Rachael Kirkconnell reveals her surprise celebrity crush as she dishes on life after Matt James split: ‘I’m a totally different person’

These days, Rachael Kirkconnell is doing conscionable rosy.

After splitting pinch Matt James successful January aft 4 years together, nan influencer, 28, is getting candid connected really she’s moved guardant pinch life.

“I’ll opportunity it’s nighttime and time – astatine slightest that’s really it feels correct now,” Kirkconnell exclusively told The Post while promoting her business pinch Each & Every. “It was a reliable commencement to nan twelvemonth but we’re doing really good complete here. I deliberation I would person to property that to being really intentional astir putting a batch of self love and aforesaid activity backmost into me.”

She added, “I deliberation it’s easier said than done but I consciousness for illustration I person a batch of clip connected my hands that I didn’t person earlier and truthful I’m being a small spot selfish and I’m putting myself first correct now. It’s benignant of nice.”

These days, Kirkconnell’s “selfish era” is ever evolving.

“I would opportunity it looks different each day,” she explained. “I deliberation it looks different from really it did astatine nan opening until now. I’m judge astatine first, astir days were conscionable a batch of relaxing, staying disconnected nan net and honestly furniture rotting, watching my favourite shows, re-reading my favourite books.”

While making love James, 33, nan brace traveled astir nan world and were known for their nutrient reviews, but now, Kirkconnell is focused connected refining her skills successful nan kitchen.

“I’m loving my bully agelong walks aliases my workout classes. I’m really enjoying getting backmost into cooking,” confessed nan foodie. “More homemade meals. More full foods alternatively disconnected ever eating retired aliases going to a different edifice aliases getting takeout. I deliberation my assemblage has been enjoying that a batch too, eating astatine location a batch more. And being intentional pinch moreover nan products I americium using.”

After going done specified a nationalist breakup, Kirkconnell has besides had nan chance to bespeak connected what she’s learned astir herself complete nan past 3 months.

“I haven’t been connected my ain aliases been azygous since I was 23 — I’m pushing 30 now,” nan reality prima expressed. “I deliberation that I’m a wholly different person than I was backmost then. I’ve put myself connected nan back-burner and I’ve really learned that I’m specified a nurturer and I love to return attraction of everyone other astir me.”

Kirkconnell realized that while she loves to return attraction of those adjacent to her, it isn’t ever easy for her to put herself first.

“I deliberation that’s 1 large point that I’ve learned astir myself this year. I really request to dainty myself really I do pinch those I emotion astir me. It’s a batch much difficult to show myself that emotion that I emotion to springiness to others. But we’re getting there.”

Sharing proposal connected really to return backmost your confidence, nan societal media prima simply stated, “Try to fig retired wherever it stems from.”

“I deliberation it could stem from a batch of different places,” Kirkconnell divulged. “I deliberation for me, I lacked self-confidence for a batch of different reasons and possibly astatine times I wasn’t emotion arsenic uplifted and supported from my partner but besides I don’t deliberation I was giving myself that emotion and attention. And again, I was really putting myself connected nan backmost burner. So, I deliberation it decidedly depends connected wherever it stems from. I would impulse group to really look inward and inquire yourself wherever that comes from.”

She noted “Getting to nan guidelines problem is nan champion point you tin do for yourself.”

Kirkconnell and James fell successful emotion connected Season 25 of “The Bachelor” successful 2021. Despite not getting engaged during nan finale, nan 2 dated complete nan adjacent 4 years.

During their season, Kirkconnell came nether scrutiny aft aged photos of her astatine an antebellum-themed statement successful assemblage resurfaced.

At nan time, James concisely collapsed up pinch nan tv personality, who had issued a nationalist apology, but they quickly sewage backmost together aft nan finale.

Looking back, Kirkconnell knows what she would show her younger aforesaid who was astir to embark connected nan whirlwind of a journey.

“Buckle up!” she teased. “I’m conscionable kidding. I would conscionable really show her to not time off her independency behind. To springiness herself truthful overmuch grace and to emotion herself and show herself that love. I deliberation that it sewage a small mislaid on nan way.”

“I’m a large believer that everything that is meant to beryllium will beryllium and hap precisely really it’s expected to,” Kirkconnell shared. “And I’m not saying that because I’m surviving pinch immoderate benignant of regret aliases I wish I did things otherwise but I conscionable wish I had a batch much grace for myself and and emotion for myself passim nan process. I wish I was a small spot much selfish astatine times aliases put myself first astatine times.”

And though “The Bachelor” alum isn’t looking to jump backmost into nan making love excavation rather yet — she does person a fewer personage crushes successful mind.

“Walton Goggins. That is nan man of nan week!” Kirkconnell gushed. “I conscionable vanished ‘White Lotus’ 2 nights agone and that man is taking complete my timeline correct now and I emotion him. His aura is crazy. I would opportunity he’s my crush of nan week for sure.”

Not for long, arsenic nan highly anticipated second play of “The Last Of Us” is returning to tv connected Sunday.

“I committedness you adjacent week it will beryllium different,” Kirkconnell reiterated. “You cognize what’s coming back? ‘The Last of Us’ is coming backmost connected Sunday truthful adjacent week it will astir apt beryllium Pedro Pascal. Every week it changes for illustration that. It’s astir apt what I perceive to aliases watch. Glen [Powell] is still up there. He conscionable came retired pinch a condiment marque and I’ve heard only awesome things. I can’t hold to effort it. I emotion a man who’s a large foodie for illustration me. He seems for illustration a large foodie, truthful Glen is still up there!”