Marissa George On Her ‘Perfect Match’ Breakup With DeMari Davis

Marissa George walked into the Perfect Match finale knowing she was about to lose. Even though she and DeMari Davis were one of the longest-running couples in Season 4, winning almost all of the compatibility challenges and never unmatching from each other, George didn’t feel like she had her fellow cast members’ support in the voting booth. “I could tell we weren’t going to win,” the 34-year-old tells Elite Daily. “Because by that point, everyone knew DeMari and I weren’t going to be a couple afterwards.”

No, this wasn’t some last-minute development stemming from George and Davis’ blowout fight right before the final vote. George reveals that the two came to an understanding at the start of the process that they wouldn’t explore a romance in the real world. “I told him very early on, ‘Hey, I’m not looking to leave this experience in a relationship, so let’s just see where it goes.’ And he understood that,” George says. “Our castmates knew that, so they were never going to vote us as the perfect match.”

While George says she’s still friendl...