Since I fell hard and fast for my 12-foot-hair-extension-clad sister-friends in Salt Lake City in September 2024, I’ve tended to my parasocial relationship with these Mormon women like they’re a bed of peonies. Which is why, as I watched the final episode of season 3, I felt betrayed that we still hadn’t learned what the “Fruity Pebbles” sex act from season 1 was all about. Girlfriends! (Sisterwives?!) It’s me, your bestie—tell me what the fuck Demi Engeman and her husband did with Fruity Pebbles.
So I can’t say I manifested this week’s events, but I have to imagine I wasn’t the only frustrated fan—and that somehow our collective curiosity and impatience were strong enough to butterfly-effect one of the Mormon wives into finally revealing all.
The best way to appreciate this tale is with context first. So here are two quick recaps: In season 1, Whitney Leavitt and Mayci Neely told Mikayla Matthews that, on a girls’ trip with Demi, she revealed something dirty that she and her husband, Bret Engeman, did. She called it “Fruity Pebbles,” which, per Whitney, had “to do with taste.” Whitney whispered it to Mikayla on air, who dropped her jaw and said she was “appalled.” But we fans never got the details. Later that episode, Whitney gave Demi a gift box filled with Fruity Pebbles, and Demi was not happy—but we couldn’t judge whether Whitney was being a bitch because we didn’t know what it meant!
The second recap is that Demi used to be best friends with Jessi Ngatikaura, but their friendship started to fracture in season 2 and fully imploded in season 3. One major cause being Marciano Bruntte, another Bravo person who’s part of the Lisa Vanderpump universe and starred on season 2 of Vanderpump Villa. Basically, Demi maybe kissed Marciano; Jessi definitely kissed Marciano; but Demi possibly convinced Marciano to tell everyone that he and Jessi actually had sex. Le scandal. Demi also accused Marciano of sexual misconduct. This unravels all season, but it’s safe to assume Jessi and Demi will almost definitely never be friends again.
Which finally brings us to Monday night. Vanderpump was on TikTok defending Marciano, and Demi commented, insinuating that Jessi was “somewhere punching air right now that Lisa is talking about me and not her.” (Which was odd, because Vanderpump was basically saying Demi was lying about the sexual misconduct claims.) Jessi did not like this and posted a series of videos to her Instagram story: “So, since she wants to be petty and be an asshole, I think I’m just going to go ahead and say that Grandpa Bret likes to drink her piss like it’s dirty soda,” she said. “He gulps it down like water, and that’s what ‘Fruity Pebbles’ is.” The relief I felt at finally knowing this can only be compared to the relief the animals must have felt boarding the ark.
Before we continue: we don’t condone kink-shaming here at Jezebel, or anywhere. Personally, I don’t think people are getting freaky enough—or worse, they’re not being honest about how freaky they are or want to be. I salute Brett and Demi for being little freaks, and I salute Demi for telling her friends. I do not love that Jessi revealed this in an effort to embarrass Demi—but I am, frankly, so fucking grateful someone finally did.
Demi responded with a text-based Instagram story—not a video—which I have to assume she did to underscore the ~seriousness~ of Jessi revealing this. “What my husband and I did one-time behind closed doors, was a consensual and private experience in our marriage. I won’t let a private act between my husband and I be a distraction from a serious act that I did not consent to,” she wrote. “I shared this information with Jessi in confidence nearly two years ago. It’s very telling that she’s choosing to break storyline and bring it up now, only after her own affair has come to light.”
Jessi then posted more Instagram stories, calling Demi a “liar,” “bad person,” and a “bully” in one, then said she was going on a social media break, but then posted even more stories. Honestly, I hope she stays posting. SLOMW was just renewed for a fourth season, and its three-part reunion special airs on December 4. I need something to tide me over until then.
- Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas performed their freestyle Dancing With the Stars dance on Call Her Daddy, and damn. I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but you all fucked up voting her off before the finals! [Deadline]
- Kourtney Kardashian wants Kylie Jenner‘s boobs. [People]
- Courtney Stodden had some thoughts on turkey pardoning…[TMZ]
- A lovely, always-welcomed headline: “Pedro Pascal Stays Hydrated as He Hits the Gym in Los Angeles” [JustJared]
- Wow. Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster are Instagram official. [The Cut]
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