‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Star Hospitalized for Bathroom Issues Finds Silver Lining

She turned a challenging situation into a positive outcome.

“Bachelor in Paradise” star Samantha Jeffries is using the unexpected fame she gained from her televised experience of being constipated for 12 days to release a children’s book titled, “Sam Can’t Poop.”

The red-haired beauty often gets stopped by fans of the ABC dating series — where alums from “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” interact on a beach in Mexico — who remember her struggle to have a bowel movement, which necessitated medical intervention and led to her early exit from the show.

“I was at a pool in Scottsdale, and this mom and daughter came up to me and they said, ‘Are you the poop girl from ‘The Bachelor?’ And I was like, ‘I can’t believe that’s how people know me, but yes,’” Jeffries, 29, told The Post.

“And the mom was like, ‘Every time I poop, I think of you.’”

Jeffries, an occupational therapist from Cincinnati, OH, works with many children who have bathroom struggles. She and her former co-worker-turned-co-author, Carly Nguyen, initially conceived the idea for a kids’ book to help “normalize pooping” even before she went on the show. The book is set to be released on Aug. 27.

Jeffries explained, “Several of our kids have issues going to the bathroom. A lot of kids are just scared of it. They feel like they’re losing a body part. It’s a sensory thing.”

“So after ‘Paradise’ happened, I called her immediately and I was like, ‘This is it. This is our sign.’”

The reality star recounted her painful constipation crisis during 2023’s Season 9, where she felt bloated and endured pain in the 100-degree heat of Puerto Vallarta.

“It got to the point where, about a week in, I couldn’t even fit into my clothes,” she said. “I looked pregnant.”

The show’s on-set physician, Dr. Kelly Tenbrink, recommended laxatives, but they had no effect.

“The doctor was like, ‘I’ve never seen someone so distended like this on the beach,’” she recalled.

Jeffries, who also specializes in nutrition coaching, mentioned that her healthy diet and exercise routine didn’t help her situation.

“I was having a green juice every morning, coffee every day,” she described. “I was doing laps. I worked out every morning. I literally tried everything.”

After nine days, Dr. Tenbrink explained the severity of her condition, saying, “I’ve seen patients have to go to the operating room and literally have to bring almost like a poo baby out.”

On Day 10, Jeffries flew back home and was admitted to a hospital, where she finally found relief two days later.

During her brief time in “Paradise,” Jeffries formed a connection with San Diego firefighter Aaron Schwartzman. She even included him as a character in her book, where he saves the day by bringing her vegetables, a lighthearted nod to his efforts to help during the show.

“He literally brought me a whole platter of veggies, olive oil. Apparently, if you take a shot of that, it should help you go. Mexican food, we were eating burritos,” she said.

After the show ended, the pair met up but decided they were better suited as friends.

“We didn’t kiss on the beach or anything, but whenever I went home, we ended up making out,” she revealed. “Because of what we went through, it brought us so close as friends. It kind of took the romance out of it.”

Jeffries, who is now dating someone she met on Hinge, debuted on TV during Clayton Echard’s season of “The Bachelor” in 2022 after her friends submitted an application on her behalf.

“I got a phone call from a producer saying, ‘You’ve had the most nominations we’ve ever received in ‘Bachelor’ history,’” she remembered.

She made a memorable entrance on the show in a bubble bath while wearing a barely-there black bikini — an idea she stated wasn’t hers.

“They told me to come up with 10 ideas,” she said.

“And they were like, ‘Not sexy enough, not hot enough … We think you’re really bubbly, like a bubble bath. That’s how you’re meeting Clayton.’”