Vanderpump Villa’s Marciano, Hannah Break Silence on Shocking Joint Firing
After being the original Vanderpump Villa breakout stars, fans were surprised to learn that Marciano Brunette and Hannah Fouch were fired not even halfway through into season 2.
During season 2’s fourth episode, which premiered on Thursday, April 24, Marciano and Hannah got into a tense fight with Siadi. The guest services staff member ignored Marciano and Hannah’s attempts at getting him to respond and by the next morning the former couple were fired by Lisa Vanderpump.
“I have spoken to Lisa and obviously the way I handle my emotions was a little intense that night,” Hannah exclusively told Us Weekly about the offscreen aftermath. “So I owe an apology. But she had to do what she had to do, and I totally get that.”
Lisa, for her part, couldn’t help but agree with Hannah’s perspective.
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“They handled it wrong and I couldn’t give them just another chance. I saw things escalating and it was just a situation that was very difficult for me to deal with,” she explained to Us. “But did I hate losing them? Yes. But they just keep getting so complicated.”
The restaurateur continued: “Hannah, I just feel that she’s got so much positivity out of everybody. She was probably one of the most popular cast members. So to let them go — it was difficult for sure.”
There was also Marciano’s perspective on the situation. He told Us that being asked to leave Lisa’s Italian villa, Castello Rosato, brought him and Hannah closer.
“When we left, we were really honestly bonded together,” Marciano, who has dated Hannah off-and-on while filming the hit Hulu series, shared with Us. “Because we both got sent home together and it was, like, one of those things that no matter what — whether we’re together or not — we’ve had feelings for each other.”
Marciano was glad to have left with Hannah, adding, “We know when each other is hurting. We both could see in our faces that we were genuinely upset about being sent home and we were hurt. We came together to try and get over that together and whether we’re OK now is to be decided.”
Vanderpump Villa, which premiered in 2024, was originally set in Lisa’s luxury French villa, Château Rosabelle. The first season highlighted the staff as they lived and worked together while catering to their high-profile guests. Season 2 introduced Us to a whole new group of staff members looking to learn from Lisa.
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Despite his early exit, however, Marciano remained a topic of conversation. He specifically came up a lot when The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars Demi Engemann, Jen Affleck, Jessi Ngatikaura, Layla Taylor and Mikayla Matthews visited them as guests.
Marciano immediately found himself smitten with Demi — who is married to husband Bret Engemann. They ended the season on good terms but that doesn’t appear to be the case anymore.
“Uninvited to the function cus a 30yo mormon wife’s scared I will tell her husband the truth,” Marciano wrote via Instagram before the show’s premiere.
Bret appeared to clap back by sharing a photo of him and Demi, writing via his Instagram Story, “I’m so proud of this beautiful human. She’s the most incredible woman I will ever know. The amount of nonsense she’s had to endure at the hands of disingenuous and deceitful fools is astounding. She’s conducted herself like a graceful lioness amongst a bunch of yipping hyenas.”
