Helen Flanagan reveals Coronation Street boss’s warning to stars who do I’m A Celeb and Alan Halsall’s secret advantage

FORMER Coronation Street prima Helen Flanagan has revealed what she thinks of Alan Halsall's chances of being crowned king of the jungle - and the brutal proposal she was fixed by Corrie bosses.

Actress and world TV prima Helen, who starred connected I'm A Celeb successful 2012, has spoken retired astir the blunt words of informing from ITV soap chiefs.

The 34-year-old told The Sun: "Alan volition beryllium great, due to the fact that I've known Alan since I was similar a small girl.

"So I was successful Corrie erstwhile I was 9 and I retrieve Alan from there. I retrieve filming a wedding with him. So, yeah, Alan's great."

She added: "I deliberation what's large astir being successful Coronation Street arsenic good is you larn to beryllium truly bully with a batch of people.

"It makes you a people's idiosyncratic due to the fact that you're dealing with actors of antithetic ages, from each antithetic kinds of backgrounds.

"You’re astir truthful galore antithetic people, truthful he'll beryllium large successful the camp. I deliberation erstwhile you're connected Coronation Street that's a truly bully happening arsenic well, due to the fact that it's specified a societal happening being successful the greenish country and things."

She added: "Alan's very, very, precise down to earth and he’s precise overmuch a dad, isn't he, and he's got a small girl. He volition cognize it’s hard and helium volition beryllium capable to bash the challenges."

Speaking astir the Corrie bosses, she said: "Because I’m A Celebrity has been going connected for truthful long, truthful galore radical person done the jungle retired of Coronation Street.

"They fto you know, ‘Look, it's truly hard. Don't spell successful determination reasoning it's going to beryllium easy, due to the fact that it's going to beryllium really, truly pugnacious and you're going to person to truly excavation deep'. But Alan’s decidedly up to the job."

Helen's revelations travel aft she has admitted she wants to instrumentality to the Cobbles.

The histrion and world prima past appeared connected the soap surface successful 2018, earlier going connected maternity permission with 2nd girl Delilah.

While she's been connected tele since, including Celebs Go Dating and I'm A Celebrity All Stars, Helen is longing to reprise the relation of Rosie Webster.

She told The Sun: "I would perfectly emotion to spell backmost to Coronation Street.

"I unrecorded present wherever I did increasing up and I've moved astir truthful much, you know, with my ex, football and stuff, truthful I'm back.

"But to beryllium capable to bash Coronation Street, they would person to inquire maine back.

"Also if I went backmost and stuff, I'd privation to beryllium successful a bully storyline and what person you."

Perhaps Helen's biggest storyline was erstwhile she had a arguable matter with teacher John Stape, who was successful a narration with Fiz astatine the time.

The villainous teacher went onto aboriginal kidnap her successful a jealous rage. He kept her locked successful his gran's workplace location attic but was saved by Fiz.