Her soap character Rosie Webster is a member one of Coronation Street's most famous families, and Helen Flanagan proudly introduced her real-life family at a birthday party for her granddad. The 32-year-old mum-of-three, who played Rosie in Corrie from 2000 to 2018, beamed as she joined her grandfather for his 90th birthday celebration.
Helen looked pretty in pink as she partied with her sisters Jane and Jessica. A joyous video posted on Helen's Instagram Stories showed the siblings dancing together as they sang along to the Sister Sledge classic We Are Family.
The Bury actress, who will be seen heading back into the jungle on the new ITV show I'm a Celebrity ... South Africa, also shared a snap of herself with her dad and she shared a video clip of her parents Paul and Julia dancing together.
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Helen was joined at the party by daughters Matilda, seven, Delilah, four and two-year-old son Charlie, who she shares with footballer Scott Sinclair. The I'm A Celebrity ...Get Me Out Of Here! star recently jetted off with her kids for the Easter holidays for a sunshine break in Dubai.
She told her followers: "I took the girls for a week to Dubai with my friend and then for the second week they went to see Scott and Scott's mum who is amazing." She praised: "I'm really, really lucky."
Last week Helen, who took part in I'm a Celebrity in Australia in 2012, admitted to suffering 'mum guilt' as she shared a glimpse inside her isolation period for I'm A Celebrity... South Africa. Helen took part in a small Q&A with her followers on Instagram and was asked about her two-year-old son, Charlie, and whether the one-year-old has a bedtime routine.
"Yes Charlie has an amazing routine," she replied. "He goes to bed really well for me and in his own cot." She then shared: "I have help from a child minder who has become my friend. Sometime I feel guilty I get mum guilt a lot that I can't do every single thing but I try my best."
On her Dubai holiday Helen, who likes sharing her parenting journey with her Instagram followers, took to social media to chat to fans about her struggle with Charlie's tantrums. She confided: "I cannot tell you how horrendous Charlie's tantrums have been."
She shared: "He basically like - and I've got two other children I know what babies can be like - he screamed the restaurant down yesterday. He just screamed."
She explained that she and her friend, who helps her with the children, both attempted to console him but without success. Helen said she could sense people on another table were unhappy.
The actress says she left their table as she thought Charlie might be acting up because she was there, and was grateful to a kindly girl who came over to check on her. "I've come on holiay with my friend who helps me with the kids, so both of us were tryuing our best and there was no consoling him at all," she explained.
"He literally screamed the whole restaurant down and it was a really, really, really busy restaurant. I could feel there was a table - I could just sense it as this is my third child - I don't think they were being that nice to be honest about my parenting. But I was really trying my best to console Charlie."
She added: "There as a nice girl that came up to me so thank you babe. Thank you for comng up to me. We had a hug so thank you for that."
Helen says that when they got back to the room, Charlie's tantrums continued. "I wanted to unpack everything but he would not be put down," she said. Later she said: "I think this is him being 'hey mum this is Charlie.'"
The star previously shared from their first day in Dubai with the snap of them strolling along together. "Supermum vibes every day," she wrote with superhero and love heart emojis. "First day of the kids holiday."
I’m A Celebrity… South Africa, which hits our screens tomorrow night (Monday April 24) sees the return of some the most memorable stars to have tackled the hit reality TV show in the past two decades. Helen will be joined by boxing champion Amir Khan, Diversity dancer and DJ Jordan Banjo, TV presenter Carol Vorderman, Olympic athlete Fatima Whitbread, former royal butler Paul Burrell, ex-England cricketer Phil Tufnell, supermodel Janice Dickinson and the Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder.
But unlike the original format, the first I’m A Celebrity Legend will not feature a public vote. Instead, the celebrities will be competing against one another to be crowned the legend.
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