Former Coronation Street star makes tearful co-parenting admission in candid video

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27 Aug 2025 • 1:33 AM MYT
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  • Helen Flanagan, the former Coronation Street star, shared an emotional Instagram clip on Monday, 25 August, admitting she "hates co-parenting" her three children with ex-fiancé Scott Sinclair.
  • She broke down in tears, stating she finds it "really hard" when Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, three, go to stay with their father.
  • Flanagan sobbed that she "really, really struggle[s] when they go away" and only likes them going if she is doing something herself.
  • This follows her recent admission about the difficulties of parenthood, specifically struggling to calm her four-year-old son before bed.
  • Watch the video in full above

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