";s:4:"text";s:5427:"I was picked up and put down at his whim, let down, disappointed and hurt. His personal life has been just as turbulent.Ronnie started dating Sally-Ann Magnus, 42, in 1994 but the pair split after just over a year together.A month later she discovered she was pregnant with his daughter Taylor-Ann, who was born in 1996.He admitted in his 2013 autobiography that she has “never really been part of her life”.In 2000 he was admitted to the Priory for treatment for drink and drug addiction. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. His daughter Taylor-Ann had only met her father 12 times in her life, but he had recounted his joy at becoming a grandfather at 42 as well as his enthusiasm for meeting his granddaughter Zarah-Ann.But before O’Sullivan launched her bid to win a sixth world championship on Sunday night, she criticized her distant role in her and her daughter’s life.“He might be the world champion for some, but he’s not worthy of being called ‘dad’ let alone ‘grandfather’ as far as I’m concerned,” Taylor-Ann told The Sun.“Zarah-Ann will grow up never knowing who he is. “People are so desperate to make millions or win the Lottery, but from what I’ve seen, money, greed and selfishness destroy people. The moment someone tells me what to do I’m like ‘fk you’. Pictured is his other daughter Lily – born 2006, and son Ronnie JnrO’Sullivan, 44, born in Wordsley, West Midlands has gone on to become one of snooker’s most recognizable and outspoken figures. “I am actually grateful to Ronnie for showing me how to be a better parent than he could ever achieve. She said: “It was a constant source of confusion and unhappiness for me.“It’s hard as a child to manage distant and difficult parents yet somehow you’re left blaming yourself, as if you were the one in the wrong because they didn’t want to know you. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. The daughter of Ronnie O’Sullivan has hit out at the snooker icon for failing to meet his grandchild.. Ronnie’s daughter Taylor-Ann Magnus has revealed that he is yet to meet her 21-month-old child despite telling the media in 2018 that it was something he was looking forward to. I’ve reached the point where I actually pity him and his family. Ronnie O’Sullivan’s estranged daughter has attacked the snooker legend after claiming he never made the effort to visit his one-year-old granddaughter. The couple got engaged in 2013. “I should have known better than to get my hopes up. "I have learnt from your mistakes and I know what actually matters. Now Naihan has been promoted and the little family have moved from their one-bedroom flat in Romford, Essex, to a slightly bigger one round the corner. Drink, drugs and crime have played as big a part in their lives as snooker or all the fame and money it’s bought them and none of it seems to make them happy. I couldn’t send pictures of Zarah-Ann or anything.
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