Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan and Footballers’ Wives star Laila Rouass have ‘parted ways’ after ten years together
Snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan and his Footballers' Wives star fiancee have announced they've split after 10 years together.
Actress Laila Rouass, 50, shocked fans as she revealed that they had "parted ways" after nearly a decade.
Writing this morning she tweeted: "After nearly ten years of love and memories, Ronnie & I have parted ways."
The former Holby City star added: "Peace & love to you all. Laila X."
Laila and sports hero Ronnie, 46, met in 2012 and got engaged the following year after a whirlwind romance.
They never married but both of them had long insisted it wasn't something they wanted to rush into.
Speaking in 2019, Laila told the : "I’d have to really gear myself up for a wedding. At the moment we’ve put it on the back burner and we’re enjoying our time so there’s no rush."
Ronnie added: “It becomes a bit more important as you get older for legal reasons but for now we’re OK.
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Laila and Ronnie met by chance when she was house-hunting, with the actress explaining she had never heard of him.
She said: "It happened by accident. I was shown around Ronnie’s house by his father, who told his son about meeting me.
"Ronnie called the estate agent, a friend of mine, and asked me out via her.
"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.”
Laila is famous for playing roles including Amber Gates in Footballers' Wives, Sahira Shah in Holby City and for her appearance on Strictly Come Dancing.
She was also a lads' mag favourite, appearing in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World in 2004 and 2005.
Ronnie, one of the greatest snooker players of all time, is a six-time world champion, a seven-time Masters champion, and a seven-time UK champion.
He has children Taylor-Ann Magnus from a two-year relationship with Sally Magnus and Lily and Ronnie Jr from a relationship with Jo Langley.
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He became a grandfather in 2018 after Taylor-Ann gave birth to a daughter.
Ronnie, nicknamed The Rocket, he has suffered from depression and drug addiction and alcoholism early in his career.
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