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Ronnie O’Sullivan is preparing to get \u201cbent over\u201d by snooker authorities. The sport\u2019s biggest star is locked in disciplinary proceedings with governing body WPBSA after disparaging comments about the game\u2019s rulers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s difficult because I\u2019ve got a big [disciplinary] thing coming up soon, they\u2019re going to give me a good bending over and a good seeing to, which I\u2019m going to have to take on the chin,\u201d admitted the seven-time world champion.<\/p>\n

But the world No.1 will have to silence the noise ahead of kicking off his UK Championship title bid on Tuesday. O\u2019Sullivan this week revealed that he could walk away from the sport if he\u2019s not allowed to do private lucrative exhibitions events in China.<\/p>\n

And the game\u2019s box-office attraction, whose fly-on-the-wall documentary received great acclaim when it was released on Tuesday, added: \u201cIt\u2019s like they want a piece of my cake and I\u2019m not prepared to give them a piece of my cake.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf someone\u2019s going to respect me and value me more, why would I not go there? It\u2019s like being in an unhealthy relationship with someone, I\u2019d rather be in a healthy relationship with someone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no way in 100 million years that if I\u2019m confined to just their events then I\u2019ll ever play again. It could be getting to that point, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, O’Sullivan has been promoting his new documentary The Edge of Everything this week, which takes an in-depth look at the snooker legend’s life.<\/p>\n

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  “If I\u2019d have looked at the contract before doing this and it said you\u2019ve got to do a premiere, I\u2019d have probably said, \u2018that\u2019s me out then\u2019,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan said. \u201cWhen we started, they said there\u2019s going to be a film festival and I was like, \u2018I\u2019ve got to go to that?\u2019 They were like, \u2018yeah\u2019. I was like, \u2018f**k\u2019.<\/p>\n

  “It\u2019s not my sort of thing really, but I\u2019m trying to learn to embrace it. I\u2019ve not been very good at taking compliments or a pat on the back. If people say, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ve always followed your game\u2019, I\u2019m always cringing inside. I\u2019m trying to work on not being like that and letting people be happy for [me].\u201d<\/p>\n

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