Helen Flanagan has shared an insight into her life and how she and her former fiancé Scott Sinclair continue to co-parent their children after deciding to split in 2022
Helen Flanagan admits that she and her ex-fiancé Scott Sinclair continue to argue – three years after their split. However, the former Coronation Street actress has now opened up about their former relationship and revealed that they had split up once before but kept it secret.
While she and the footballer continue to co-parent their three “beautiful kids”, she admits that things aren’t always rosy for the pair who have kept in touch for the sake of their children. Although Helen, 34, has found love again and reports suggesting that Scott, 36, is also in a relationship – she admits that walking away was one of the toughest decisions she has ever made.
But as tough as the split was, the star admits she’s much happier now that she is no longer in the relationship and is happy with her new boyfriend, Robbie. Speaking about her bond with Scott, she said the pair are “OK” and often talk via WhatsApp.
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“Break-ups are so sad, and if you can deal with it in a way where you’re on good terms, it’s better for your mental health and 100% better for the kids,” she said. However, it’s not always fun and games for Helen and Scott as she admits that the pair do continue to clash with one another.
Speaking to The Sun, she said: “Don’t get me wrong, sometimes we still end up telling each other to f**k off! But we’ve managed to keep things quite nice and we’ve been fair to each other. It’s helped that our families get on and I have a good relationship with his mum.”
Despite their split, the actress hopes that the pair can become friends again and believes that one day, they will “arrive at a little bit of peace.” Helen currently lives in Bolton with their three children, Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, four, while Scott lives in the south west due to playing for Bristol Rovers.
This means she does the day-to-day parenting with help from her mum, while Scott frequently sees their children. Helen’s comments come after she spoke to reality star Charlotte Dawson on her Naughty Corner podcast about their bond. 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. But I’m so done, I could never have another relationship again where we would always be bickering. I haven’t got another argument in me.
“As women we try and do anything we can to make it work with the father of your children and I did. But I think for me if I was in a relationship with someone else it would have to be easy because I haven’t got the energy in me again, I’ve done all that with the father of my kids.
“I’ve been a single mum for two years now. Co-parenting is hilarious, we were together for 13 years. The last time I saw him, I thought it was quite funny, I was taking the p*** out of him because he had a bucket hat on. I think he was trying not to laugh.
“He lives in Bath and I live in North Manchester so its about five hours and we meet in Birmingham to exchange things and the kids. He’s throwing things in my boot and I just started taking the mickey out of his bucket hat to lighten the mood.
“We just try and not be in the same house together because the children are the priority and I want a good environment for them and I don’t want them to see us arguing.”
