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Helen Flanagan took to Instagram on Friday night to celebrate her 35th birthday with a duo of sexy snaps and a profound message about life in her 30s.
The Coronation Street star looked jaw-dropping in a sheer gold dress with an eye-popping bodysuit worn underneath, leaving very little to the imagination, as she marked reaching her mid-thirties with a trip to Positano, Italy.
The dress was entirely see-through, with the gold lamé bodysuit featuring high-rise hips and a racy thong-like bottom to make the most of her assets.
In the caption, Helen discussed the three children she shares with footballer ex-fiancé Scott Sinclair – Matilda, Delilah, six, and Charlie, three – as well as her career.
The stunner, who split from Scott in 2022, also detailed the heartache she has suffered, stating: ‘There’s been a fair share of heartache but I wouldn’t change anything, I think it’s best to feel and love with your whole heart less what’s the point?’
Her birthday festivities come after the ‘broke’ actress recently revealed she is selling her £1million family home months after she told a court she is ‘struggling financially’ before being banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding.
Helen wrote in the caption alongside the dup of racy snaps: ‘My 35th bday dress @joshbirchjonesofficial. Queen Leo energy. Loved my 30s so far so much feel very blessed. I got my beautiful dream boy Charlie…
‘I got to watch Matilda grow into the most amazing little girl and my amazing precious darling Delilah x Did lots of things in my carear that I wanted to do, achieved things that I wanted to do and a hell of a lot of growing…
‘There’s been a fair share of heartache but I wouldn’t change anything, I think it’s best to feel and love with your whole heart less what’s the point? x I get to write the last half of my thirties and I’m excited for this age’.
Helen recently set the record straight about her finances as she shared the sad reason why she has decided to sell her eight-bedroom Cheshire mansion.
She told OK! Magazine: ‘I’m not in a financial crisis. I’m moving because I really need a fresh start. Scott surprised me with this house and it was always supposed to be our happy family home, and it wasn’t that.
‘I like to be light-hearted and I hate to sound depressing, but there is a sadness in this house.’
Despite claiming she is not in financial crisis, in January while in court for speeding charges she claimed she was ‘really struggling financially’ and cannot even afford a £10 taxi to take her son to nursery.
The former soap star admitted it had been ‘a turbulent three years’ and that she wanted to start fresh with her children.
Helen hopes to move to London eventually, but for now, they are planning to stay where they are to avoid disrupting her kids’ education. She admitted that she will struggle to downsize from her lavish eight-bedroom house.
Speaking on The Declutter Hub podcast with Ingrid Jansen and Lesley Spellman, she insisted she was ‘down to earth’ but that moving would be hard.
She shared: ‘I put loads of my savings into making it look really beautiful. It’s eight bedrooms which is hard to keep on top of – it’s a lot…
‘When we move I will struggle to downsize – I don’t want to not sounds down to earth. Bu it will feel weird. It will be more manageable for me.’
Helen split from Scott after 13 years together and then moved on with construction worker Robbie, 45, but they split in May and she now wants to be single.
Speaking to The Mirror, she explained: ‘I’m concentrating on the kids, work, moving house and being with my friends.
‘I’m quite sensitive and struggle with dating. There’s always something with men. Now I want to be single a bit.
‘Robbie was very sweet and kind. He was older than me and cared about me. Sometimes relationships just don’t work long term.’
