{"id":310585,"date":"2026-02-21T23:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/310585\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:29:09","slug":"ronnie-osullivan-enjoys-romantic-date-with-wife-after-leaving-uk-for-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/310585\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan enjoys romantic date with wife after leaving UK for Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ronnie O’Sullivan and his wife, Laila Rouass, have been spotted enjoying a romantic evening out in Dubai following their departure from the UK last year.<\/p>\n

The seven-time snooker world champion married the actress in an intimate ceremony last year and has since embraced their new life in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

O’Sullivan has reportedly taken well to the relocation, settling comfortably into his surroundings in the Gulf state.<\/p>\n

Rouass captured the evening on Instagram, sharing footage of the pair relaxing together during their night out.<\/p>\n

The video featured Kenny Thomas’s 1991 hit “Thinking About Your Love” playing in the background, prompting Rouass to quiz her husband on his age when the track was released.<\/p>\n

Giving a thumbs-up to the camera, he replied: “One. So that must make Kenny about 85 now. Alright, Ken.”<\/p>\n

O’Sullivan’s deadpan response left his wife in stitches.<\/p>\n

The singer took the playful jibe in good spirits, responding on the social media platform: “Alright @ronnie. Too funny, and at times I definitely feel it. Love ya and @lailarouass.”<\/p>\n

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Ronnie O’Sullivan and his wife Laila Rouass were spotted enjoying a romantic evening out in Dubai<\/p>\n

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The light-hearted exchange delighted fans of both the snooker star and the soul singer.<\/p>\n

Previously speaking on his decision to permanently move to Dubai, he said: “It\u2019s really good. <\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve got a great practice facility there, which was one of the main reasons for going.<\/p>\n

“I was struggling to find somewhere to play. It was either get a train up to Sheffield or try to move to Sheffield.”<\/p>\n

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Laila Rouass and Ronnie O’Sullivan married last year<\/p>\n

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He added: “But my wife wasn\u2019t too keen on Sheffield. <\/p>\n

“She said we either go Spain or Dubai.<\/p>\n

“And I thought, well, Dubai is nearer China. Obviously it\u2019s in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

“All the tournaments that I play and all the work that I do is there. It just made sense to go to Dubai.<\/p>\n

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Ronnie O\u2019Sullivan left the UK for Dubai<\/p>\n

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The snooker legend told the Sun: “Really enjoying it out there. Great gyms. I\u2019m enjoying that side of it.<\/p>\n

“I had some friends over there before that played snooker and they\u2019ve helped me get into Dubai life.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve met some really nice friends and fitted in really well. So yeah, it\u2019s great.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not a sunbather, but I\u2019d much rather the heat than cold, if that makes sense. Spring and autumn are my favourite times.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronnie O’Sullivan and his wife, Laila Rouass, have been spotted enjoying a romantic evening out in Dubai following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,120418,135564,850],"class_list":["post-310585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ronnie-osullivan","tag-snooker","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}