Former Blackburn school pupil Helen Flanagan claims she is being bullied by the press (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Former Blackburn school pupil Helen Flanagan claims she is being bullied by the press
9:45am Thursday 20th December 2012 in Blackburn
By Jessica Cree, Education reporter
The controversial image
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)
gutterpress
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10:04am Thu 20 Dec 12
A Darener
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10:28am Thu 20 Dec 12
AndyW
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10:41am Thu 20 Dec 12
And who in the world is looking so far up on the picutre that they've noticed a gun...?
caballo
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11:12am Thu 20 Dec 12
onetrack
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11:23am Thu 20 Dec 12
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 !!!
Excluded again
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11:29am Thu 20 Dec 12
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.
hasslem hasslem
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11:55am Thu 20 Dec 12
Excluded again wrote: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.
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.
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.
A Darener
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12:01pm Thu 20 Dec 12
Mikeee47
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12:15pm Thu 20 Dec 12
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
travel happy wanderer
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12:21pm Thu 20 Dec 12
retired one
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12:55pm Thu 20 Dec 12
caballo wrote:Well said.
I like this story, especially the bit where Helen thinks she's more deserving of pity than the murdered kids. #insensitive egotistical airhead!!
RupertsReason
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1:15pm Thu 20 Dec 12
You're a disgraceful excuse for a human being. Go away!!
lostforwords
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1:22pm Thu 20 Dec 12
useyourhead
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1:49pm Thu 20 Dec 12
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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.
Blackburn fans love horses
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3:03pm Thu 20 Dec 12
Have you seen that rack??!!
sonny
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3:53pm Thu 20 Dec 12
George White Bread
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3:54pm Thu 20 Dec 12
Blackburn fans love horses wrote: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.
Who cares what she said/didn't say.
Have you seen that rack??!!
George White Bread
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4:41pm Thu 20 Dec 12
A Darener wrote:She's got massive cans and she's bang tidy, thats why she's minted!
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
lcjfm03
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7:10pm Thu 20 Dec 12
hasslem hasslem wrote:Have you met many ex Westholme girls? You don't need brains, just money!
Excluded again wrote: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.
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.
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.
A Darener
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8:00am Fri 21 Dec 12
Carl_24 wrote:Because the public keep acknowledging her.
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.
hasslem hasslem says...
9:50am Thu 20 Dec 12