Overview
- In an interview released Thursday, Engemann said the disclosure made her family Thanksgiving uncomfortable because it came the day before the holiday.
- She explained that she and husband Bret chose to lean into the attention, using humor on social media, including TikToks from Thanksgiving.
- Engemann reiterated in a prior Instagram statement that the act happened once and was a consensual, private experience.
- She asked that attention to the revelation not overshadow her separate allegation that Marciano Brunette touched her without consent.
- Jessi Ngatikaura revealed the meaning of the long‑teased innuendo in a November 25 Instagram Story, and Engemann said she is 100 percent open to reconciling with her.