Helen Flanagan has said she is 'not a superwoman' after her fans previously flooded her with praise for embracing life as a single mum. The former Coronation Street confirmed the end of her relationship with Scott Sinclair last month after separating last July after 13 years together.
Helen, who played Rosie Webster in the ITV soap, opened up about her split from her footballer fiancee for the first time ahead of her stint on I'm A Celebrity... South Africa. She addressed speculation about her love life after rumours began to swirl earlier this year that she is now single. "We actually broke up in July," Helen told OK! Magazine about her relationship with Bristol Rovers' Scott, with whom she shares her three children - Matilda, Delilah, and son Charlie.
Helen and Scott, who dated from 2009 before he proposed in Disneyland Paris in May 2018 before they welcomed their second daughter Delilah the following month, are now co-parenting and Scott currently returned from enjoying quality time with his children and his mum on holiday in Dubai.
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It came just a month after Helen whisked the youngsters, aged seven, four and two, off to the UAE during the school Easter break. At the time, the 32-year-old from Bury Instagrammed a smiling picture of herself pushing a beaming Delilah in a pram as Charlie looked on and Matilda ran at the side of them.
Helen, who looked sensational as she showed off her recent boob job in a black bikini top, added to her beach style with a Prada beach bag, a Miu Miu denim skirt and chunky black sandals. "Supermum vibes every day," she wrote with superhero and love heart emojis.
But the former soap actress has admitted she's "no superwoman", and isn’t saying being a single parent is easy. Despite "running around like a blue-a***d fly" as she puts it, Helen says her new single family life is working really well.
"I co-parent with my ex-fiancé Scott – we’ve got three children together, and we were together for 13 years," Helen, who lives in Manchester, explained. "My friends help me with the children, because I do work nearly every day. I have a friend and we’re a girl gang together – I’m not superwoman! So that works nicely at home.
"Scott’s living with his mum at the moment in Bristol, and my children are really close to their nana, so it works really well. My kids just have a really happy environment, with me and my friend at home, and then they have a really nice happy environment with their dad and their nana."
The actress admits that although she misses her “babies” when they’re with their dad and nana, she is now making the most of her child-free time. "I had my children not young, but young-ish – I had Matilda when I was 24 – and I just feel like I spent all my 20s being pregnant and breastfeeding at home," she said.
"So it’s kind of nice sometimes to have that time, because I know they’re in the best hands with Scott’s mum, and it’s lovely that I can spend some time with my friends and concentrate on my work and have some fun. So it’s nice, it works well.
"Of course I miss them, they’re my babies, but I know they’re really, really happy with their nana and their dad, so I don’t have to worry. I do feel like the happier you are as a mum, the better it is for your child."
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