Inside Ronnie O’Sullivan’s rollercoaster romance with TV star Laila Rouass who he asked out through an ESTATE AGENT
RONNIE O'Sullivan's love life moves just as fast as one of his infamous 147 breaks.
The Rocket and his fiancee Laila Rouass have called time on their relationship after 12 years together.
When the snooker legend and the glamorous TV star Laila Rouass crossed paths, there was an instant attraction between the pair.
A friend said: “They have been going in different directions.”
Actress Laila was not wearing her diamond engagement ring when she appeared on This Morning last month.
Seven-times world champion Ronnie gave her the huge sparkler in 2013 — a year after they started dating.
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However they never married and friends say they have now broken up — 147 months since they got together.
The couple separated in 2022 before patching things up.
A friend said: “Ronnie and Laila really threw themselves back into their relationship after the split a couple of years ago.
“He kept posting pics of them online at home together and saying romantic things on special occasions, but that’s all come to a halt.
“They’ve tried so hard but they just can’t make it work.”
When the snooker legend and the glamorous TV star crossed paths, there was an instant attraction between the pair.
Fate brought them together, with the actress house-hunting and stumbling upon Rocket Ronnie's home in her search.
Once Ronnie heard Laila was looking around his mansion, he contacted the estate agent, a friend of the Footballers' Wives beauty, to arrange a date.
"Ronnie called the estate agent, a friend of mine, and asked me out via her."
Amusingly, she had no clue he was a sporting great.
"When she said he was a snooker player, I said, 'Yeah, but what does he do for a living?' I'd never heard of him because sport doesn't interest me at all, although Ronnie's won me over to snooker!"
Fast mover
Four months later, the pair were head over heels for one another.
They set up home, with Ronnie playing doting stepdad to Laila's daughter, Inez from her second married to businessman Nasir Khan, a convicted fraudster who was jailed for nine years in 2011 for a VAT scam.
However, it wasn't easy for Ronnie to settle in at first, due to chaotic nature of the household.
"It was so funny when Ronnie and I first lived together because he'd put his hands over his ears and go, 'Whoaa, it's so noisy here!'
A year after their first meeting, they got engaged.
Although, they have never put a time scale on their marriage.
"I’d have to really gear myself up for a wedding," she told The Sun last year.
"At the moment we’ve put it on the back burner and we’re enjoying our time. There’s no rush."