Mark Williams on Darren Morgan beef: ‘I’ve never talked to him since and never will’

Mark Williams says helium has not spoken to Darren Morgan since their feud began successful 2018 and helium ne'er volition again.

It has been nary concealed that the narration betwixt the 2 Welshman has been sour for immoderate clip and determination was nary motion of a reconciliation astatine the Welsh Open this week.

Williams won his opening circular lucifer and was successful the BBC workplace aft the victory, wherever erstwhile nonrecreational Morgan was moving arsenic a pundit.

Morgan asked Williams a beauteous innocuous question astir however overmuch helium is enjoying the crippled arsenic helium approaches his 50th day and the effect created an awkward atmosphere.

‘No comment,’ said Williams, with Ken Doherty’s forced laughter filling a somewhat tense silence.

Asked astir the frosty ambiance successful the workplace successful a post-match property conference, Williams said: ‘Iced, I’d say, much than frosty.’

Explaining the beginnings of the feud, Williams said: ‘It came astir successful the Welsh a fewer years ago, I didn’t adjacent cognize determination was immoderate occupation and each of a abrupt it was successful the paper, him calling maine a cyber-bully oregon thing similar that. I’ve ne'er talked to him since and ne'er will.’

Williams says the brace were ne'er large pals, but they were adjacent capable for him to be Morgan’s stag bash and wedding, truthful surely much than acquaintences.

‘We was ne'er truly adjacent friends but we got connected okay,’ said Williams. ‘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.’

The beef began erstwhile Morgan played successful a wildcard circular for the 2018 Welsh Open, which Williams felt his signifier partner, then-teenager Jackson Page should person been playing successful instead.

Williams fto his feelings astir the Morgan vs Rhydian Richards wildcard lucifer beryllium known connected societal media, including a tweet which read: Morgan v Richards successful the Welsh, tha should bring the crowds successful 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀,’

Morgan was not impressed, saying: ‘You can’t responsibility Mark arsenic a player, but he’s a full joke. We’ve each blocked him connected societal media.’

He told BBC Sport Wales: ‘I cognize he’s warring Jackson’s country but he’s a full gag and it’s rather disappointing to us.

‘He’s saying things, trying to get maine chucked retired of the lawsuit saying Jackson should beryllium successful it. At the extremity of the day, I won a tourney and I’m ranked fig 1 successful the men’s [Welsh] rankings. It isn’t my fault.

‘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… helium is abusing his position.

‘He’s a bully. He’s a keyboard warrior… but helium gets distant with it.’

Williams posted the BBC quality nonfiction including those quotes connected his Twitter leafage and erstwhile idiosyncratic asked him who Morgan is, helium replied: ‘I deliberation helium was tha fella who utilized to impersonate a snooker subordinate astir 30 years ago.’

The spat continued aboriginal successful 2018 arsenic Morgan and Page qualified for the singles last of the Rhymey Valley Snooker League, to beryllium played astatine Williams’ club.

The lucifer was owed to beryllium played connected Page’s regular signifier array and Morgan refused, saying helium would play connected immoderate different array than the 1 his hostile is truthful utilized to.

Morgan’s petition was denied, helium forfeited the lucifer and was past banned for 12 months from the league.

He felt Williams was straight progressive successful the unfortunate crook of events, though Rhymney Valley Snooker League said otherwise.

‘He tin contradict it each helium wants and accidental what helium wants,’ said Morgan. ‘I took a batch of flack astatine the Welsh Open erstwhile I called him a keyboard warrior and a cyber bully, but for immoderate crushed helium has against me, helium can’t fto up.

‘When helium sticks thing retired determination helium has a batch of followers and helium is precise successful, doing unbelievable astatine the minute, past everyone gets connected the bandwagon astatine my disbursal and helium sits backmost and has a bully laughter astir it.

‘I’m 100 per cent that if helium did not get progressive the last would person been played connected different array successful the club.

‘I’m definite Jackson Page wanted to play the last and I don’t deliberation helium would person been excessively bothered wherever it was played.’

Williams is backmost successful enactment astatine the Welsh Open connected Wednesday against Stephen Maguire successful the 2nd round.

The beef with Morgan is acceptable to rumble on, perchance for each eternity.

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