Helen Flanagan praised as she shares 'sad' reality of being home alone for first time after Scott Sinclair split

Helen Flanagan has been praised by her followers after sharing an honest and open insight into her home life following her split from Scott Sinclair. The actress, 32 and from Bury, was engaged to the footballer, who she shares her three children with, but the pair ended their relationship last year.

Helen, who is best known for playing the role of Rosie Webster in the Coronation Street from 2000 to 2012, is currently appearing on screens in I'm A Celebrity... South Africa as she hopes to be crowned the show's first ever legend. But with the show having being filmed last year, the actress still has her huge engagement ring firmly on display.

Whilst the show airs on ITV, Helen has been sharing her day-to-day life with her one million followers on Instagram, and has recently opened up about spending the Bank Holiday weekend celebrating the King's Coronation alone at her family home.

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The actress admitted that she had faced being in her family house on her own for the first time as she admitted it's 'okay to cry'.

Sharing a post on Instagram, she said: "So this long weekend was my first weekend that I didn’t have my kids as they were having a good time with their daddy and nanna.

"I usually when my kids go away make sure I go out, usually run to london and get drunk with my friends. I felt like it was time though to face being in my family house on my own which is something I’ve put off for a very long time as I didn’t want to feel sad. But sometimes I suppose you’ve just got to feel stuff and it’s ok to cry.

"I wanted to share this because sometimes we scroll on Instagram and things can look perfect but in reality some things are just S**t … also I