"I Don’t Like Him—And I Resent Him’: Helen Flanagan’s Heartbreaking Confession About ‘Hellish’ Three Years with Scott Sinclair, His ‘Nasty’ Betrayal, and the Psychotic Episode That Left Her Fearing for Her Life"
In a raw, tearful, and deeply personal interview that lays bare years of private pain, Helen Flanagan has broken her silence on the traumatic collapse of her relationship with former fiancé Scott Sinclair, revealing a “hellish” three-year spiral marked by emotional turmoil, a shocking betrayal, and a terrifying psychotic episode that left her convinced she might not survive.
The 34-year-old actress—best known for her decade-long role as Rosie Webster in Coronation Street—spoke with unflinching honesty about the man once hailed as her “soulmate,” now described in words that cut deeper than any tabloid headline:
“I don’t like him. I resent him for what he’s done.”
A Love Story Turned Nightmare
Flanagan and Sinclair, the former Manchester City winger, began dating in 2015 and quickly became one of British football’s golden couples. They welcomed two daughters together, bought a dream home in Cheshire, and seemed to embody domestic bliss. But behind the glossy magazine spreads and Instagram-perfect family photos, Helen says, the reality was unraveling.
“It started slowly,” she recalls, voice trembling. “The criticism. The control. The way he’d twist things so I felt like I was the problem. By the end, I didn’t recognize myself.”
The final blow came, she reveals, when Sinclair made what she describes as a “nasty, calculated move” during their separation—one that left her “furious” and emotionally shattered. While she stops short of full disclosure for legal reasons, sources close to Helen confirm it involved manipulating custody arrangements and leaking private conversations to mutual friends to paint her as unstable.
“He weaponized my vulnerability,” she says. “At my lowest point, when I was barely holding on, he used it against me. That’s not love. That’s cruelty.”
The Night She Thought She’d Die
But the darkest chapter came in early 2023, during what Helen now calls her “psychotic break.” Already struggling with postpartum anxiety and the stress of co-parenting amid conflict, she suffered a severe mental health crisis triggered by sleep deprivation and emotional exhaustion.
“I stopped sleeping for days,” she recounts. “I thought the walls were breathing. I heard voices telling me I didn’t deserve my children. I was convinced someone was coming to take them—and that I’d be better off gone.”
Terrified for her life and her daughters’ safety, she called emergency services. She was hospitalized for 10 days under psychiatric care—a period she calls “the most humbling and horrifying of my life.”
“I kept thinking, ‘This is how it ends. Alone, broken, forgotten.’”
Instead, it became her turning point.
Rebuilding from the Ashes
Today, Helen is in therapy, rebuilding her career (with a new TV drama role on the horizon), and fiercely focused on her daughters. She’s also become an advocate for maternal mental health, urging women to seek help before crisis hits.
“I’m not ashamed anymore,” she says firmly. “Mental illness isn’t weakness. And surviving it? That’s strength.”
As for Sinclair, who has since moved on with a new partner and rarely speaks publicly about their split, Helen makes one thing clear: there will be no reconciliation, no forgiveness—not yet.
“I loved him once,” she admits. “But what he did during my breakdown… that wasn’t just betrayal. It was abandonment. And I’m still healing from that.”
A Message to Others in the Dark
Helen hopes her story will reach women silently suffering in toxic relationships or mental health crises.
“If you’re thinking, ‘I can’t tell anyone—I’ll look crazy’—please, say it out loud. One sentence can save your life.”
She pauses, then adds softly:
“I’m still here. And every day, I choose to stay.”
Her journey is far from over—but for the first time in years, Helen Flanagan is no longer running from her past.
She’s reclaiming it.
And in doing so, she’s found something she thought she’d lost forever:
herself.
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