Helen Flanagan has turned to celebrity dating app Raya in a last ditch attempt to find love after breaking off her relationship with boyfriend Robbie Taylor.
The mother-of-three has set up an account with the subscription based dating platform, favoured by numerous single stars because of its stringent vetting process, as she moves on from her recent separation.
Flanagan, 35, ended her year long romance in May, with friends claiming she’d struggled to balance her role as a parent with her career, while also maintaining a relationship with Talbot.
But recent Raya uploads suggest the former Coronation Street star is ready to move on, just three months on from their split.
Among Flanagan’s profile pictures is a sultry image from her recent shoot with OK! magazine, in which she models a sheer knit dress over a green swimsuit.
Another finds the actress showing off her physique in a skimpy blue bikini set, while a third captures her close-up as she offers the camera a smouldering look.
Helen Flanagan has turned to celebrity dating app Raya in a last ditch attempt to find love after breaking off her relationship with boyfriend Robbie Taylor
Flanagan ended her romance with Taylor in May, with friends claiming she was struggling to juggle her role as a parent with her career, while also maintaining their relationship.
Other celebrities known to frequent Raya include TV presenter Gethin Jones, Dawson’s Creek star Joshua Jackson, and singer Lily Allen, among others.
Friends confirmed the actress had broken off her relationship with Talbot in May after experiencing a change of heart.
A source told The Sun: ‘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, ”This isn’t working”… She just wants to be on her own for a while although she still has feelings for him.’
Weeks earlier Flanagan admitted she was no longer living with Talbot after he briefly moved into her home, claiming it wasn’t helpful for her children who ‘miss’ their dad.
The actress and her ex fiance Scott Sinclair, 36, separated in 2022 after 13 years together. The pair share three children, Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and son Charlie, four.
She told The Sun: ‘I’d asked him to stay for a while, because I often get quite scared in the house on my own and feel safer with a man there.
‘But Matilda is very sensitive and a proper daddy’s girl, and she struggles with not seeing Scott as often as she’d like.
The actress and ex fiance Scott Sinclair (pictured) separated in 2022 after 13 years together
Earlier this year Flanagan admitted she was no longer living with Talbot after he briefly moved into her home, sharing at the time it wasn’t helpful for her children who ‘miss’ their dad
‘I always think about how she feels when she misses her dad, and having my boyfriend there maybe doesn’t help her.’
Speaking on the Daily Mail’s The Life of Bryony podcast in March, Flanagan admitted Talbot initially won her over with his sense of humour.
She said: ‘He’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’s actually the funniest guy I’ve ever met. He’s got two kids and he’s, he’s really beautiful with my children.’
‘I think that’s what made me fall more in love with him because he’s so good with my mental health things and that’s the main thing for me that I need.’
She added: ‘I need someone that’s good for me mentally and emotionally, that’s my top thing and that’s what I’ve realised.’
‘No disrespect to the father of my children, I’ll always have that love for him, but he didn’t know how to cope with me or didn’t know how to do that, and not everybody does, but because the man that I’m with now really knows how to do that, it makes me happy.’
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