Former Blackburn school pupil Helen Flanagan claims she is being bullied by the press

9:45am Thursday 20th December 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Jessica Cree, Education reporter

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SOAP star Helen Flanagan has hit out after being criticised for posting a photograph of herself pointing a gun to her head on Twitter just days after 26 people were killed at a school in America.

The former Westholme School pupil claimed she was being bullied by the press for uploading the picture, which was used on the front page of the Sun with the headline ‘brainless’.

The 22-year-old Coronation Street actress first posted the picture, which is from a series of lingerie shots, in October, but uploaded it again on Monday, the day of the first funerals of the victims of the massacre at the Sandy Hook school in Connecticut.

The photograph was later removed.

The I’m A Celebrity...Get me out of Here star took to Twitter again yesterday claiming she was being bullied.

She posted: “Honestly I've got tears streaming down my face how can you do that to someone over something so tragic #feelsick can't believe I woke up.

“Anyone who knows me knows I have the biggest heart.... I feel really chocked up that’s so cruel.

“I am absolutely disgusted in this. Completely cruel. I will absolutely NOT stand for this kind of bullying.

“I've just been crying to my bf before he left for work.... Now I am just absolutely livid. I am really worried about my mum.”

Gunman Adam Lanza, 20, killed 20 children aged six and seven and six adults at the elementary school in Newtown last Friday, before turning the gun on himself.

He also shot and killed his mother before turning up at the school. Police are still looking for a motive.

Comments (21)

9:50am Thu 20 Dec 12

hasslem hasslem says...

Helen Flanagan......WHY?
Helen Flanagan......WHY? hasslem hasslem

10:04am Thu 20 Dec 12

gutterpress says...

Photographed in a lacy bra with a gun at her head, just after 20 children are shot dead in America? Yes, I'd go with brainless, although as a tweeting "celebrity" soap star, you just know she doesn't have much in the way of grey matter.
Photographed in a lacy bra with a gun at her head, just after 20 children are shot dead in America? Yes, I'd go with brainless, although as a tweeting "celebrity" soap star, you just know she doesn't have much in the way of grey matter. gutterpress

10:28am Thu 20 Dec 12

A Darener says...

No publicity is bad publicity. Or so they say?
No publicity is bad publicity. Or so they say? A Darener

10:41am Thu 20 Dec 12

AndyW says...

Seems a bit of an overreaction to be honest.

And who in the world is looking so far up on the picutre that they've noticed a gun...?
Seems a bit of an overreaction to be honest. And who in the world is looking so far up on the picutre that they've noticed a gun...? AndyW

11:12am Thu 20 Dec 12

caballo says...

I like this story, especially the bit where Helen thinks she's more deserving of pity than the murdered kids. #insensitive egotistical airhead!!
I like this story, especially the bit where Helen thinks she's more deserving of pity than the murdered kids. #insensitive egotistical airhead!! caballo

11:23am Thu 20 Dec 12

onetrack says...

You silly empty headed girl.
Make an exhibition of yourself, then expect to take flak about it...
If she posted the picture othe the day as it is claimed she deserves to be given grief.
She says she cant believe she has woke up, well at least you can wake up luv, not like the poor little kiddies who have lost their lives.

Time to grow up !!!
You silly empty headed girl. Make an exhibition of yourself, then expect to take flak about it... If she posted the picture othe the day as it is claimed she deserves to be given grief. She says she cant believe she has woke up, well at least you can wake up luv, not like the poor little kiddies who have lost their lives. Time to grow up !!! onetrack

11:29am Thu 20 Dec 12

Excluded again says...

Brainless seems to be pretty accurate. Insensitive and unfeeling might also be added to the list.

The media is full of stories about the 20 murdered children in Newton and she chooses the day of the funerals to upload this picture. then wonders why she is criticised.
Brainless seems to be pretty accurate. Insensitive and unfeeling might also be added to the list. The media is full of stories about the 20 murdered children in Newton and she chooses the day of the funerals to upload this picture. then wonders why she is criticised. Excluded again

11:55am Thu 20 Dec 12

hasslem hasslem says...

