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Helen Flanagan mum-shamed over birthday 'cigarette smoking' video

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Published 10:49 8 Aug 2023 GMT+1

Helen Flanagan mum-shamed over birthday 'cigarette smoking' video

Some people are flooding to social media to criticise Helen Flanagan over her birthday Instagram post.

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Some people are flooding to social media to criticise Helen Flanagan over her birthday Instagram post.

The former Coronation Street actor has leapt on a TikTok trend in a recent post to Instagram to mark her birthday.

Born on 7 August, 1990, it was Flanagan's 33rd birthday yesterday - however, some of her followers took to her post in condemnation rather than celebration of the mum-of-three. Catch a look at the post here:

Flanagan shared a video of herself with her pink, cherry-topped birthday cake to her Instagram profile, where she can be seen lighting a candle in her mouth with a lighter, as if the candle is a cigarette.

Flanagan then removes the candle from her mouth and sticks it in the cake - iced with the words, 'Thirty-three and thriving' - before blowing it out and smiling at the camera.

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Flanagan may simply be jumping on a TikTok trend, the 'birthday smoking candle trend' with over 100 million views on the social media platform, however, some of her Instagram followers are not amused.

Apparently trolls don't take a day off, even on people's birthdays.
Instagram/@hjgflanagan

One user commented: "I love you @hjgflanagan but a smoking action is not ok and influential in a negative way. Happy birthday though. Hope you have the best day."

"Oh god Helen stop being so desperate …." Another added as a third wrote: "Who lights a candle like that strange and weird."

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However, others were quick to leap to the soap star's defence.

"Same people bashing her for lighting a ‘candle’ are the same reason there is ‘Do Not Drink’ on bleach bottles… happy birrrfffdayyyy Helen," a user argued.

Some disagreed with the message they believe Helen Flanagan is sending by lighting her candle like a cigarette.
Instagram/@hjgflanagan

A second said: "Happy birthday. If you can’t be extra on your birthday then what’s the point ?? #f**kthehaters."

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And a final resolved: "Oh bore off she’s not influential to anyone, if your stupid enough to smoke a candle after watching this you have issues."

Sadly, it's not the first time Flanagan has been subject to mum-shaming, as the 33-year-old received nasty comments over a video she shared of her and her kids on holiday in Barbados, Caribbean.

Another time saw Flanagan receive shade after one of her children threw a tantrum in a restaurant, however the actor hit back at the mum-shaming.

In a post to Instagram, she said: "I’ve got two children and I know what babies can be like and the tantrums and stuff, but when I’m saying he screamed the restaurant down yesterday - he just screamed and screamed.

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Sadly, the actor has been mum-shamed many times in the past.
Instagram/@hjgflanagan

"There was no consoling him at all, he literally just screamed the whole restaurant down.

"It was a really, really, really busy restaurant - I could feel there was a table, just sensed it.

"This is my third child - I don’t think they were being that nice to be honest about my parenting, even though I was really trying my best to console Charlie."

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Tyla has contacted Helen Flanagan's representatives for comment.

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@hjgflanagan

Topics: Helen Flanagan, Celebrity, Health, Instagram, Social media

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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