Rory talks about relationship with Erica Stoll

Rory McIlroy has been in the news a lot recently thanks to a fascinating, two-part interview with the Irish Independent's Paul Kimmage. No subject was off limits - we've written it before and we'll write it again, it's worth reading in its entirety - and in part two of the series, he opened-up about his relationship with his fiancee, Erica Stoll.

The conversation started with a question about his ex-fiancee, Caroline Wozniacki. He didn't go into much detail about that relationship, but said that the main reason he's so happy with Stoll is because of how grounded she is.

The interview has entered the third hour and he is talking about his relationship with his fiancée, Erica Stoll. "The thing I love about it," he says, "is that we were friends before anything romantic happened. We met when she was working for the PGA of America, and renting a condo in Palm Beach, and I found it refreshing being with someone who was living a normal life rather than, 'Oh! My jet is 30 minutes late!'

It continued:

"I thought at the time that being with someone that was in a similar position to you was the obvious answer. But it isn't, because you can never get away from it. You can never detach yourself and try to come back to the real world. And that's why I feel in such a good place now. I don't feel Erica wants to change me in any way. I can be myself around her; there's no bullshit, no acting, no show."