HELEN Flanagan has opened up on a “difficult” fallout from her split with her ex that impacts her relationship with her daughter Matilda.
The former Coronation Street actress, 35, took to her Instagram page to give an insight into her state of mind after her children returned from their Christmas stay with Scott Sinclair.
In her frank video Helen, who starred as the Wicked Queen in Liverpool’s Snow White panto through the festive season, began by stating that she now had her kids back.
Her three children Matilda, 10, Delilah, seven, and Charlie, four had all been spending Christmas with their father Scott, 36.
Helen said: “What I find probably the most difficult is probably with Maltida because I feel like she’s the eldest.
“Me and her Dad broke up when she was seven.
“I feel like Delilah is just so oblivious she doesn’t care, Charlie doesn’t care he was one.
“But Matilda is sensitive and she takes everything very much in and every single time that I get her back, she’s in a mood with me.
“She’s really moody, she’s got attitude, she’s really sassy and it’s just expected because I know it’s what it’s like.
“And I think it’s almost like she feels like I’m kind of disowning her in a way when I’ve not got her and it’s not.
“Regardless of mine and her Dad’s relationship I always want her to have a relationship with her father because I think that’s good for her.
“And regardless of everything that goes on, I always tell her that her Dad loves her and that she must love her Dad.
“It’s totally separate.”
This comes weeks after Helen publicly slated her ex Scott Sinclair for skipping their son’s Christmas nativity.
The mum-of-three lashed out online at the Bristol Rovers footballer after he posted about spending a weekend in Abu Dhabi at the Grand Prix instead.
Scott had posted snaps from his weekend in the United Arab Emirates where he watched Lando Norris secure his maiden Drivers’ Championship title.
“What a weekend-Abu Dhabi F1,” Scott wrote.
He added: “Happy Days, blurry nights..”
“You really are a piece of s***,” Helen raged, as she shared Scott’s Instagram post.
“How dare you not turn up to Charlie’s nativity.”
Meanwhile Helen posted a snap of her cuddling their son, writing: “Loved Charlie’s nativity. My star, my heartbeat.”
The Coronation Street star split from her ex-fiancé Scott in 2022 after 13 years together.
She recently hinted at trouble “co-parenting” with Scott, telling The Sun: “He lives like Somerset and I live in Lancashire. So we live so far away from each other, which is really difficult when you’ve got three young children.
“I hate calling it co-parenting because I don’t really feel like a co-parent to be honest with you anyway.”
She recently took to her social media pages to praise her mum for her support in raising their brood.
“My mum’s incredible,” Helen said.
“She really helps me bring up my children really. I’m very lucky to have that support.”