Bachelor in Paradise star Parisa Shifteh has soft launched her new relationship on Instagram following her split with Brian Autz.
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Parisa then revealed during the Bachelor in Paradise cast reunion, which aired on the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast, that there was a new man in her life.
While Parisa didn't unveil the identity of her new boyfriend, or even his face, she debuted her new romance on social media late last week.
Parisa uploaded a video in which she and her new beau were toasting wine glasses during a recent trip to Whistler Village, Whistler.
In the video, the couple was sitting on a balcony overlooking a beautiful mountain valley with a charcuterie board on the table.
Parisa wrote over the footage, "This and asking him a million hypothetical questions."
The Bachelor alum's caption was, "When his responses are smoother than the wine>>>."
Parisa also posted a closeup photo of her man holding up two snowcones as they explored the village.
She later posted additional photos from the trip and gushed about how she was "in heaven!!!!"
Fellow Bachelor in Paradise alum Alli Jo Hinkes wrote, "Love this life for you," and The Bachelor alum Juliana Pasquarosa called Parisa a "queen" in the comments.
Brian and Parisa got voted out of Bachelor in Paradise by their peers before the Season 10 finale. At the time, the couple seemed hopeful their relationship would continue to grow and thrive in the real world.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOWBut Parisa confirmed her relationship with Brian was over during the September 4 episode of the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast.
"It was a good run, you know?! It was a good run," Parisa told host Wells Adams.
"It was a good run," Brian repeated with a laugh.
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Brian elaborated, "It was a great experience that I wouldn't take back. I think life just kind of got in the way for me, running my restaurant. And distance is tough. But we're still good, close friends."
"And, yeah!" Parisa added.
There was clearly an awkward vibe as Parisa and Brian spoke, and so Wells changed the subject.
But Wells revisited the conversation at the end of the podcast episode, and Parisa insisted that she and Brian had "tried" to make it work after Paradise.
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"Nothing wrong with that. I feel a lot of this comes down to compatibility. That's okay."
Parisa continued, "And yeah. I mean, we tried, and it just got to a point where it was like, 'Okay, I think we just need to wave our white flag and move on.'"
Parisa then teased how she was "seeing someone" new.
"What's his name?!" Brian joked.
"It was, I don't know. The whole process, everything was just so hard," Parisa admitted when looking back on her time in Paradise.
Parisa reiterated how it was just a "hard and confusing" experience.
"I guess I just reached a point where, I mean, anybody, when you just keep trying and trying, you hit that wall and you're like, 'Okay, well, I mean, I can keep trying and keep wasting time or I should just move on,'" Parisa shared, seemingly suggesting that the breakup was Brian's fault.
"I'm not getting any younger," she added, "and neither is he."
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When asked if he wishes he had done anything differently in his relationship with Parisa, Brian admitted, "I think in the VIP suite, maybe I could've answered what my favorite color was -- or just made one up! I could've done that."
Parisa, however, noted how she never held any of Brian's mistakes against him.
"All that matters is that we look back and recognize things and we use that to grow," Parisa said.
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Brian added, "And just tell them your favorite color."
"Yeah," Parisa concluded.
Andrew Spencer recently claimed on "The Viall Files" podcast that the cast didn't appreciate how Brian had treated Parisa during filming.
Andrew repeated on the "Bachelor Happy Hour" reunion that he didn't like, for example, how Brian occasionally spoke to Parisa.
Brian, on the other hand, thought his relationship with Parisa was good and strong overall. Brian apparently didn't think anyone had a good grasp of what was going on in his relationship in Costa Rica.
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