THE SECRET Lives of Mormon Wives star Demi Engemann has claimed producers stage scenes of the hit Hulu reality show, and even encouraged the cast to think of ideas for a “big cliffhanger” at the end of Season 1.
A furious Demi, 30, took to Instagram to respond to past claims she planned to “make up” an affair with co-star Taylor Frankie Paul’s baby daddy Dakota Mortensen to create a “huge finale” for Mormon Wives.
In the comments of a fan’s post, Demi fumed: “Awkward that I now have to clarify this and reveal just how produced this show is.”
She insisted production “sat down” the cast and asked for ideas for a “big cliffhanger” because the show was “boring.”
“We all threw out a bunch of ideas and one of mine was me saying that Dakota could meet up with me to get advice about him and Taylor and someone could ‘get footage’ of us talking in the car making it seem like ‘something might be going on between us,’” Demi continued.
“Then, at the top of Season 2 it’s cleared up that he was just there to get my advice about Taylor the same way he did with Mayci [Neeley]. It really was not that deep or serious.”
She claimed the cast accusing her of inventing storylines is an example of the “pile on tactic” they use to gang up on specific women.
“They ALL gave ideas for a cliffhanger, but the way that they relayed this story was as thought I just wanted to ‘stage an affair’ out of the blue for fun!” Demi claimed.
“No. Not at all what happened, not would I ever stage something on my own, unlike some.”
CAST DIVIDED
Mikayla Matthews first made the accusation in May on The Viall Files podcast.
“Demi wanted to have a huge finale for Season 1 and so she was like, ‘We can make up this whole thing that I have an affair with Dakota.’ We were like, ‘Oh, that’s a weird thing to say,’” she said.
“It wasn’t like, ‘Hey, guys, this could be funny.’ It was like, ‘We could meet in a car and then they could catch us,’” Jessi Ngatikaura chimed in.
This year, the entire Mormon Wives cast had a falling out with Demi, other than Whitney Leavitt.
Among the recent accusations are claims Demi “lied” about Marciano Brunette sexually assaulting her during a cast visit to Italy last year to film Vanderpump Villa. (Marciano told The U.S. Sun he plans to sue Demi for the claims.)
Jessi has claimed Demi accused her of having sex with Marciano when they just kissed and had an “emotional affair.”
Marciano told The U.S. Sun Demi spread the story to production in order to negotiate a raise from Hulu.
Many fans believe Demi has quit the show after she reportedly removed “Mormon Wives” from her Instagram bio- and her slamming production is adding more fuel to the fire.
Demi and ex-friend Jessi are currently engaged in a nasty back-and-forth TikTok war– with Jessi even making graphic sex claims about Demi and her husband Bret’s bedroom antics.
The Season 3 reunion will air on December 4.
