Toffolo: BrewDog Stress Affects Pregnancy Journey

has claimed the stress of her husband James Watt's company collapsing has contributed to her five-month struggle to get pregnant. 

On Thursday, the star opened up about the 'lonely and crazy' journey to welcome a child with James, expressing her frustration that it was yet to happen. 

Thanking fans for their supportive comments, Georgia took to Instagram the following day to theorise whether the downfall of BrewDog had anything to do with it. 

Millionaire James came under fire this year when his beer brand racked up debts of more than £500million before collapsing into administration.

Amid the company's collapse questions arose over the company's long trail of controversy, failed enterprises, and allegations of toxic culture.

Addressing the fallout, Georgia said: 'I'm sitting here thinking about the year. We've had so much stress. I'm sure you guys have seen it all, public stuff like the BrewDog stuff has been really difficult to navigate...'

Georgia continued: 'And every single family across the world there's always stuff going on.

'I just think that coinciding with starting to try for a baby it's been a lot for us and we're both very tough and very strong and struggled to acknowledge that it's been a tricky year 

'On top of my naivety I really did just think that if you're super fit and healthy like us you get pregnant really quickly, but it isn't always the case.

'Sometimes there's just a lot of stuff going up that's biological - but I think all of it coinciding...' 

It has been a difficult start to the year for the couple following BrewDog's collapse. 

BrewDog's new owner publicly criticised James's tenure at the company – insisting his reputation is a 'stigma' for the brand.

Irwin Simon, chief executive of Tilray Brands, laid out his plans to revive the drinks business after a £33million rescue deal was announced earlier this month.

He said he was 'very clear' that Toff's husband, who co-founded the company in 2008 with his school friend Martin Dickie, would not be returning – adding he had 'not spoken' to him.

It follows the closure of 38 UK bars operated by the Scottish brewery and the dismissal of 484 staff in an all-hands conference. 

At its peak, BrewDog operated more than 120 bars across 57 countries.

However, from 2021 James was hit by allegations of a 'toxic' workplace culture amid the company's abandonment of the Real Living Wage in 2024.

James had sought to invest £10million of his own cash in the firm as part of a rescue deal that ultimately failed.

Some 733 staff were retained in the sale, including operational staff and those working at 11 franchised pubs.

He said he was 'heartbroken' following the acquisition by Tilray – after his company was speculatively valued at £2billion just a few years ago, only for it to be sold for a fraction of the price.