Helen Flanagan reveals age she'll STOP stripping & exactly what work she's had done as she lifts lid on Corrie return
IT was the role on Corrie that propelled her to fame as a child before she left many years later to concentrate on motherhood — and now Helen Flanagan is convinced the time is right for her to return as sassy Rosie Webster.
The actress has remained loyal to the show over the years, refusing to even consider going to a rival soap, and reckons ITV bosses 'need' her.
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Helen Flanagan is convinced the time is right for her to return to Corrie as Rosie Webster
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Helen, pregnant on the red carpet, with ex Scott Sinclair in 2018
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Helen revealed: 'I can't say too much, but it could be possible that I could go back.
'I get on with everyone there. There's nothing personal going on.
'It changed my life so much and my loyalty is with them. I feel like Rosie's a part of me.
'They do need me. They do need Rosie.'
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Helen made her debut on the ITV soap as a nine-year-old in 2000.
She first left the cobbles in 2012, returning in 2017, before exiting the following year to have her second child.
While soap chiefs have officialy no plans to invite her back, she has since become a reality TV favourite, having wowed viewer in a white bikini on I'm A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here! in 2012, returning to the jungle for the
'I think I would always do lingerie modelling'
Her appearance on the E4 matchmaking series briefly landed her in hot water when it emerged she broke the rules by secretly being in a relationship from the start.
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She says: 'Scott is from Bath and I live in North Manchester, so we co-parent five hours away. It is really hard work.
'My kids are really close to his mum and their side of the family and mine, so we've always done it separately.
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'But I think it would be better if we could do it together. I'd like to live in the same city so we can actually just do it together.
'But I don't think co-parenting is easy. It's definitely a journey.'
In the meantime, Helen has a job lined up over Christmas to distract her from not having her kids around for the festive period.
She is also keen to appear on Celebrity Big Brother following this year's successful reboot because she reckons she would fit in as a housemate, describing herself as a 'people person, very social, very northern'.
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Helen with partner Robbie Talbot on Instagram last month
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Helen in the shower on I'm A Celeb in 2012
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But she knows that another reality show could stifle her ambitions to revive her career as an actress.
Helen says: 'If you want to focus on your acting, I do think sometimes it can be hard going down the reality TV route to be taken seriously.'
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Another string to her bow is modelling.
Helen, 34, posed topless in the Sun in 2013 then had a boob job in 2023 — and after being trolled in the past for stripping off, she is now inspired by older women who still dare to bare.
She reveals: 'I love lingerie modelling. I think I'd always do it.
'I love women like Elizabeth Hurley and Amanda Holden.
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'I love seeing really strong, powerful, beautiful, sexy women that aren't in their 20s and just really owning it.
'I would definitely be like that into my sixties. Well, I hope so, anyway. That will always be my vibe.'
And she encourages other women to strip off for the camera, no matter their age, if it will make them feel empowered.
Helen explains: 'I would never say anything negative about another person I'm all for supporting women, lifting them up, empowering them. I'm very much a girls' girl as well.
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'I think it's nice for women to feel empowered and I'm all for women feeling beautiful and feeling sexy. Why not?
'I don't do it for men. I do it for me, so I feel nice.'
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Helen as Rosie Webster with Richard Fleeshman as Craig Harris on Corrie
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Helen's character Rosie scraps with teacher John Stape, played by Graeme Hawley
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Nevertheless, she draws the line at joining OnlyFans and posting explicit photos and videos like some other famous women.
She says: 'I'm a grown woman, but I've got Catholic parents as well.
'I think now with OnlyFans, there are other things attached to it than just lingerie modelling. It's not something for me.'
She isn't even tempted to take pics of her tootsies and sell them like
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Helen is often accused of getting loads of cosmetic work on her face but insists that aside from Botox, she has had very little else done.
She reveals: 'I've only had the teeniest little bit of filler on my top lip. But my lips are actually naturally quite full.
'Even if I did have loads of filler in my lips, who cares?
'I would never, ever troll anyone.'
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