Mark Williams breaks silence on icy feud with snooker nemesis Darren Morgan after excruciating interview live on BBC

MARK WILLIAMS has lifted the lid connected his “icy” feud with erstwhile Welsh cueist Darren Morgan.

After winning his opening lucifer of the Welsh Open connected Monday with 3 centuries, the erstwhile satellite champion, 49, was interviewed successful the BBC Wales workplace – and sat adjacent to nemesis Morgan.

There was an awkward infinitesimal erstwhile Morgan, who was with Ireland’s erstwhile satellite champion Ken Doherty, asked a question straight to Williams.

Morgan, 58, said: “Here’s 1 for you, would you accidental you bask it much these days present than erstwhile you were younger, with however good you’re playing now, coming up to your 50th birthday?”

Williams, who turns 50 connected March 21, did not look successful Morgan’s absorption and conscionable replied “no comment” earlier crossing his arms.

The animosity goes backmost 7 years to the 2018 Welsh Open and an explosive societal media spat.

Newport-born Morgan accused his compatriot, a two-time Welsh Open champion, of being a “bully” and “keyboard warrior” successful a property interview.

Morgan, a erstwhile top-ten player, had been beaten 4-3 successful tourney qualifying by Rhydian Richards but their 2 wildcards came astatine the disbursal of past 16-year-old Jackson Page.

Though Page did yet play successful the tournament, the wildcard determination was mocked online by mentor Williams, who sarcastically said: “Morgan v Richards successful the Welsh, tha (sic) should bring the crowds in.”

Morgan told BBC Sport Wales: “You can’t responsibility Mark arsenic a player. We’ve each blocked him connected societal media.”

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He added: “I cognize he’s warring Jackson’s country but he’s a full joke. And it’s rather disappointing to us.

“He thinks it’s a spot of banter but there’s consequences to everything radical bash and say.

“But wherever helium thinks it’s banter, to a batch of radical it’s cyber bullying. He’s abusing his position.

“He’s a bully. He’s a keyboard warrior... but helium gets distant with it.”

Those comments amazed Williams – who is inactive adjacent to Page – and vowed since past not to prosecute oregon talk with Morgan, whose wedding helium erstwhile attended.

The satellite no.5 – who plays Scotsman Stephen Maguire successful circular 2 – has seldom spoken astir this contented successful the past and usually keeps his opinions to himself.

But asked if that reunion connected TV could beryllium described arsenic “frosty”, Williams replied: “Iced, I’d say, much than frosty.

“It came astir successful the Welsh a fewer years ago. I didn’t adjacent cognize determination was immoderate occupation and each of a abrupt I saw successful the paper, him calling maine a cyber-bully oregon bully oregon thing similar that.

“I’ve ne'er talked to him since and ne'er will.

“We were ne'er truly adjacent friends but we ever got connected okay. I went to his wedding and his stag travel and stuff.

“But erstwhile helium said that and enactment that successful the papers, for nary crushed really, that’s it for me, there’s nary coming backmost from that.”