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Helen Flanagan Calls OCD 'Crippling' in Lorraine Interview as She Launches Candid Memoir

The ITV appearance promotes a book centered on mental health after a painful breakup.

Overview

  • Helen Flanagan appeared on ITV’s Lorraine on February 9 to discuss her new memoir, Head & Heart: Break-ups, Breakdowns and Being Rosie.
  • She said she has lived with obsessive compulsive disorder since childhood, describing it on air as “crippling.”
  • Flanagan revealed she suffered hyperemesis gravidarum during all three pregnancies, calling the experience “horrendous.”
  • She framed the book as an unfiltered account focused on mental health and spoke about the pain of her 2022 split, saying she hopes her story comforts others.
  • Flanagan said she would love to return to Coronation Street and is currently cast in The Memory of Water at Bolton’s Octagon Theatre.