Dealing with the passing of Diem Brown and Ryan Knight has been "hard on everyone."

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Earlier this week, The Real World creator Jonathan Murray spoke out, revealing how things have been behind the scenes at MTV after the tragic deaths of The Challenge's Brown and Knight.

"It’s hard on everyone," Murray said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight on Monday. "We get very involved in these cast member’s lives, and we’ve known them - whether it was Pedro, or whether it was Diem, or whether it was Knight – we’ve known them for years, and we sort of watch them mature."

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Brown and Knight both died last month, Brown of cancer and Knight after a night of partying, which allegedly involved "some pills." According to a TMZ report, a friend of Knight's claimed the reality star was partying hard on the night before Thanksgiving. After arriving home, Knight reportedly fell asleep and chocked on his own vomit.

"It’s devastating for all of us," Murray continued. "But we feel it’s important to, you know, they loved being on The Real World or on The Challenge, and it’s great that that video of them, that story of them actually exists on video."

On Tuesday, MTV announced the upcoming season of The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II would be dedicated to the memory of Brown and Knight.

Battle of the Exes II premieres on Jan. 6 at 11 p.m. on MTV.