we got married, we realized she wanted to do the whole Mormon route." Jordan didn't have the same Mormon beliefs as his wife, which created a "feminine wound" for him. He denied ever calling her names, something Jessi has accused him of in his current marriage. Jordan Claims Jessi 'Emotionally Abandoned' Him Getty Images (2) Jordan shared that he felt "emotionally abandoned" by Jessi after her hair business, JZ Styles, commanded her attention. He had to give up his job, which previously required him to be in California four months out of the year, and that made Jordan even more resentful at times of Jessi's success. "I think she's starting to understand [how emotionally abandoned I felt before the affair]," he added on Wednesday. "But not fully." Elsewhere in the podcast, he expressed frustration with how Jessi went about discussing her affair on screen and continuing to communicate with Marcinao during season 3 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. He spoke about a specific scene where he confronted Jessi for inviting Marcinao to dinner with the group following a lie detector test. "What I said [on the show] was, 'What are you going to tell [our kids]? That you cheated on me? And then you went to go to a lie detector with the guy you had an affair with'?" he said. "In that moment, I stand by that. I wish that that didn't happen. I think it was a poor choice." Jordan continued: "Jessi wasn't present during that. I mean, you could see it on her face. She was numb. She wasn't even there. No one was home." Jordan Isn't Ruling Out a Future Divorce From Jessi Jessi Draper. Nick Viall/YouTube During her half of the interview, Jessi spoke about past attempts to file for divorce from Jordan before ultimately agreeing to work on their issues. Jordan, for his part, revealed he previously told Jessi's dad that divorce would not be on the table "I just remember one of the things that I promised him was that divorce was not an option for me," he said. "I don't want to do this with that ever even being an option. This is it." Now, Jordan's tune appeared to change in the aftermath of her affair. "I told Jessi that if it ever gets like that again [with our marriage], I don't want anything to do with this relationship either," he noted. "For her sake, for my kid's sake and for my own sake." Jordan and Jessi Are Not on the Same Page About Affair Details Jessi previously claimed that Jordan told her to lie and say they were separated if her affair ever came to light. Jordan initially denied his wife's claims. "In the moment, I think that's what she decided to say," he alleged to Nick. Jessi, who was back for this segment of the podcast, continued to explain her POV. "I rememb