HELEN Flanagan broke down in tears as she confessed fears nobody will ever love her.
The actress, 34, stars in the current series of Celebs Go Dating and in tonight’s episode she makes a frank admission.
Helen split from footballer Scott Sinclair in 2022 and opened up about the break-up in a session with the dating agency experts.
Discussing the reason she and Scott, 35, split after 13 years and three children, she said: “I think it was just… we weren’t right for each other. We weren’t compatible anymore.
“I remember, I always used to feel quite invisible with Scott. I feel like I was always fighting to get his attention. The arguments that we’d have were just so… it was really sad.”
Dating agent Anna Williamson then brought up Helen’s behaviour at the masquerade mixer during episode one, saying: “You were quite upfront about the fact that you’re a mum.”
As former Coronation Street star Helen started to tear up, Anna quickly added: “It’s not a criticism.”
But Helen said: “No, it’s fine, because I know I do it. I don’t know why I do it, I think… I don’t know if I feel like anyone’s going to really love me.”
In last night’s show Helen went on a date with 23-year-old Luke and it proved to be a huge success.
They got on so well that they ended up snogging at dinner multiple times and, at the end of the night, agreed to go on a second date.
Speaking in her VT, Helen said: “Things are going really well with Luke and he’s got amazing eyes – it’s time for the cougar m**f to pounce.”
On the date she tactfully challenged him to a staring contest, where she looked deeply into his eyes.
She giggled as he told her: “You can’t laugh, you’ve failed already”.
“You just blinked,” he pointed out and she repeated: “I just blinked,” before leaning in for a kiss.
