Helen Flanagan wore her engagement ring on 'I'm A Celebrity... South Africa' to avoid talking about her breakup.
Helen Flanagan wore her engagement ring in South Africa
The former 'Coronation Street' star split from footballer fiance Scott Sinclair - with whom she has children Matilda, seven, Delilah, four, and two-year-old Charlie - just two months before heading to Kruger National Park to film the new ITV reality show spin off in September 2022.
She told OK! Magazine: "I did wear my engagement ring when I was in the jungle. We'd only just broken up, and I didn't want everyone to be asking, 'Where's your ring?'
"I didn't want to talk about it... I wanted to keep it private for the kids, I didn't want to be talking about it on the show.
"I did find that difficult, because I had all that going on in my head. He's a very private person, while I'm an open book. But we were together for 13 years - we both needed to deal with the breakup."
The pair first started dating in 2009, and got engaged when he proposed at Disneyland Paris nine years later.
The 32-year-old actress revealed the couple split in July last year, and dismissed recent speculation they could rekindle their romance after being spotted together in Dubai.
She explained: "Scott was there on a break from training, so we spent a day together with the kids. That was it."
While she was later photographed with a ring on her engagement finger, she laughed off the confusion.
She added: "That's so typical of me - I didn't even think about wearing a ring on that finger!"
She also played down any suggestion of a reconciliation for the former flames, noting that her priority is their children.
Asked about the possibility, she said: "No. I just hope we can be good friends and co-parent."
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