Devastated Helen Flanagan tells boyfriend Robbie ‘this isn't working' as they split after only one year together
HELEN Flanagan has split from her boyfriend Robbie Talbot — just over a year after they got together.
The former Corrie star, 34, had claimed she wanted children with the ex-non-league footie star, 45.
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But friends say the mum of three instead now wants to concentrate on her career and family.
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'. It was a grown-up chat.
'She just wants to be on her own for a while although she still has feelings for him.'
Helen split from Scott Sinclair, dad of her three kids, in 2022. She met divorced dad Robbie in a bar just as she was about to go on E4's Celebs Go Dating.
She said: 'He's really, really funny. And he had the balls to chat me up!'
He moved into her Bolton home in September but left last month.
In January she got a six-month ban after her Audi, driven by Robbie, was clocked speeding twice in 16 days.
Our source said: 'They had a bit of a wobble after the case.
"After he moved out it became easier for her to end things.'
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