Warning: This story contains spoilers from the Too Hot to Handle season 6 finale.
Bri Balram and DeMari Davis are grateful that their time on Too Hot to Handle brought them to each other, but they’re still working on navigating life post-show.
As the season 6 finale dropped on Netflix on Friday, Aug. 2, fans finally got to watch as Bri and DeMari, who made things official on the show, were named the winning couple — and took home a whopping $150,000 prize.
“We went through so much on that show together,” DeMari tells PEOPLE exclusively after their win. “I feel like it was like, ‘All right, after all of this stuff that we went through, something’s got to give. We’ve got to win something at this point.'”
“Me and DeMari, we’d already been building that momentum of our relationship,” Bri adds. “I forgot we were even in a competition. I was just so caught up on how much I’ve grown in the experience.”