Excluded again wrote:
Brainless seems to be pretty accurate. Insensitive and unfeeling might also be added to the list.

The media is full of stories about the 20 murdered children in Newton and she chooses the day of the funerals to upload this picture. then wonders why she is criticised.
i thought you were meant to have brains if you went to westholme. seems as though in helen's case it may have been more about money than neurons.

her recent adventures on "celebrity" confirmed that she gives airheads a bad name.

either her or more likely her agent seem to have taken the view that she has an extremely limited shelf-life and is going for (pardon the pun) maximum exposure. i am sure there are more irritating individuals on the circuit but i cannot, off the top of my head, think of one.
[quote][p][bold]Excluded again[/bold] wrote: Brainless seems to be pretty accurate. Insensitive and unfeeling might also be added to the list. The media is full of stories about the 20 murdered children in Newton and she chooses the day of the funerals to upload this picture. then wonders why she is criticised.[/p][/quote]i thought you were meant to have brains if you went to westholme. seems as though in helen's case it may have been more about money than neurons. her recent adventures on "celebrity" confirmed that she gives airheads a bad name. either her or more likely her agent seem to have taken the view that she has an extremely limited shelf-life and is going for (pardon the pun) maximum exposure. i am sure there are more irritating individuals on the circuit but i cannot, off the top of my head, think of one. hasslem hasslem

12:01pm Thu 20 Dec 12

A Darener says...

For someone who makes a lot of money for no effort I would rank her as being quite clever. Why work hard for a living when you can earn a fortune doing nowt
For someone who makes a lot of money for no effort I would rank her as being quite clever. Why work hard for a living when you can earn a fortune doing nowt A Darener

12:15pm Thu 20 Dec 12

Mikeee47 says...

Brain dead air head!!!
Doesnt think before her actions, has no life skills,
Everyone wants to be famous until they are,. you reap what you sow.
Next we wil be wiping this girls arse for her or does mummy do that too.
poor excuse for a human and for the younger upcomming generation GOD HELP US ALL!!!
As long as she portrays herself as the bimbo she is she'll always be picked on by the press,
Grow up you silly girl
Brain dead air head!!! Doesnt think before her actions, has no life skills, Everyone wants to be famous until they are,. you reap what you sow. Next we wil be wiping this girls arse for her or does mummy do that too. poor excuse for a human and for the younger upcomming generation GOD HELP US ALL!!! As long as she portrays herself as the bimbo she is she'll always be picked on by the press, Grow up you silly girl Mikeee47

12:21pm Thu 20 Dec 12

travel happy wanderer says...

Helen who?? you cannot call coronation street acting
Helen who?? you cannot call coronation street acting travel happy wanderer

12:55pm Thu 20 Dec 12

retired one says...

caballo wrote:
I like this story, especially the bit where Helen thinks she's more deserving of pity than the murdered kids. #insensitive egotistical airhead!!
Well said.
[quote][p][bold]caballo[/bold] wrote: I like this story, especially the bit where Helen thinks she's more deserving of pity than the murdered kids. #insensitive egotistical airhead!![/p][/quote]Well said. retired one

1:15pm Thu 20 Dec 12

RupertsReason says...

If it's sympathy you're after, look in the dictionary between Sh*t and Syphilis.

You're a disgraceful excuse for a human being. Go away!!
If it's sympathy you're after, look in the dictionary between Sh*t and Syphilis. You're a disgraceful excuse for a human being. Go away!! RupertsReason

1:22pm Thu 20 Dec 12

lostforwords says...

Helen Flanagan.....WHO?
Helen Flanagan.....WHO? lostforwords

1:49pm Thu 20 Dec 12

useyourhead says...

Tears and tantrums and silly insensitive mistakes are bound to happen when dealing with a child, shame she is not one anymore and needs to GROW UP.
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Half expecting an announcement about some crass 'visit to America' to donate something to a fund and feign apologies to the families.
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truth be known they probably don't know or care who she is anyway.
Tears and tantrums and silly insensitive mistakes are bound to happen when dealing with a child, shame she is not one anymore and needs to GROW UP. - Half expecting an announcement about some crass 'visit to America' to donate something to a fund and feign apologies to the families. - truth be known they probably don't know or care who she is anyway. useyourhead

3:03pm Thu 20 Dec 12

Blackburn fans love horses says...

