Helen Flanagan reveals her OCD got so bad she convinced herself she cheated on Scott Sinclair

Coronation Street prima Helen Flanagan was with footballer Scott Sinclair for 13 years earlier their divided successful 2022. They besides stock 3 children together

Helen Flanagan said her intelligence wellness erstwhile reached a constituent wherever she convinced herself she cheated connected ex-partner Scott Sinclair.

The Coronation Street actress, 34, was with shot prima Scott for 13 years earlier their divided successful 2022. They stock 3 children - Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, three. She moved connected with Robbie Talbot aft keeping him concealed for respective months earlier it was each revealed connected Celebs Go Dating.

Meanwhile, Scott has since moved connected with exemplary Louise Tarver – and Helen antecedently revealed she recovered retired astir it aft uncovering photos of her connected her iPad, admitting to screaming astatine him: “I f***ing hatred you!” connected a nationalist train. In a caller interview, Helen opened up astir her intelligence wellness and however it affected her relationship.

At 1 point, her OCD - oregon obsessive-compulsive disorder, a intelligence wellness information wherever a idiosyncratic has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours - got truthful atrocious that she believed she cheated connected ex-fiancé Scott with a alien during her archetypal nighttime retired aft welcoming girl Matilda.

Speaking on Daily Mail's The Life of Bryony podcast, she said: "I retrieve being out, I deliberation I was struggling postnatally, I retrieve being connected a nighttime out, my archetypal nighttime retired since having Matilda and I was wearing reddish lipstick and I saw determination was this feline and helium had similar a reddish lipstick people connected his face.

"And for immoderate crushed my OCD erstwhile I got location told maine that I slept with him successful the toilet and that I cheated connected Scott and I didn't adjacent spell adjacent the feline I conscionable saw a reddish lipstick people connected his face." Last month, Helen discussed co-parenting with her ex-fiancé and said it was "a lot".

Speaking to big Lorraine Kelly, Helen admitted: “It’s not easy. I did find it very, precise difficult. I deliberation co-parenting, arsenic well, is simply a travel successful itself. I’m not young, but I’m 31 and I’ve got 3 children. I felt similar possibly if I was 10 years older, but astatine this property you’re inactive learning astir yourself, inactive uncovering yourself.

“But I spot my narration with Scott arsenic similar a divorce. We had 3 children, a house, we were engaged. If you’re 10 years older possibly you tin woody with it a small better, but it was a lot, yeah.” She besides discussed her caller narration with Robbie, with who she started going connected dates with successful aboriginal 2024.

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