{"id":34878,"date":"2025-08-31T15:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/34878\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T15:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T15:59:17","slug":"helen-flanagan-dating-again-after-heartbreaking-split-with-ex-and-co-parenting-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/34878\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Flanagan dating again after heartbreaking split with ex and co-parenting woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Helen Flanagan is reportedly using the celebrity dating app Raya in a bid to find love again following her &#8216;grown up&#8217; split from ex boyfriend Rob Talbot after a year of dating<\/p>\n<p>11:07, 31 Aug 2025Updated 11:08, 31 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_JS372137497.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Flanagan has joined celebrity dating app Reya after split from Rob Talbot in May\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Helen Flanagan has joined celebrity dating app Reya after split from Rob Talbot in May<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Just three months after her split from Rob Talbot, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/helen-flanagan-breaks-down-tears-35790786\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Helen Flanagan<\/a> has decided to put her past relationship to the back of her mind as she joins <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/celebrities-dating-app-raya-sexy-34492050\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">celebrity dating app, Raya.<\/a> The mum of three, who had in a relationship with the father of two for a year, has reportedly created an account on the notorious app that is favoured by celebs due to its strict rules and vetting process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/helen-flanagan-splits-boyfriend-due-35283237\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Helen called time on her year long romance <\/a>with Rob in May as it&#8217;s believed she struggled to juggle work projects, motherhood and their relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">According to The Sun, her profile pictures for the app have been taken from her seductive shoot with OK! magazine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In the pictures, she is seen posing in a sheer knit dress which draped over a green coloured swimsuit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_helen-flanagan-posing-by-pool.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Flanagan lying on sun lounger by pool wearing gold sparkly long dress\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Helen Flanagan used snaps from OK! photoshoot on her dating profile(Image: Reach PLC \/ Alex James)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In another picture, she is seen flaunting her enviable physique in a blue bikini.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Helen, 35, appears to be following in the footsteps of other celebrities including Lily Allen, presenter Gethin Jones and Dawson&#8217;s Creek actor Joshua Jackson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A source told The Sun at the time of the couple&#8217;s split: &#8220;They want different things in life. She has just landed a new acting job and is trying to juggle work projects with the kids. She sat him down two weeks ago and said, &#8216;This isn&#8217;t working&#8217;&#8230; She just wants to be on her own for a while although she still has feelings for him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_JS374182072.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Flanagan has joined celebrity dating app Reya after split from Rob Talbot in May\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Helen Flanagan has joined celebrity dating app Reya after split from Rob Talbot in May<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, weeks earlier, the TV star who shot to fame playing Rosie in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/coronation-street\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coronation Street<\/a>, revealed that she had asked Rob to move out of the home she shares with her children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Helen and her footballer ex Scott Sinclair split in 2022 after a 13 year relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The couple are parents to Matilda, nine, Delilah, six and Charlie, four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking to The Sun she explained that she asked Rob to stay with her as she felt safe having a man around the house. But she soon realised that it was having an impact on her eldest daughter who she describes as a &#8220;proper daddy&#8217;s girl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking fondly of her relationship with Rob while on the Daily Mail&#8217;s The Life of Bryony podcast in March, she said Rob wooed her with his humour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She explained: &#8220;He&#8217;s lovely. Everybody loves him. I just met him at a bar. I literally, I just, I could not stop laughing at this guy. My boyfriend&#8217;s actually the funniest guy I&#8217;ve ever met. He&#8217;s got two kids and he&#8217;s, he&#8217;s really beautiful with my children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She added: &#8220;I think that&#8217;s what made me fall more in love with him because he&#8217;s so good with my mental health things and that&#8217;s the main thing for me that I need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Helen continued: &#8220;I need someone that&#8217;s good for me mentally and emotionally, that&#8217;s my top thing and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve realised. No disrespect to the father of my children, I&#8217;ll always have that love for him, but he didn&#8217;t know how to cope with me or didn&#8217;t know how to do that, and not everybody does, but because the man that I&#8217;m with now really knows how to do that, it makes me happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mirror<\/a> has contacted Helen&#8217;s reps for a comment.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/money\/shopping-deals\/amazon-shoppers-hail-26-perfume-35801643\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"35801643\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon shoppers hail \u00a326 perfume as perfect match for \u00a3110 luxury scent<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Like this story? 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