Helen Flanigan has opened up on her love for her ex fiance and father of her three children Scott Sinclair 16 months on from their acrimonious split as the former Coronation Street star prepares to relaunch her acting career Helen explained that she has a new confidence about her after growing as a person in a year in which he made a lot of changes and some mistakes the 33-year-old and footballer Scott now with Bristol Rovers Sher Matilda 7 Delila 5 and Charlie 2 Ellen who underwent a boob job earlier this year is back on the dating scene after spending most of her 20s being pregnant or breastfeeding now she has detailed the the paar's co-parenting dynamic as she joins the dating scene for the first time in more than a decade she told the son I love Scott and I know that he loves me but I suppose we just don't like each other very much at the moment we don't really speak and there's no point in pretending that we're the best of friends when we're not what we had was really special and because of that the emotion between us is just too raw luckily I get on really well with his mom and he speaks to my parents so I'm sure Scott and I will eventually have a better relationship discussing what led to their break up Helen said it would be impossible to pinpoint anything specific but admitted she struggled with her mental health following the birth of Charlie in 2021 which put a strain on the relationship at times Scott is a good guy but I felt he wasn't very good with emotions she said Helen continued we got used to doing our own thing I had my own work and friends and so did he we just weren't really together that much maybe I wasn't the easiest person to live with neither was he Dash but there were a lot of factors that led to the end of the relationship it wasn't just one thing almost a year and a half on Helen now uses the VIP dating app rehea in a bid to find love again last month in an Instagram video alongside Matilda meanwhile she revealed she was set to go on a date with a mystery man with the approval of her eldest high on the agenda the clip showed the youngster said my mom's going on a date with someone tomorrow and I think she said said H very hot a blushing Helen replied do you like the look of him I think he looks quite nice Matilda then replied but you think has really hot Helen added yeah I know but Matilda am a bit nervous actually because I don't know him prompting her daughter to reply yeah but you have this dating app so you look at these boys but some of them do this creating a boy impression the rosie Webster actress continued most of them look really creepy don't they Matilda dly agreed follow miror celebs on Snapchat Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube and [Music] threads [Music] no [Music] only [Music] no to know when we come to can make