Helen Flanagan has revealed the real reason she and her ex-fiancé broke up.
The TV personality shares Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, three with ex-fiancé and Bristol Rovers player Scott Sinclair.
Helen split from fiancé Scott in October 2022 after 13 years together, four of which they were engaged.
The former Coronation Street star, 34, told Bryony Gordon on The Mail’s The Life of Bryony podcast, she said the footballer didn’t understand her OCD or mental health.
‘I mean, I absolutely adore the father of my children,’ she said,
‘I was with him for a really long time, but I think one of the problems with me and Scott is he didn’t understand.
‘He didn’t try to understand really, but he’s not a bad guy.
‘He had a lot of his own stuff going on, but I felt like he wasn’t there for me a lot with those kind of things.
‘I think that was one of the reasons we broke down.
‘And then I remember after I had Charlie, I remember I didn’t think he was my baby.
‘For quite a while because I remember he was born with like a lot of like dark hair and next to me in the ward there was this Asian couple, but I thought for some reason that the midwife would have swapped my baby because I was confused I had this baby with black hair but that wasn’t obviously the midwife, this was my OCD because Just playing up.’
The TV personality shares Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, three with ex-fiancé and Bristol Rovers player Scott Sinclair
She has previously opened up about having postnatal depression, OCD and intrusive thoughts as well as having ADHD.
The TV star recently moved her new boyfriend Robbie Talbot into her family home.
The construction firm boss, 44, has been living in the former Coronation Street star’s home since last month, eight months since the pair began dating.
Mr Talbot has reportedly take on ‘stepdad’ duties and is often seen at the school gates with Helen’s three children.
‘I’ve got a really lovely boyfriend now and I’m really happy,’ she said.
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