Bachelor in Paradise couple Brian Autz and Parisa Shifteh have dished about getting back together and who broke up with whom after the show.
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Brian and Parisa managed to remain friends, but they recently had a bit of an awkward and flirtatious exchange about their relationship in a joint interview with BachelorNation.com that took place on-camera.
"Are you dating?" Parisa asked Brian.
"I'm talking to somebody," Brian replied.
"Did you tell her your favorite color?" Parisa quipped, referring to their fight in the VIP pool following the "Birds of Paradise" dancing competition on Bachelor in Paradise.
"No," Brian responded with a laugh. "I guess we boiled it down to blue because of what I wear outfit-wise."
Brian went on to claim of Parisa, "She's trying to reel me back in."
When asked if there's any chance they'll get back together, Parisa just stared at Brian.
"I want to see what he says," Parisa noted with a slight smirk on her face.
After Brian hesitated for a moment and smiled at Parisa, he shared, "I wouldn't say it's out of the question."
Parisa, who still had her eyes locked on Brian, murmured, "Yeah," with a head nod and a giggle.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOW"I just wanted to see what he would say," Parisa reiterated.
Parisa and Brian exchanged another glance, showing they definitely still have chemistry, and then Parisa asked the interviewer, "What was the next question?"
Brian, not letting Parisa off the hook, asked his former Paradise lover, "Well what's your response?"
Parisa stared at the floor and repeated, "I just wanted to see what you would say."
Brian and Parisa got voted out of Bachelor in Paradise by their peers before the Season 10 finale because they didn't appear to be one of the strongest couples left in the game.
Brian and Parisa left Costa Rica still dating, but their relationship apparently fell apart in the real world.
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"It honestly felt like a game of Tug of War when it came to our communication styles," Parisa explained.
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"I didn't dump you," Parisa clarified.
"There was no dumping," she continued. "We just both hit a wall because we just didn't know what to do anymore. I think our communication styles were just so off, and it was just like, 'Okay, this isn't working.'"
Brian insisted, however, that there was "no fallout" or crazy fight that ended their romance.
"Yeah," Parisa agreed.
Brian explained, "Really, it was just, like, we were so busy and when you're not seeing your partner so often, like, that compassion and support -- you need to be with each other. When you're not with someone, it's easier said than done."
Brian claimed that he was open from the start about how long-distance dating was going to be "difficult" for him.
"You even said it when we were there in Paradise," Parisa confirmed.
"Right, and it's proven to be true," Brian noted.
But Parisa insisted that she and Brian "really did try" to make it work after the show.
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"But it was unfortunate because it was during a really tough time with [Brian]'s work, and our schedules just didn't line up," Parisa explained.
"It was hard on both of us, and we had different expectations of what we wanted in a relationship, which was perfectly okay. But we really had to go through it to learn that."
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"I just opened a restaurant and I was super tied to it," he recalled. "We communicated as best as possible and we supported each other. It just made things very difficult."
But Brian said he and Parisa are "still supporting each other" to this day.
"The love we had for each other is still here and thriving," Brian noted.
"We wish the best for each other, and the experience we had together was unforgettable in Paradise. It was amazing and I would never take it back."
During the Bachelor in Paradise Season 10 reunion earlier this month, Parisa had announced that she was dating someone new.
Parisa proceeded to soft launch her new relationship on Instagram a couple of weeks later, and based on her recent social-media activity, it appears they're still together.
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