Helen Flanagan's friends put her on 'man ban' after Scott Sinclair split
Helen Flanagan's friends attempted to put her on a "man ban" after her breakup with Scott Sinclair.
The ex-'Coronation Street' star - who shares three kids, Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, four, with her footballer former beau - shared with The Sun's Fabulous Magazine that her friends tried to persuade her to avoid jumping straight into another relationship following their 2022 split.
Helen, aged 34, divulged: "A lot of my friends were trying to put me on a man ban, which obviously didn't work!".
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"I was hurting from the break-up and I've always just wanted to be loved so I started dating."
After separating from Scott, 36, whom she dated for 13 years, Helen has since begun seeing construction worker Robbie Talbot, 45.
She commented: "He's a kind, genuine person, he makes me laugh and he's brilliant with my kids."
In related news, Helen accepted that she and Scott don't see eye to eye but showed that they maintain care for one another as co-parents.
Chatting with Charlotte Dawson on her 'Naughty Corner' podcast, Helen confessed: "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."
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