Cara Kies, the winner of Netflix's 'Million Dollar Secret' Season 1, returned to her job at In-N-Out Burger after winning the $1,000,000 prize. She had to keep her win a secret until the show aired, so she went straight back to work flipping burgers.
Speaking to Netflix, Cara said: 'I went back to flipping burgers. No one even knew I was gone. When the show came out, my co-workers were like, 'When did you go? We didn't know you even left for a month.' It's just been crazy having this huge secret that no one knows.'
After the finale aired, Cara left her job and began enjoying her new life with her husband. She told Today magazine: 'I plan on foremost just helping my family. We've experienced back-to-back losses on so many things and never anything good. Just helping them, my husband, and just making sure we're all good — that's all I could ask for.'
Cara has kept in touch with her former cast mates and has attended Netflix events. In March 2025, she announced that she and her husband are expecting their first child.
