Helen Flanagan has said she fears friends will stop answering her phone calls amid her ‘anxiety’ over co-parenting with ex Scott Sinclair.
The former Coronation Street star, 35, who shares Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, three, with the footballer, took to her Instagram on Saturday night following a trip to Glasgow, while her kids were with their dad.
In the clip Helen confessed that she must try to be more positive about the situation after previously claiming she ‘f*****g hated’ co-parenting.
She said: ‘I have been feeling really anxious recently, which is nothing new, but I saw one of my friend’s yesterday and she’s in a similar situation as me when it comes to co-parenting,’
‘And she is just like glowing, she’s got the best energy and I think I get easily inspired and motivated by other women and I was like “I need to go back to that” because when I first separated from [my children’s dad’ I had more of a positive energy’.
‘My friends are going to stop answering my calls because they will be like “Oh here she is Debbie downer over here” so I need to be more positive about co-parenting’.
Helen Flanagan has said she fears friends will stop answering her phone calls amid her ‘anxiety’ over co-parenting with ex Scott Sinclair
The former Coronation Street star, 35, who shares Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, three, with the foorballer, took to her Instagram on Saturday
Amid her child free trip Helen took to her main grid with eye-popping snaps as she enjoyed a coffee in a daringly plunging pink plaid mini dress.
She captioned the post: ‘Sexiest coffee spot in Glasgow’.
Last week Helen again shared her co-parenting struggles with her 1.1 million followers after dropping her kids off with her ex-fiancé. Their arrangement means the children spend part of their holidays with Scott – something Helen insists she ‘hates’.
While sobbing into the camera, Helen wailed: ‘I really, really struggle. I really struggle when they go away and I only like them going away if I’m doing something… I’m suffering really badly with anxiety at the moment’.
Her outburst came after she hit back at mum-shamers for criticising a cleavage-exposing outfit she wore to an event earlier in the week.
Helen took to Instagram to share her emotional speech, in which she explained her three children were going to her parents’ house before heading to stay with Scott.
She said: ‘So I’m just going to my mum and dad’s now, I’ve asked them to pick up the kids but it’s really hard now because I don’t want them to go and then I just f**king hate co-parenting. I really really struggle…
‘I really struggle when they go away because I only like them going away if I’m doing something. It’s really hard. It’s really hard, I made this really hard decision…
In the clip Helen confessed that she must try to be more positive about the situation after previously claiming she ‘f*****g hated’ co-parenting
She said: ‘I have been feeling really anxious recently, which is nothing new, but I saw one of my friend’s yesterday and she’s in a similar situation as me when it comes to co-parenting,’
Amid her child free trip Helen took to her main grid with eye-popping snaps as she enjoyed a coffee in a daringly plunging pink plaid mini dress
She captioned the post: ‘Sexiest coffee spot in Glasgow’.
‘It’s your babies, you can’t speak the same when they go away… Some time might do me good because I had really bad anxiety recently because I haven’t had a minute because I’m always with the kids. It’s a double-edged sword…
‘When they go I want them back and when I’m with them all the time I get really overwhelmed but then f**king… I can’t drink, it makes me [shakes hands]…
‘I didn’t drink that much yesterday. I always stick to tequilas, I never drink a lot. I’m going to stop crying now but I do think it’s good to cry just to get it out. I’ve just had bad anxiety recently and I think if I go and exercise and spend some time with my friends and get some sleep and do things I can’t normally do when I’m with the kids…
‘[I need to] get myself organised with the kids going back to school, mum’s helped me get organised with uniform and stuff and all the things to remember.’
She spoke again about what she finds hardest when alone and how she is often flanked by friends.
She went on: ‘I find it difficult because when you have them all the time and then it’s the anxiety and I think “I should have been more patient here” but it is what it is. It’ll be fine. It’s just a build up of anxiety. None of it’s easy is it?
‘I’m fine. I really struggle being on my own, not just in a relationship but I’m always with one of my friends. I think this is why I love social media…
Last week Helen suffered a ‘breakdown’ and claimed she ‘f***ing hates co-parenting’ in an emotional post
She split from her footballer ex-fiance Scott back in 2022
‘Because I’m always connecting with people. I’m really bad at being on my own so I’m always with my friends, I don’t like my own company. That’s enough of my breakdown. I’m going to write a list and be productive.’
Prior to her self-professed ‘breakdown’, she took to Instagram to blast ‘mum-shamers’, who criticised a plunging ensemble she wore at the weekend.
Taking to her stories to show fans her outfit for Manchester Pride, she spoke about how her boob job had given her a confidence boost after breastfeeding.
She told fans: ‘Should I be ashamed of how I look because I’m a woman and this is how I look? No, I don’t think there’s anything shameful about being confident or about being sexy. I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
‘I don’t understand how that makes you a bad mum? I’m not perfect, but I try and show my children the importance of being kind.’
