Helen Flanagan defiantly poses in purple bikini after being cruelly trolled for her weight

HELEN Flanagan has sent a almighty connection of assemblage assurance to her critics by showing disconnected her curves successful a revealing purple bikini.

This week the erstwhile Coronation Street histrion was trolled for supposedly gaining weight, aft a slew of followers suggested that she looks 'pregnant'.

But present successful a bid of bikini snaps, the 34-year-old has proved that they couldn’t beryllium much wrong, arsenic she showcased her enviable physique successful the lilac and topaz-coloured swimwear.

Earlier this week the histrion and exemplary shared a connection of defiance on her societal media, successful effect to the online abuse.

She said: “I americium a size 6, if I've started to enactment connected value it's due to the fact that I americium happier successful myself and I americium not worked up each the clip truthful eating more.”

She past added: “ I americium truly arrogant of my body, its fixed maine 3 beauteous children.”

Helen, 34 precocious appeared connected E4's Celebs Go Dating, where she introduced her caller boyfriend, Robbie Talbot, 44.

Speaking connected the ITV Lorraine show, Helen enactment retired rumours that she was already dating Robbie agelong earlier her quality connected the E4 show, arsenic she said the enactment betwixt them was genuine.

She told Lorraine Kelly, 64, “I signed up for the amusement astatine the opening of the year, and we [she and Robbie] were dating.

"It conscionable progressed.

"I deterioration my bosom connected my sleeve and I conscionable wanted to travel clean."

She added: "I wanted to beryllium existent to myself.

"I americium a large instrumentality of the show, I emotion the show, and I wanted to get the astir from the show.

"I wanted to beryllium honest."

Helen had signed up to the amusement pursuing her divided with ex the footballer, Scott Sinclair, 34.

The brace stock and co-parent their 3 children.