Helen Flanagan's rocky romances from 'man ban' to tough decision over 'split'

Daily Mirror

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Helen Flanagan is believed to have broken things off with boyfriend Robbie Talbot as she continues to put her children first. Here, the Mirror takes a look at the actress' former relationships and 'man ban' her pals ordered
Helen Flanagan has reportedly split from boyfriend Robbie Talbot a year after the pair went public with their romance. The mum-of-three had hinted at wanting a child with the former footballer, but has since had a "change of heart," according to friends.
Helen, 34, was living with Robbie, 45, in her stunning Bolton mansion, but just last month, the former Coronation Street actress revealed he had moved out because it was not helpful to her children, who 'missed' their dad, Helen's ex-fiance, Scott Sinclair.
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Her relationship with Robbie came after her friends had attempted to put her on a 'man ban' after her difficult split from Scott. Here we take a look at the actress's past love life...
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The I'm A Celebrity star separated from Bristol Rovers footballer Scott Sinclair in 2022 after 13 years together. The pair share three children: Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and son Charlie, four.
Last year, Helen spoke out about her split with Scott and revealed, " We don't like each other." Opening up on Charlotte Dawson's Naughty Corner podcast, she said, "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."
She continued: "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."
After their split, Helen confessed how her friends tried to put her on a 'man ban' after she split from Scott. She told The Sun's Fabulous Magazine:"A lot of my friends were trying to put me on a man ban, which obviously didn't work! I was hurting from the break up and I've always just wanted to be loved so I started dating."
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Helen met Robbie not long after her 'ban' and Robbie had been living in the former Coronation Street star's home since last month, eight months since the pair began dating. She told Daily Mail's podcast in March that "everyone loves him" and called him the "funniest guy I've ever met."
She continued: "He's got two kids and he's really beautiful with my children. I think that's what made me fall more in love with him because he's so good with my mental health and that's the main thing for me that I need. I need someone that's good for me mentally and emotionally, that's my top thing and that's what I've realised.
"No disrespect to the father of my children, I'll always have that love for him, but he didn't know how to cope with me or didn't know how to do that, and not everybody does, but because the man that I'm with now really knows how to do that, it makes me happy."
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However, friends now claim the mum-of-three had a change of heart and told Robbie their relationship 'wasn't working.' According to The Sun, a source said: "They want different things in life. She has just landed a new acting job and is trying to juggle work projects with the kids. She sat him down two weeks ago and said, 'This isn't working'... She just wants to be on her own for a while although she still has feelings for him."
Robbie had moved into her pad after she said she felt "safer" with a man in her house and often gets scared on her own - but realised it was having a bad effect on her children. Always wanting to put her children first, she called her daughter Matilda a "daddy's girl" and "sensitive" who struggled with not seeing Scott as much as she'd like. Helen realised that having a boyfriend in the house didn't help the situation.