Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Helen Flanagan recently jetted off on her first holiday abroad as a single mum to sun-soaked Barbados with her three children.
But while the former Corrie actress enjoyed spending quality time with her brood during the getaway she described on social media as "paradise", she missed having ex Scott Sinclair around.
A source close to the actress told OK! that for Helen, going on days out with just the four of them, and seeing other families together, was a reminder of how much she appreciated having a traditional family unit.
But they added that Helen, 32, who shares Matilda, eight, Delilah, five, and two-year-old Charlie with her former fiancé, has no regrets about separating from Bristol Rovers player Scott, who she dated for 13 years.
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