Ronnie O’Sullivan has obsessive habit that drives me mad, reveals Laila Rouass

SNOOKER ace Ronnie O’Sullivan’s partner Laila Rouass has revealed the obsessive habit he has that drives her crazy.

The actress and sportsman, who first got together in 2012, rekindled their relationship last May after a brief split and are now happier than ever.

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But there is one thing Ronnie, 47, does at home that still sends Laila loopy – and it’s something her character in a new ITVX comedy also has to contend with.

Laila, 52, plays sex-mad,cheating wife Sangeeta in Effects of Lying, and in an exclusive interview with The Sun she says: “She is a really sexual person — and she’s in a marriage with a man who is lovely but a bit boring, so she’s always wondering ‘what if?’

“She’s not a normal mother and definitely not a normal south Asian mother.

“She really doesn’t care what she does now or who she upsets.

“It’s her way of rebelling against the role she’s been forced into by society.

“So many women go along with a life like that and have regrets about what might have been.

“Her affair was her silent protest.

“She is the polar opposite to her husband, who drives her mad faffing around with the bins.

“I can sympathise with that. Ronnie has five different recycling bins and it drives me crazy.”

Laila first met snooker star Ronnie when she was house-hunting in 2012.

She previously revealed: “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 he said he was a snooker player, I said, ‘Yeah, but what does he do for a living?’

“I’d never heard of him as sport doesn’t interest me at all, although Ronnie’s won me over to snooker.”

The pair got engaged the following year but are yet to tie the knot.

Laila, who has been married before, explained: “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. 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.”

Like her character in The Effects Of Lying, their relationship hasn’t always run smoothly.

We told in 2020 how Ronnie’s sister Danielle claimed their mum Maria had labelled Laila a “prostitute” and “slag” in a toxic family feud.

Then, last year, Laila told how they had split.

During their time apart, she showed how confident she had grown in her body by sharing a sexy topless snap online.

But the couple worked out their differences and reunited last May.