'Love is Blind' star Irina says flirting with Micah's fiancé Paul was her biggest regret of the season

• Micah Lussier and Irina Solomonova spoke with Entertainment Weekly about "Love is Blind."
• Solomonova said she regretted flirting with Lussier's fiancé, Paul Peden, during a pool party.

"Love is Blind" season four star Irina Solomonova said she regrets flirting with Micah Lussier's fiancé, Paul Peden, during a pool party this season.

Solomonova spoke with with Entertainment Weekly in an interview published Friday, when episodes six through eight debuted on Netflix. Solomonova and Lussier became close in the pods — even being dubbed mean girls over their behavior — but their friendship stumbled in episode six. In one scene, Solomonova flirted with Peden during a pool party and later admitted to Lussier that she had a crush on him.

"Flirting with Paul in the pool, that was not who I am," Solomonova told EW. "That's not my character. I had too much alcohol and, yes, Paul was someone that I felt in energy with, but it was something I never wanted to pursue and haven't pursued and won't pursue."

Solomonova added that after flirting with Paul, she recognized how her connection with Zack Goytowski was lacking.

"It was more in the sense of realizing the connection I had with him, I want that with my future husband. And I didn't have that with Zack," Solomonova told the outlet.

Lussier also spoke with EW, saying she doesn't regret being friends with Solomonova.

"I think that I've always had a really open heart, especially to girlfriends. I think she made a mistake. I think she owned up to her mistake and I think that's all you can really ask for," Lussier said.

She told EW that she still doesn't understand why Solomonova flirted with Peden but acknowledged that people grow from their mistakes.

"I think we've both grown a lot together and hopefully we'll continue to grow a lot in the future," Lussier said. "I'm a firm believer that if you own up to something you've done, then you can get past anything. So as long as she's not talking that shit ... no, I'm just kidding, but I think what's meant to be, if we're meant to continue a friendship, we will."

Solomonova and Lussier made waves this season for their on-screen behavior, including eavesdropping on a fellow contestant who was crying after being dumped. Both women have defended themselves against the backlash, telling EW in a separate conversation that their behavior was a "coping mechanism."

"Love is Blind" episodes nine through eleven will premiere on April 7.