From MomTok to a Hulu mob competition — and yes, the Marciano Brunette situation is still very much part of her story.
When Hulu announced the cast of “The Mob,” one name immediately sent the reality TV internet into overdrive: Demi Engemann. If you’ve been watching “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” or “Vanderpump Villa” Season 3, you probably already know why. Here’s everything you need to know about her before the show premieres.
Who Is Demi Engemann?
Demi Engemann is a Salt Lake City-based influencer, TV personality, and one of the original members of MomTok — the tight-knit group of Mormon mothers on TikTok whose lives became the basis for “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”
She was recommended for the show by Whitney Leavitt and was initially reluctant to join, which is funny given how central she became to its drama. She has 767,000 Instagram followers and over 1.1 million on TikTok, and has been open about her struggles with OCD, endometriosis, PCOS, and fertility issues — as well as her advocacy for ketamine therapy.
One thing worth knowing upfront: her name is pronounced “deh-mee,” not “dem-mee.” She has made this very clear.
Her Marriage & Blended Family
Demi was previously married to Blake Corbin, with whom she shares a daughter named Maude. She began dating Bret Engemann in 2020 — a man 16 years her senior, who she knew through family friends growing up — and they married in April 2021, just four days after announcing their engagement.
Bret’s first wife, Angie Harrington, appeared on several episodes of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” which means Demi is connected to the Bravo universe in more ways than one even before “The Mob” enters the picture.
Her ‘SLOMW’ Arc
Demi came into Season 1 as a fan favorite — frank, outspoken, and willing to say what everyone else was thinking.
By Season 2 she had become, in many viewers’ eyes, the season’s villain — getting on the wrong side of Jessi Draper and Taylor Frankie Paul and generating some of the messiest off-camera drama the franchise has seen.
By Season 4 she stepped back from the main cast, citing a need to rethink aspects of her life. The decision caused a falling out with the rest of MomTok.
The off-camera drama is the part that matters most for context going into “The Mob.” After Demi posted a skit video implying “SLOMW” was scripted, Jessi fired back publicly with some very NSFW allegations about Demi’s marriage. Jessi wrote: “Honey, just because you script YOURSELF doesn’t mean our show is scripted.” The feud between them became one of the franchise’s defining off-screen moments.
The Marciano Situation
Here is where it gets directly relevant to “Vanderpump Villa” viewers. During the “SLOMW” crossover visit to the villa in Italy during Season 2, Demi’s name became attached to the Marciano Brunette scandal in a significant way. On “Vanderpump Villa” Season 3, Marciano alleged that Demi and Scheana Shay three-way called him and pressured him into claiming he had been physically intimate with Jessi Draper — a claim he later said he regretted making and attributed entirely to that conversation. He said he was hurt, believed what they told him, and that walking it back was the one thing he most wished he could take back.
Demi also made a groping allegation against Marciano on Nick Viall’s podcast without naming him directly. Marciano denied it categorically. The situation remains unresolved, and given that both Demi and the Jessi and Marciano situation are currently very much in the public eye — especially with Marciano and Jessi appearing together at the Hulu Get Real event just days ago — Demi joining a Hulu competition show right now is a casting choice that is going to generate conversation.
What Else She’s Been Up To
Since stepping back from “SLOMW,” Demi has kept busy. Her IMDB credits include appearances on “Dancing With the Stars” as an audience member in 2025, in addition to her “Vanderpump Villa” guest appearance. She was also cast alongside fellow “SLOMW” star Dakota Mortensen in a YouTube competition series from Alex Cooper’s Unwell network, which signals she is actively looking for her next chapter beyond the MomTok world.
“The Mob,” hosted by Parker Posey and coming to Hulu in 2026, looks like the biggest step in that direction yet.
Why She’s One to Watch
Demi Engemann has spent the last two years being one of reality TV’s most polarizing figures — loved, questioned, feuded with, and talked about in equal measure. She knows how to work a room and she knows how to work a camera.
“The Mob” is a competition show built around manipulation, power plays, and choosing when to be loyal and when to flip. That is either a terrible environment for someone with Demi’s history or a perfect one. Possibly both.
“The Mob” premieres on Hulu in 2026.
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