Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan has opened up about her experience of co-parenting with ex Scott Sinclair, with whom she shares three children

Helen Flanagan candidly shared her co-parenting challenges with former fiance Scott Sinclair, calling it a “journey” and admitting it’s “a lot” to handle.

The Coronation Street star opened up on ITV’s Lorraine about her experience on Celebs Go Dating and her “secret boyfriend” despite participating in the show. Discussing her split with Sinclair, with whom she shares three children, Helen confirmed that navigating their breakup has been “difficult”.

She confided in Lorraine Kelly: “It’s not easy. I did find it very, very difficult. I think co-parenting, as well, is a journey in itself. I’m not young, but I’m 31 and I’ve got three children. I felt like maybe if I was 10 years older, but at this age you’re still learning about yourself, still finding yourself.”

Regarding her past relationship, Helen remarked: “But I see my relationship with Scott as like a divorce. We had three children, a house, we were engaged. If you’re 10 years older maybe you can deal with it a little better, but it was a lot, yeah.”

Currently, Helen is reveling in a new romance with Robbie Talbot and has recently jetted off to sunny Spain with him, reports the Mirror.

While speaking with Lorraine Kelly about her budding romance, Helen revealed how she and Robbie started dating early in 2024 right before she joined Celebs Go Dating. As their relationship became more serious, Helen chose to share her feelings on the show and brought him into the reality TV limelight.

She said: “It’s not his thing at all. He’s a really blokey bloke, and coming on a reality show is not his thing. But he’s really sweet he came on the show with me. I thought it was really nice because I remember watching Celebs Go Dating as a single mum last year.

“You think, ‘Am I going to find that again? Am I going to find someone who is really going to love me and love my children?’ I thought it was further down the line for me. But I thought it was nice for other single mums for me to bring on such a lovely, healthy relationship.”

She split from Scott Sinclair after 13 years (Image: Instagram)

Helen and Scott split in 2022 after 13 years together. Speaking on Charlotte Dawson’s Naughty Corner podcast, Helen revealed: “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.”

Helen opened up to Lorraine Kelly (Image: ITV)

After the split, Scott started dating model Louise Tarver. Helen found out about it after discovering photos of Louise on her iPad, and she admitted to screaming at Scott on a public train, saying: “I f***ing hate you!” Helen recalled: “I saw who Scott was seeing on the iPad.”

“We were split up for over a year and then I saw a very beautiful girl, glamorous and very very pretty girl. And I saw all the pictures and even though we were separated, and even though I had dated, I still rang him up and said, ‘I f***ing hate you’ on the train, and everyone must’ve thought this woman is a psycho.”