{"id":320973,"date":"2025-12-17T13:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/320973\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:33:11","slug":"helen-flanagan-brands-ex-scott-sinclair-a-piece-of-s-as-itv-coronation-street-star-pens-furious-outburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/320973\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Flanagan brands ex Scott Sinclair a &#8216;piece of s***&#8217; as ITV Coronation Street star pens furious outburst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan unleashed a furious tirade against her ex-fianc\u00e9 Scott Sinclair on Instagram on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The soap star ended up labelling her former beau &#8220;a piece of s***&#8221; over claims he failed to attend their youngest child&#8217;s school nativity.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old soap star publicly called out the Bristol Rovers footballer after he shared photographs from his weekend at the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Reposting Mr Sinclair&#8217;s images to her Instagram Stories, Ms Flanagan wrote: &#8220;You really are a piece of s*** @scotty_sinclair.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"35a99\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"b94488c6258a061c0b6c2b057118ed08\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20473%20800'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765978390_242_image.png\" width=\"473\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How dare you not turn up to Charlie&#8217;s nativity?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who separated in 2022 following 13 years together, share four-year-old son Charlie.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sinclair&#8217;s social media post featured images from the racing circuit, drinks with friends, and a yacht, accompanied by the caption: &#8220;What a weekend-Abu Dhabi F1.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The footballer was in attendance as Lando Norris clinched his maiden Drivers&#8217; Championship title at the season finale.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"e83cc\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"46607aa6d3552f2a1bba35a296e84036\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%203273%204708'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/helen-flanagan.jpg\" width=\"3273\" height=\"4708\" alt=\"Helen Flanagan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Helen Flanagan and ex Scott Sinclair share three children<\/p>\n<p> |  PA<\/p>\n<p>Following her criticism of her former partner, Ms Flanagan shared a tender photograph of herself embracing Charlie, writing: &#8220;Loved Charlie&#8217;s nativity. My star, my heartbeat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also posted an image describing her son as the &#8220;best boy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Flanagan and Mr Sinclair also have two daughters together: Matilda, aged 10, and seven-year-old Delilah.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the actress spoke candidly about ending the long-term relationship, revealing it was ultimately her decision to walk away.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"f7ca3\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"2ed48fa353991846c8d7065df6318229\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%203424%205180'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765978391_259_helen-flanagan.jpg\" width=\"3424\" height=\"5180\" alt=\"Helen Flanagan\"\/>Helen Flanagan is best known for her role in ITV soap Coronation Street  | PA<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Me and Scott really loved each other, but we were always quietly breaking up and then getting back together, so it had been a long time coming,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the end, it was me who decided. I&#8217;ll always be sad it didn&#8217;t work out and we still have love for each other, but we&#8217;re happier apart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Flanagan, who appeared on Celebs Go Dating last year, has previously admitted she struggles with single life.<\/p>\n<p>The former I&#8217;m A Celebrity campmate is preparing to release her autobiography, Head &amp; Heart: Break-ups, Breakdowns and Being Rosie, in January.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the memoir, she said: &#8220;I was going to have to revisit painful times, digging deep into experiences I&#8217;d have much rather left buried in the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;I&#8217;ve made mistakes, I&#8217;ve been hurt and I&#8217;ve had to rebuild from rock bottom, but I&#8217;ve also learned, grown and come out the other side a better, stronger person. Telling my truth meant no hiding &#8211; no glossing over or airbrushing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Tuesday&#8217;s public clash, Ms Flanagan has previously acknowledged that while she and Mr Sinclair occasionally tell each other to &#8220;f**k off&#8221;, they have generally maintained a civil co-parenting arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s helped that our families get on and I have a good relationship with his mum,&#8221; she noted.<\/p>\n<p>After sharing Mr Sinclair&#8217;s post, both sets of fans came out swinging on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Mr Sinclair&#8217;s F1 post, one of Ms Flanagan&#8217;s fans commented: &#8220;Lol of course you\u2019d go to the f1 in Abu Dhabi instead of a child\u2019s nativity play is a no brainer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This prompted another social media user to weigh in: &#8220;Stop getting involved in peoples private life. You are not in it to know the ins and out!!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This era of social media is toxic. Focus on your family and don&#8217;t get involved in things you don&#8217;t have full facts.&#8221; (sic)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan unleashed a furious tirade against her ex-fianc\u00e9 Scott Sinclair on Instagram on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,830,2525,96,347,50,2331,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-320973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-coronation-street","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-itv","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-sgg","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}