HELEN Flanagan broke down in tears as she admitted she “f****** hates co-parenting” and is struggling with her anxiety.
The former Coronation Street star, shares Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, three, with the former footballer ex finance Scott Sinclair.
Helen said she finds it hard being apart from her children[/caption]
During an emotional clip shared to her Instagram, Helen, 35, said her kids spent half of the summer holidays with their dad.
The I’m A Celebrity star explained that her children would be visiting her parents house before heading off to their dad’s.
Breaking down and crying, Helen said: “So I’m just going to my mum and dad’s now, I’ve asked them to pick up the kids but it’s really hard now because I don’t want them to go and then I just f**king hate co-parenting. I really really struggle…
“I really struggle when they go away because I only like them going away if I’m doing something.
“It’s really hard. It’s really hard, I made this really hard decision…”
Despite the difficulty of being apart, Helen said she’d be able to enjoy some much-needed alone time to herself.
She continued: “Some time might do me good because I had really bad anxiety recently because I haven’t had a minute because I’m always with the kids. It’s a double-edged sword…
“When they go, I want them back and when I’m with them all the time I get really overwhelmed.”
She went on: “I’m going to stop crying now, but I do think it’s good to cry just to get it out.
“I’ve just had bad anxiety recently and I think if I go and exercise and spend some time with my friends and get some sleep and do things I can’t normally do when I’m with the kids…
“[I need to] get myself organised with the kids going back to school, mum’s helped me get organised with uniform and stuff and all the things to remember.”
Helen then opened up about what she struggles with the most when she’s alone.
She added: “I find it difficult because when you have them all the time and then it’s the anxiety and I think ‘I should have been more patient here’, but it is what it is.
“It’ll be fine. It’s just a build up of anxiety. None of it’s easy is it?
“I’m fine. I really struggle being on my own, not just in a relationship but I’m always with one of my friends. I think this is why I love social media because I’m always connecting with people.
“I’m really bad at being on my own so I’m always with my friends, I don’t like my own company.
“That’s enough of my breakdown.
“I’m going to write a list and be productive.”
HITTING BACK
It comes after Helen hit back at cruel mum-shamers while wearing a tiny bra as she defended her boob job.
Cruel trolls left nasty comments on a recent snap of her wearing a busty turquoise dress.
One wrote: “Who on earth is she? dress is too small anyway.”
But now Helen has hit back at the haters with a defiant message.
Helen explained how she attended the “most beautiful wedding” over the weekend before showing off her Pride outfit.
Helen wore a tiny black bra with a silver sequin suit.
She noted that she would “probably get nasty comments” because she’s showing off her cleavage.
“Honestly, when I finished breast-feeding, I could have tied my boobs in a bow. They was so bad,” she confessed.
She then showed off the results of her boob job and said: “Before I had kids, I had natural E cup boobs.”
The star said she get comments from people saying “oh, you’re a mum, you should cover up” and “your kids would be ashamed of you”.
But Helen hit back saying: “This is actually my body,” and explained it was her natural size before she started breastfeeding.
She asked: “Should I be ashamed of how I look because I’m a woman and this is how I look?
“I don’t think there’s anything shameful about being confident or about being sexy. I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
“I don’t understand how that makes you a bad mum?” she said, sounding confused.
“I’m not perfect, but I try and show my children the importance of being kind,” Helen added, noting how she would never want them to “drag other women down”.