Are Love on the Spectrum’s Pari and Tina Still Together? Updates on Where They Stand Today

Pari Kim made her Love on the Spectrum debut in season 3, where viewers followed her romance with Tina Zhu Xi Caruso. In Touch looks at if the couple is still together and where Pari is today.

Are Love on the Spectrum’s Pari Kim and Tina Zhu Xi Caruso Still Together?

Yes. The couple is happily together as of April 2025. Pari and Tina shared an Instagram post showing their most adorable moments over the year prior, writing in the caption, “2024 recap,” on April 9, 2025.

“[Tina] really is the Amtrak to my Commuter Rail,” train enthusiast Pari told Netflix’s Tudum after season 3 dropped on April 2, 2025. “She just gets me. We both share the same energy, quirkiness, and enthusiasm, and I just love that so much! We make each other laugh and giggle a lot. We really enjoy hanging out together.”

Pari added, “We are both graduating from college in May and hope to attend each other’s graduations.” Pari will be graduation from Lesley University with a bachelor’s degree in animation and motion media.

Tina gave her own update on April 8, 2025. She shared a photo from Love on the Spectrum of the moment before she shared her first kiss with Pari. “Yes! We are still in love,” the disability advocate wrote, while tagging her girlfriend.

Love on the Spectrum’s Pari Kim’s Mom Is a Big Fan of Tina Zhu Xi Caruso

“My mom thinks Tina is great and funny and loves how good of a match she is for me,” Pari told Tudum about how her mother, Esme, dealt with her first same sex relationship. “She likes how Tina will sometimes text her with photos and silly things. She enjoys Tina and wants to get to know her and her family even more.”

Pari was seen still living with her mom during season 3 of Love on the Spectrum, where viewers saw her mom battle with breast cancer. She told Tudum that Esme is doing well and in a clinical trial to treat the disease.

Tina Zhu Xi Caruso Said Pari Kim Helped Her Accept Being Autistic

“So, I’m just trying to learn how to become more Autistic,” Tina told Pari during episode 4 of Love on the Spectrum season 3.

“Did this actually Happen? Yes, it did. 7 months later …” Tina began an Instagram post on April 8, 2025, showing a scene from her second date with Pari.

“When I’m around @purpleprincesspari. I can be as she said, ‘Unapologetically autistic.’ From S3, E4. I never thought I could accept my Autism and unmask.”

“My mom’s reaction to me with Pari for the first time was ‘Did you become more autistic?’ I told Pari and we had a good laugh about it. Yep, I have but what’s good in masking all the time,” Tina added. “I love Pari. She makes me a better person.”

Pari Kim Is Happy That She Joined ‘Love on the Spectrum’

“I’m very grateful to Love on the Spectrum, because it just opened up a whole new set of doors for me that I don’t know if I would have been able to have,” she told Tudum.

The show helped Pari explore her first queer relationship. In the trailer that dropped on March 2, 2025, the Boston, Massachusetts, resident wondered “what it would be like to kiss a girl.” Pari was looking for someone who had “a very nice giggle and smile,” adding, “I mean there’s like eight billion people in the world. Somebody’s got to be the one for me.”

Prior to the season 3 premiere, Pari told Tudum that she dated both men and women but was focusing on the latter during Love on the Spectrum.

Fans Loved Pari Kim and Tina Zhu Xi Caruso’s First Kiss

The purple princess shared her first kiss with Tina at the end of their second date, after going to a park and encountering a couple having their wedding photos taken.

“I was wondering … I don’t know if you’d like, um, maybe you’d like a kiss?” Pari asked as the duo sat in an oversized chair. The ladies then put their arms around each other for a long smooch.

“I really liked it. It felt so natural,” Tina said afterward with a smile.

Pari raved, “Yeah, it felt better than kissing a boy. Like, more sweet smelling, I’ll say that,” adding, “I’ve never kissed a girl before and now I have.”

Tina sweetly admitted she watched what she ate all day leading up to it, trying to be mindful of Pari’s food allergies.

“I was also not eating gluten for you all day cause I don’t know how celiac works. Like if I kiss you and have a peanut allergy, I could kill you,” she confessed. “I was trying to be mindful today of making sure I was not eating gluten.” Pari responded, “That’s very nice of you,” while still glowing.

“Pari’s date Tina not eating gluten cause she was worried if they kissed she might cause an allergic reaction to Pari who has celiacs RU KIDDING ME THIS IS SO WHOLESOME,” one viewer cheered on X, while another wrote, “Wait … Tina not eating gluten in case she MIGHT kiss Pari is the nicest, most thoughtful thing I’ve ever seen.”