Overview
- Demi Engemann says producers asked the cast for a dramatic Season 1 cliffhanger and she suggested a filmed car conversation with Dakota Mortensen to create ambiguity that would later be clarified.
- Multiple castmates previously told The Viall Files that Engemann proposed faking an affair with Mortensen, which she rejects as a mischaracterization.
- Engemann maintains the footage used later framed Mortensen seeking advice and says the supposed affair narrative was cleared up at the start of the next season.
- She contends all cast members offered cliffhanger ideas and accuses co-stars of a public pile-on, while producers have not commented on the staging claims.
- The broader feud escalated this week as Marciano Brunette alleged Engemann pushed him to misrepresent an encounter with Jessi Ngatikaura, and Engemann also defended a private, consensual act with her husband after Jessi publicized it.