Who cares what she said/didn't say.



Have you seen that rack??!!
Who cares what she said/didn't say. Have you seen that rack??!! Blackburn fans love horses

3:53pm Thu 20 Dec 12

sonny says...

lovely jublies
lovely jublies sonny

3:54pm Thu 20 Dec 12

George White Bread says...

Blackburn fans love horses wrote:
Who cares what she said/didn't say.



Have you seen that rack??!!
She's racked up to the max. If she wants to seek refuge she's more than welcome round at my gaff for a few days, all I ask is that she brings some nutella chocolate spread, baby oil and a small hamster.
[quote][p][bold]Blackburn fans love horses[/bold] wrote: Who cares what she said/didn't say. Have you seen that rack??!![/p][/quote]She's racked up to the max. If she wants to seek refuge she's more than welcome round at my gaff for a few days, all I ask is that she brings some nutella chocolate spread, baby oil and a small hamster. George White Bread

4:41pm Thu 20 Dec 12

George White Bread says...

A Darener wrote:
For someone who makes a lot of money for no effort I would rank her as being quite clever. Why work hard for a living when you can earn a fortune doing nowt
She's got massive cans and she's bang tidy, thats why she's minted!
[quote][p][bold]A Darener[/bold] wrote: For someone who makes a lot of money for no effort I would rank her as being quite clever. Why work hard for a living when you can earn a fortune doing nowt[/p][/quote]She's got massive cans and she's bang tidy, thats why she's minted! George White Bread

7:10pm Thu 20 Dec 12

lcjfm03 says...

hasslem hasslem wrote:
Excluded again wrote:
Brainless seems to be pretty accurate. Insensitive and unfeeling might also be added to the list.

The media is full of stories about the 20 murdered children in Newton and she chooses the day of the funerals to upload this picture. then wonders why she is criticised.
i thought you were meant to have brains if you went to westholme. seems as though in helen's case it may have been more about money than neurons.

her recent adventures on "celebrity" confirmed that she gives airheads a bad name.

either her or more likely her agent seem to have taken the view that she has an extremely limited shelf-life and is going for (pardon the pun) maximum exposure. i am sure there are more irritating individuals on the circuit but i cannot, off the top of my head, think of one.
Have you met many ex Westholme girls? You don't need brains, just money!
[quote][p][bold]hasslem hasslem[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]Excluded again[/bold] wrote: Brainless seems to be pretty accurate. Insensitive and unfeeling might also be added to the list. The media is full of stories about the 20 murdered children in Newton and she chooses the day of the funerals to upload this picture. then wonders why she is criticised.[/p][/quote]i thought you were meant to have brains if you went to westholme. seems as though in helen's case it may have been more about money than neurons. her recent adventures on "celebrity" confirmed that she gives airheads a bad name. either her or more likely her agent seem to have taken the view that she has an extremely limited shelf-life and is going for (pardon the pun) maximum exposure. i am sure there are more irritating individuals on the circuit but i cannot, off the top of my head, think of one.[/p][/quote]Have you met many ex Westholme girls? You don't need brains, just money! lcjfm03

8:00am Fri 21 Dec 12

A Darener says...

Carl_24 wrote:
She is brainless even though she's blonde she should have known how inconsiderate it was to post that picture and it's no good passing the blame on to the press SHE is the one that posted it with the comment Head F*** if she didn't do that non of this would have happened but no she's just as thick as 2 short planks!
It certainly is a head f*** why she is still in the limelight.
Because the public keep acknowledging her.
[quote][p][bold]Carl_24[/bold] wrote: She is brainless even though she's blonde she should have known how inconsiderate it was to post that picture and it's no good passing the blame on to the press SHE is the one that posted it with the comment Head F*** if she didn't do that non of this would have happened but no she's just as thick as 2 short planks! It certainly is a head f*** why she is still in the limelight.[/p][/quote]Because the public keep acknowledging her. A Darener

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