Corrie star Helen Flanagan reveals her new man has moved out, opening up about the impact of her relationship on her kids and the challenges she’s facing as a single mum
Helen Flanagan has opened up about her new relationship, revealing that her boyfriend has moved out. After her high-profile breakup with Scott Sinclair, her partner of 13 years, Helen has been navigating life as a single mum to Matilda, 9, Delilah, 6, and Charlie, 4.
But just as it seemed she had happily moved on with Robbie Talbot, a divorced dad of two, the former Coronation Street actress, 34, revealed why he is no longer living with her. The pair first crossed paths on the celebrity dating app Raya last year, and sparks flew almost immediately – and have since been together.
However, Helen, who recently appeared on Celebrity Go Dating while still involved with Robbie, has now opened up about the real reason he has packed up and left her Lancashire home. Speaking to The Sun, she admitted: “I don’t want to say I think this is forever, because it puts too much pressure on us.
“I’d asked him to stay for a while, because I often get quite scared in the house on my own and feel safer with a man there.”
Helen said she has also become concerned with how her children are adjusting to her new relationship. She said: “But Matilda is very sensitive and a proper daddy’s girl, and she struggles with not seeing Scott as often as she’d like. I always think about how she feels when she misses her dad, and having my boyfriend there maybe doesn’t help her,” she added.
Speaking about her breakup with former beau Scott, the star revealed that they had eventually grown distant. Last year, Helen opened up on Charlotte Dawson’s Naughty Corner podcast, saying: “I still love him very much, I care about him deeply, but we don’t like each other.”
“We don’t like each other at all, we don’t get on. I do know that Scott – he’d never admit it – cares about me too and he does love me,” she added.
It comes just days after she had given her followers an update on her ongoing struggle with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)on Instagram. The mum-of-three was diagnosed with PMDD in 2023 and has previously shared that the condition makes her ‘feel horrendous mentally before her period’ to such an extent that ‘she couldn’t cope’.
According to the NHS, the condition is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) that affects some women. Opening up, the ex actress said: “My PMDD has been a lot more manageable recently and I’ll later in caption say somethings that help me control it. I always feel like I have four personalities in one month and any boyfriend I’ve ever had knows how bad my PMDD can be x.”
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