The soap star is happily in a relationship with a former Marine A.F.C footballer
Helen Flanagan was flooded with messages of support as she celebrated a special family occasion. The soap star is renowned for her role as Rosie Webster in Coronation Street.
The 34-year-old played the character across multiple stints from 2000 – 2018. Helen regularly keeps fans updated with her life away from the screen on Instagram.
She thrilled fans as she revealed she has started a relationship with former footballer Robbie Talbot. Helen made the announcement on Celebs Go Dating last month when she confessed to having a ”secret boyfriend” despite her participation in the E4 series.
Robbie hails from Liverpool and has had a successful non league football career making appearances for teams such as Marine, Morecambe and Burton Albion.
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Helen has taken to Instagram today to reveal the couple are celebrating a special day as Robbie has turned 44. She shared snaps of the two with her 1.1m followers.
The I’m A Celebrity contestant said: “Happy birthday @robbietalbs. The loveliest, kindest, funniest man I’ve ever met. Thank you for looking after me. Love you.”
Corrie star Stephanie Davis took to the comments and said: “Oh I love this.” A follower named Rachel added: “Love this. Gorgeous couple with a beautiful family.”
Pam added: “So happy for you Helen.” Claire posted: “Awwh so happy for you both so beautiful! Happy birthday Robbie!” Jenny added: “So glad you’re happy you look soo good together.”
Helen is a proud mum of three and the whole family enjoyed a trip to Formby beach earlier this month. Helen shared photos from the day with the caption: “Lovely day with my bf and my babies and autumn the fox as Delilah got star of the week.”
Helen was flooded with praise earlier this week when she issued a candid post to detail her battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). On the NHS website, OCD is described as a “mental health condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours”.
Helen has revealed she suffered with the condition after she gave birth to her eldest child Matilda, who is now aged nine. She said: “I had crippling OCD after I had Matilda.
She added: “It would tell me that I was going to chuck her over the stairs balcony when she was tiny, or that I was going to harm my beautiful precious baby that I loved beyond words. My OCD would tell me that I’d cheated on the father of my kids when I adored him and never did and I’d feel so upset when non of it was real it was just my OCD and when he would ask me what was wrong I just couldn’t tell him.”
Helen spoke about the impact the disorder has on her well-being during an episode of the Life Of Bryony podcast. She added: “When I had Charlie my OCD told me that Charlie wasn’t my baby that he was swapped at the hospital and when I was breastfeeding him I felt so heartbroken as I missed my baby that I carried for 9 months, which was of course Charlie, but when you’re ill with your OCD you feel too ashamed to tell anyone as you’re worried that people will think you’re mad or bad. I used to think my baby would be taken off me.
Helen explained how opening up on the condition has helped. She added: “Talking openly with @bryonygordon about my OCD was so empowering and it was a massive f**k you to my OCD as it doesn’t scare me anymore. I know what it is so I know how to treat it.
“It’s a hug to little Helen that used to chat to her mum in the bath and to 21 year old Helen that was like wtf and Helen with bad post natal who thought her babies might be better off without their mummy.
“Your a little bit mad and that’s fine because your definitely not bad. Sending love to anyone else that struggles with OCD you are not on your own and you have my heart.”
