When demons tore apart snooker legends, Ronnie O’Sullivan’s wife witnessed it and said, “Jesus, why is he doing this?”

In ‘Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything,’ a documentary, the legendary British snooker player (47 years old) shares his experiences with the demons that have plagued him for years. His father was a big trigger, having served a twelve-year jail sentence for murder. The snooker legend, sixteen at the time, had to take the news in. Among others, O’Sullivan’s present spouse and companion Laila Rouass attests to the emotional toll that life and snooker have already done on him. Why does he keep doing this? That has to be really damaging to oneself.

It’s a dramatic sight given that O’Sullivan is having trouble and lost to Neil Robertson 6-4 in the Masters last year. Rouass describes how difficult it is for her to watch her spouse experience yet another emotional upheaval. She responds, “I want you to pursue your happiness.” “I won’t tell you to stop or carry on. You would never have that option from me. I can deal with that, but you find it rather challenging at times. You spend a lot of time alone yourself thinking such pessimistic things and are quite critical of yourself.

“But I think I can deal with it much better now than I ever could,” Sullivan adds after that. If I continued to do it even after it started to make me feel .

Rouass again: “That is your current state of mind. If you look at it from a romantic angle. But the reality is that it is difficult to watch someone experience such heavy emotions. Then you ask your questions. Jesus, why is he doing this? Why does he continue with this? That must be so self-defeating. But then again I think it’s because you love the sport, so much that you probably hate to admit it.”

They talk about his father’s prison time as well. “Knowing that he is doing well again and his release did me good in a way,” O’Sullivan remarked. “I’ve fulfilled my sentence. ‘Served’ his sentence, he says. Together, we completed it. Now that he’s back to being free and content, I can resume playing my best snooker. focusing on the athletics. That gives me a positive feeling.”

Murder of the mobster twins’ brother
The early 1990s saw the turmoil surrounding O’Sullivan’s father. Bruce Ryan was killed at a Chelsea nightclub by Ronnie O’Sullivan Senior, a wealthy Soho sex shop owner, who claimed he was trying to save his own life. Charlie Kray, the brother of the infamous mobster twins Ronnie and Reggie at the time, was the driver in question. O’Sullivan Senior discusses it for the first time in the documentary, despite the fact that he is not there for the interview.

“I admit that I killed someone. But I would have died myself if I hadn’t taken that action back then. I can still clearly recall those initial minutes when they placed me in the cell. I was reduced to tears. Not out of sympathy,

‘The Rocket’, the documentary’s protagonist, goes back to his father’s jail term, despite an obvious struggle. He can’t speak about it for thirty seconds after that. For him, the day he learned of that penalty in 1992 stands out in especially. particularly the remarks his father made him send as he was being led away to prison. “Tell my boy to win,” someone said to me. That was all there was to it. Typical of my dad, really. O’Sullivan Senior spent eighteen years at Derby Prison until being released in 2010.

In the documentary, his mother Maria also appears, and like her husband off-camera, she talks about that day. Maria talks about the error she committed at the time, which her son never forgave her for, during the time she herself was serving a jail sentence for tax evasion. Maria explains, “I couldn’t tell Ronnie that his father had to go to prison.” He departed for Thailand three days later. I just let him go three days early, figuring that when he came back, his father would be free and Ronnie wouldn’t hear anything. that his fault was the only reason for his punishment.

Thus, a certain John sent him to Thailand ahead of schedule; but, during his stay, I got a call from Barry Hearn, O’Sullivan’s manager, ed. “Maria, you need to let him know now since it will be in every newspaper tomorrow.” I told Ronnie as much over the phone. But after that, all I could hear was him yelling into the phone. Right then and there, he passed out. I ought never to have let him to travel to Thailand. Maria says, her voice breaking, “Yes, I should have informed him immediately away. But all I wanted to do was keep him safe. I made that error, and he never expressed regret to me.

In the documentary, O’Sullivan, who was a young pro snooker player and was extremely brilliant, acknowledges that his father’s prison sentence may have ended up ruining his life and career. “Stopping to play snooker would have been the ‘healthiest thing’ back then. I was not prepared for such news at all. It was barely beyond my grasp. However, I don’t want to blame everything on my father’s circumstances,” stated the seven-time world champion, who spent seven years fighting an alcohol and drug addiction. However, I am aware that I would have much rather had a typical family life than a career in snooker. that I ought not to have experienced that. Put snooker aside. Simply carry on your regular duties.

O’Sullivan, who was only 23 at the time, lost a Masters championship in 1998 after testing positive for marijuana. He checked himself into treatment two years later to address his addictions. O’Sullivan still has mental health issues, although he has made progress in recent years. As an illustration, he lost the Champion of Champions last week. “I’m mentally worn out and anxious. I want to look after both my physical and emotional well-being. I apologize to my fans. However, I’ll be back stronger.

O’Sullivan is a father of three children: a boy and two girls. Taylor-Ann, his daughter, was born in 1996 as a result of his relationship with Sally Magnus, who moved in with him while his parents were incarcerated. However, that relationship ended after two years, and he doesn’t communicate with Taylor-Ann very often. After that, the snooker icon dated Jo Langley, who gave birth to Lily (born in 2006) and Ronnie Jr. (2007). They were present in Sheffield last year when he won the world championship for the eighth time.