Love Island USA spoilers follow for viewers watching at UK pace on ITV2.
Love Island USA has crowned its season 2 winners in a historic finale. The couple's big win marked the first time that a Black couple has won the show across the US, UK and Australian versions of the show.
Billing coordinator Justine Ndiba and IT sales consultant Caleb Corprew were named as the winning couple this week, securing a $100,000 cash prize and the status of America's favourite reality couple.
The pair spoke to ET about their win, with Justine saying that they are "super pumped" while Caleb said that they feel "on top of the world".
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The couple described their joy at being able to "display healthy love" on reality TV and said that it was "awesome" to see Black couples relating to them.
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"I can't speak from a dark-skinned complexion perspective but I can speak from a man of color perspective and being a Black man," Caleb said. "It's really awesome to see that not only were we able to display healthy love for the viewers at home and it's awesome that the people watching who related to us, seeing that healthy love can also look like that.
"That is really exciting to hear that our relationship is impacting people on more than just a 'weeknight, gotta get their fix away from reality [level].' For us, for our love be a high point is really awesome."
Justine added that she loves "the skin [she's] in" and said that she hopes her and Caleb's victory will help other Black girls to feel confident.
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"I feel like a lot of those insecurities are because a lot of the Black girls haven't had a lot of success on this kind of platform," she said. "To have those doubts be brought out early on, it was definitely hard but it turned out alright."
The couple also explained that they think their relationship has thrived because they are "very serious" about their future together.
"We wanted to see if we could foster a real connection and we were able to do that," Caleb said. "She really respected that I was sometimes a little bit more patient than other people around us. I was not trying to rush into things just because we were on this reality show. And I loved that about her, that she continued to be like, 'Yeah, do your thing because I want us to work out'.
"I think we're primed and ready to rock and roll when we get out of the villa and starting a life together outside of here because we took our time in here. We're going to be able to handle whatever stuff [comes]."
Justine added that the pair are still taking their time after leaving the villa too, saying that they didn't let winning "change anything between us".
"What I love about (Caleb) is that he's so realistic and he's like, 'We gotta go home, get our shit together, figure out our jobs and make those right moves when the time is right.' I appreciate that about him."
Revealing that Justine is planning to move to LA at some point to be closer to Caleb, the couple also joked that they want to spend some of their winnings on a very extravagant date.
"I've been saying that I have a really fancy helicopter date that I have to top so I feel like I may just ball out on one really crazy date," Caleb said, with Justine joking that he's "going to take [her] to the moon".
Love Island is available via catch up on ITV Hub, while Love Island USA season 2 is currently airing in the UK from Sunday to Friday at 9pm on ITV2.
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