Helen Flanagan, a star on Coronation Street, appears stunning in our exclusive new shoot for her upcoming memoir, but which stars should be concerned because the actress vows to “dig deep” to reveal the truth and “lay everything out there”?
She might look pretty in pink, but make no mistake: Helen Flanagan isn’t afraid to tell the ugly truth.
For the former Coronation Street star and mum-of-three has announced she’s writing a no-holds-barred tell-all – and last night vowed to reveal all, with no “airbrushing” of what really happened.
She says it’s vital for her to show the person she really is – not the one we first saw on our screens as the 10-year-old face of Weatherfield’s Rosie Webster.
“I’ve made mistakes, I’ve been hurt, and I’ve had to rebuild from rock bottom,” she said. “But I’ve also learned, grown, and come out the other side a better, stronger person,” she continued. “Telling my truth required no hiding, no airbrushing, or glossing over.”
The actress joined Corrie as Rosie in 2000 and stayed for 12 years, before going on to become a lads’ mag favourite in the early 2010s and has never left the limelight since.
But, as she poses for a new exclusive shoot (below) ahead of her new book, she admits not everything has been easy over the years.
In 2022, she had a very public split with Bristol Rovers footballer Scott Sinclair – her ex-fiance and father of her children. She has also faced struggles with her mental health and in early 2024, suffered a breakdown followed by a brief period of psychosis due to a bad reaction to medication.
Now diagnosed with ADHD, Helen, who lives in Bolton, has also faced money troubles and, earlier this year, was banned from driving for six months after twice failing to disclose the identity of the person behind the wheel of her car when it was caught speeding.
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It’s a lot for anyone to have been through. But having seen the good and bad side of fame since she was a child, she’s now excited people will be able to hear her story in her own words when the book Head And Heart: Break-ups, Breakdowns and Being Rosie, is released next January.
It was a daunting task to sit down and write about my life and all of its ups and downs. She said, “I was going to have to go back in time and experience painful experiences that I would have much prefer buried in the past.” However, I understood that putting everything out there would be necessary if I wanted to do it justice.
The book is one of the latest releases from Mirror Books, following the likes of Amanda Barrie’s I’m Still Here and EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison’s Behind the Scenes, which were both released last month.
Helen dated footballer Scott on and off for 13 years and are still devoted co-parents to Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and three-year-old Charlie. Helen previously said they split because they no longer ‘liked each other’ – although it was unclear why. Last year it was revealed Scott was dating an old family friend Lauren Davies, 34, and had been for “several months”. Helen meanwhile began dating ex-Ashton United footballer Robbie Talbot, 45, but they were said to have split earlier this year when he couldn’t commit to living together full time.
Elena Flanagan, who played Rosie in Corrie for 12 years, has documented her life to her million plus Instagram followers, according to Mirror Books Commissioning Editor Clare Fitzsimons. Helen will however, for the first time, reveal her full, unrefined story, starting with her courageous family battles. Helen’s powerful, honest, and moving memoir is a joy to be releasing.
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