Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan is giving it another shot with ex-fiancée Laila Rouass after a big break.
The star known as The Rocket split with ex-Strictly star Laila, 50, in February after 10 years.
But for the past fortnight he has been back at the mansion he shared with the former Holby City actress. And, as our exclusive snaps show, she is wearing her engagement ring again.
The reunion comes after Laila confused her 320,000 Instagram followers by posting a picture of herself tightly clutching her stomach. It was captioned “Oops”.
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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.”
The star, 46, played at the Crucible last week. And he may hope his long term love will spur him on to a seventh world championship win. Today he was in action in the second round against old foe Mark Allen.
Before the tournament got under way Ronnie was seen 170 miles south, jogging near the home he shared with Laila in Essex.
Mum-of-one Laila and Ronnie, who has three kids from two previous relationships, met in 2012 while she was house-hunting and was shown his place.
She said: “I’d never heard of him because sport doesn’t interest me at all, although Ronnie’s won me over to snooker.”
They got engaged the following year but never tied the knot.
Ronnie has previously opened up about his past struggles with depression, alcohol and drug abuse.
Last year he revealed he believes he wasted nine years of his career in the 1990s and 2000s because he partied too hard and was not mentally ready to win trophies.
Asked why it had taken him until 2001 to win his first title – his ninth attempt – he told Eurosport: “I was partying quite a lot. The snooker season was September to May and the World Champs was the last tournament of the year. If I had a bad session I felt the sooner this is over, the sooner I can have some fun with my friends.”
