O'Sullivan under fire after making lewd remarks
David Hendon, Thursday March 27, 2008
Ronnie O'Sullivan faces a heavy fine and a disrepute charge after being caught on camera making lewd remarks following his exit from the China Open.
The game's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, are reviewing a tape of his press conference where he appeared to make suggestive remarks while his answers were being translated into Chinese.
The tape shows O'Sullivan growing restless at the time taken for the translation. After answering the first question, and while it was being translated into Chinese, he is seen pointing to his penis and asking out loud: "Do you want to suck that? Do you want to come and suck on that later?" He then laughs and says: "Anyone want to give me a nosh? Suck my dick."
O'Sullivan then answered two questions about the match - a 5-4 defeat against Marco Fu - before asking an official: "Fuck me, how many more questions are they going to ask?" The reply comes back, "one more." While it is being asked, O'Sullivan refers to the size and shape of his penis.
The 32-year-old must now await for the view from the WPBSA, whose company secretary, Elaine Eyers, will watch the tape and decide whether to report him to the disciplinary committee.
In December 2006, he received the personal backing of Sir Rodney Walker, the WPBSA chairman, after walking out of his UK Championship quarter-final against Stephen Hendry at York in the sixth frame when he was trailing 4-1. He was eventually fined £21,000 despite evidence from doctors attesting to his fragile mental state.
O'Sullivan, the world champion in 2001 and 2004, is no stranger to controversy. He assaulted a tournament official at the 1996 world championship and was stripped of the 1998 Irish Masters title after failing a drugs test.
Against Fu, he was slapdash in attempting two difficult blues in the decider, the latter of which left the Hong Kong player with a simple pot for the match.
O'Sullivan has been treated for depression and is known to have a low boredom threshold. He once stated he did not like travelling to China because "they don't speak English." He has, though, become more enthusiastic about the country since signing a six-figure advertising deal with a Chinese watch company last year.
He's something of a cunt but undertones of casual racism aside, this made me laugh. Back on the beak then Ronnie?
__________________ "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman." - Tony Yeboah
Last edited by RoboRiise; 28th March 2008 at 12:33 AM.
I dated one of his ex's a few times.
He likes to lie around in his Jacuzzi with champagne and other fun.
Leg. The date's were only semi-OK as I was totally obsessed with what Ronnie was like rather than her. Even though she was a minx.
When he first displayed this left-handed ability in the 1996 World Championship against Alain Robidoux, the Canadian accused him of disrespect. O'Sullivan responded that he played better with his left hand than Robidoux could with his right.[3] O'Sullivan was summoned to a disciplinary hearing in response to Robidoux's formal complaint, where he had to prove that he could play to a high level with his left hand. He played three frames of snooker against former world championship runner-up Rex Williams, winning all three. The charge of bringing the game into disrepute was subsequently dropped.[37]
I think he's a bit of an attention seeking knob these days.
How much does he go on about "snooker not being important" in his life? I'm sure he just wants people to tell him what a genuis he is and how important he is to the game of snooker.
He of course didn't seem so bad in his younger days. I remember he had a birthday party (21st?) at the Bowring Park, and he seemed a quiet and decent enough lad. I also seem to recall that it was a pretty cheap night out for many in there that evening!
Actually during the Irish open (the one where he tested positive) himself and jimmy White were heading out and they stopped my mate in the street and asked him did he know where they could get any hash, mate said Ronnie was trying to act cool in front of Jimmy but came across as a muppet. True story that.
I agree with Moo, i think he's a whinging cocky shithead. He's a brilliant player when he bothers and i loved when he played left hand against Ebdon but the lad is full of himself.
I wish i could like him as snooker as some load of boring cunts in it and he's the opposite.
He's like marmite i think.
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No fatties, no hamsters, no dopers no smokers, no Donna Juanitas, no posers, no crazies.
There's no racism in there. He's just a bit hatstand, which is can be brought on by excessive use of illegal substances I understand.
I didn't mean in his comments after the match, there was just something about the not liking China because "they don't speak English" comment that made me think of blokes with knotted hankies on their heads wearing Union Jack/bulldog t-shirts whilst eating full English breakfasts outside a pub in Spain.
It's an entirely factual statement though. Perhaps I'm adding a level of interpretation to it that it doesn't need. Many people I've met (especially from the older age group) that make similar observations really mean something along the lines of "I don't like darkies" but I have no specific reason to think Ronnie thinks along those err... lines.
__________________ "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman." - Tony Yeboah
A truly great player but also a rather big knobhead who admittedly has had his fair share of personal problems. He'll always be the most loved snooker player for his genius at the table and maverick style off it but those inner demons and the standard in snooker these days means he'll never beat Hendry's 7 worlds.
When he walked off against Hendry when he was getting beat a few years ago that was a fucking disgrace and I lost a lot of respect for him.
