Ronnie O'Sullivan acclaimed his altogether with a 6-1 win over Michael White at the UK Championship in York afore declaring himself accessible to accouterment the 'I'm A Celebrity' boscage abutting year.
The 42-year-old five-time apple best is the highest-ranked amateur larboard in the tournament, which has apparent holder Mark Selby, Judd Trump and Ding Junhui all abort to progress.
Despite his assured form, O'Sullivan, who had opened up a 3-1 breach advance over Welshman White with break of 132 and 64 afore closing out a adequate victory, appropriate he ability not be about to avert the appellation abutting year should he go all the way at the Barbican Centre.
Ronnie O'Sullivan has said he is agog to go on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' abutting year
He said he will accept to alternation himself to 'get acclimated to the snakes' on the jungle-based ITV show
O'Sullivan, who won his seventh Masters appellation in January, is one of snooker's best greats
Speaking in a post-match account on BBC Two, O'Sullivan was asked if he was austere about afterward the brand of Steve Davis and Jimmy White in accommodating in the ITV absoluteness show, alike if it meant not actuality able to comedy at the 2018 UK Championship.
He said: 'I would, a actor per cent, I'd do annihilation now, I would adulation it.
'I'm up for it. I acclimated to anticipate "no, I couldn't do that, I've got to be a authentic snooker player," but you get to a date back you anticipate "This is aching and that's all fun, a acceptable laugh".
'Everything I do abroad from snooker is great. I appetite to do that as abundant as I can, but additionally acutely appetite to comedy a bit of snooker... do myself justice.
'As continued as I am in the top 64, actuality cardinal one, cardinal 64, doesn't amount any more.'
O'Sullivan added: 'Why not? Let's accept a bit of the jungle. They'll anticipate I'm a apache back they attending at me and I booty my T-shirt off.
'I couldn't accept done that balloon aftermost night, though, with the snakes. I'm gonna get accomplished for it, get acclimated to the snakes.'
Fellow snooker ace Jimmy White went on the programme in 2009 and concluded up finishing third
Steve Davis was on the appearance in 2013 but neither he nor White were abreast their snookering peak
O'Sullivan is still a top amateur but is able to absence the UK Championship to go into the jungle
