RONNIE O’Sullivan and Laila Rouass have been seen for the first time since The Sun revealed their shock split.
The snooker legend, 48, and actress, 53, have called of their engagement.
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A friend told The Sun last night: “They have been going in different directions.”
Laila was seen today loading bags into a car and was not wearing her engagement ring.
She was with Ronnie for 12 years and the couple had their relationship ups and downs.
The glamorous Footballers’ Wives star and snooker genius also separated in 2022.
A friend told The Sun’s Ellie Henman, who broke the news of their split: “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.”
Meanwhile, Ronnie was spotted parking his Porsche at Woodford Station today in Essex.
The sportsman, who has scored a record 15 maximum-147 breaks in a glittering snooker career has been taking part in lucrative competitions abroad.
He’s not had the best run though amid his relationship breakdown – telling fans this week to FORGET about an eighth World Championship after an “awful, embarrassing” defeat at the English Open.
Signs his romance was on the rocks again appeared last month when Laila joined This Morning and her engagement ring was missing from her left hand.
Seven-times world champion Ronnie got down on one knee with the stunning sparkler in 2013 — a year after they first got together.
The pal went on: “Ronnie has spent months and months on the road this year doing snooker tours for big money in China and Saudi Arabia while Laila has been concentrating on her acting career.
“There is a lot of love between them but they have been going in different directions and conceded it is over.
“Ronnie and Laila make a lovely couple so the people who know them best are hoping this is a blip like back in 2022.”
Last year, Footballers’ Wives star Laila, told how “talking” eventually helped her reconcile with Ronnie, who was awarded an OBE in 2016.
She said: “We found our way back, we just worked it out.
“Back when I announced it, we hadn’t been together for almost eight months at that time.
“Talking is so underrated.
“If you can sit down and say how you feel and what you want when you get older that is much easier to say too.”
Ronnie, who has three kids from previous relationships, has spoken openly about his mental health battles and regularly threatens to retire from snooker.
This week he crashed out of the English Open after a shock first-round loss to China’s He Guoqiang, with fans criticising his decision to play left-handed.
Ronnie said of the defeat: “I’m not even bothered.”
Representatives for Ronnie and Laila declined to comment.
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