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Helen Flanagan Posts Tearful Video on Co-Parenting Strain, Then Shares Work-Focused Update

The former Coronation Street actor said time apart from her three children can help her manage surging anxiety.

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Overview

  • In a tearful Instagram video on August 25, she said she “f***ing hates co-parenting” as her children went to their father.
  • Flanagan shares Matilda, 9, Delilah, 6, and Charlie, 3, with ex-fiancé Scott Sinclair, and the children spend part of their holidays with him.
  • She reported acute anxiety, explained she struggles with being alone, and said she leans on friends and social media for connection.
  • She outlined plans to exercise, see friends, sleep, and get organised for the new school term as ways to cope while the children are away.
  • In follow-up posts, she thanked supporters and said an “exciting” shoot and upcoming work give her focus when the kids are away, after recently defending a revealing Pride outfit against online ‘mum-shaming’.