TV’s Laila is back in the frame for Ronnie
SNOOKER legend Ronnie O’Sullivan is giving it another shot with Laila Rouass, the Sunday Mirror can reveal.
The Rocket and ex-Strictly star Laila split in February after a decade together.
But for the past fortnight, Ronnie, 46, has been back at the mansion he shared with the former Holby City actress.
And – as our exclusive snaps show – Laila, 50, has started wearing her engagement ring again.
The reunion comes after Laila left her 320,000 Instagram followers puzzled by posting a picture of herself tightly clutching her stomach. It was captioned: “Oops.”
A friend said: “It seems like they are giving things another go. Nothing is ever straightforward when it comes to Ronnie but there’s a lot of love there.”
Keen jogger
Ronnie was spotted in a snazzy running outfit near the couple’s Essex home. The six-time world champion later headed to Sheffield for this year’s championships at the Crucible.
He beat Mark Allen 13-4 yesterday to reach the quarter-finals.
The surprise reunion comes after Laila confirmed their split on social media.
She wrote: “After nearly 10 years of love and memories, Ronnie & I have parted ways. Peace & love to you all.”
She later insisted break-ups could be “good” and said it “doesn’t have to be a sad time… it doesn’t have to be hard”.
Mum-of-one Laila and Ronnie, who has three kids from two previous relationships, met by chance in 2012 while she was house-hunting and was shown his place.
Laila later said: “I’d never heard of him. Sport doesn’t interest me, although Ronnie’s won me over to snooker.”
Ronnie said in 2019 he was sure they would “get round” to getting married, but added: “If something’s not broke, why fix it? If it’s working, why change a winning formula?”