HELEN Flanagan has laid bare her struggles with an “up and down” Christmas period without her kids amid her feud with baby-daddy Scott Sinclair.

The former actress, 35, took to her page to give an insight into her state of mind after over his parenting choices.

Helen Flanagan looking up and to the right, with a quote overlay about having an "up and down" mood.Helen Flanagan has broken her silence on her ‘up and down’ Christmas without her kidsCredit: Instagram Helen Flanagan embracing Scott Sinclair.It comes after the soap star’s brutal rant at ex Scott Sinclair this monthCredit: Instagram Scotty Sinclair posing with his three children in a wooded area.The footballer showcased his Christmas with the pair’s three kids in a snap posted to InstagramCredit: Instagram/Scotty_sinclair Helen Flanagan with her three children in matching pink and blue pajamas.Helen told how she had ‘struggled’ with the thought of being away from her brood during her stint in pantoCredit: Instagram

Recently, Helen as he lived it up in Abu Dhabi, rather than attending their son’s nativity play.

Yet putting the drama to one side, she posed in a pink halterneck top as she stretched back on a chair, looking up towards the ceiling.

In her frank caption , who is through the festive season, posted: “Been a bit up and down mood wise the past few days.

“So not really been on my social so thought we could have a catch up.”

She then posted a throwback snap to last year’s festivities with her three children Matilda, 10, Delilah, seven, and Charlie, four.

Helen her ex-fiancé in 2022 after 13 years together.

She added the words: “I struggled with the kids going for Christmas a few days before they went.

“I know it’s just a day.

“They went on the 22nd and I don’t get them back until I finish panto.”

Referring to the snap, she added: “This was last year at my mum’s.”

She recently took to her social media pages to in raising their brood.

Meanwhile, Helen’s ex Scott took to Instagram to with their brood.

TOUGH TIMES

His upload came just days after Helen at her ex Scott after he missed their to party at the Formula One.

“You really are a piece of s***,” Helen raged, as she shared Scott’s Instagram post.

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“How dare you not turn up to Charlie’s nativity.”

Scott, 36, had posted snaps from his weekend in the United Arab Emirates where he watched .

“What a weekend-Abu Dhabi F1,” Scott wrote.

He added: “Happy Days, blurry nights..”

Meanwhile Helen posted a snap of her cuddling their son, writing: “Loved Charlie’s nativity. My star, my heartbeat.”

She recently hinted at , telling The Sun: “He lives like Somerset and I live in Lancashire. So we live so far away from each other, which is really difficult when you’ve got three young children.

“I hate calling it co-parenting because I don’t really feel like a co-parent to be honest with you anyway.”

She has been by posting a series of sizzling snaps donning festive attire.

The soap star also as she donned a plunging bra, thong and suspender stockings.

MUM GUILT

Back in 2023, she told of the heartbreaking reason she was

That year, she told how they would be spending December 25 with Scott and their nanna in – 190 miles from her home in .

She said: “My children really miss their daddy and they’re very close to their nanna, so they’re going to spend with them. I won’t have them for about four days.

“It will actually be the first Christmas that I don’t have my children.”

However, Helen still had festive fun as she took the children, and her friends, to to ring in the New Year.

Helen Flanagan taking a selfie with Scott Sinclair, with "hubby" written above them.Helen branded Scott a ‘piece of s**t’ this month after he missed their son’s nativity to watch the F1Credit: instagram Scott Sinclair and Helen Flanagan's children pose with family at a Christmas meal.The sports star brushed off the fracas as he uploaded images of his special dayCredit: Instagram A woman in red lace lingerie with white fur trim and a red ribbon tied at the front, standing in front of a Christmas tree.Helen has also been distracting herself by posting sizzling snaps onlineCredit: Refer to source