Georgia Toffolo says the stress of husband James Watt's BrewDog collapse has contributed to her five-month struggle to get pregnant

Georgia Toffolo 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 Made In Chelsea 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.

On Thursday, Georgia discussed her struggle to get pregnant, sharing on Instagram: 'My gut has been telling me to share this, but my head has been saying no. Oh my God, I don't know why I'm gonna get upset.

'Something that I've been, like, really hiding. My husband and I have been trying for a baby.

'It hasn't happened on month one, month two, three, four, five. According to all the amazing doctors, that is completely normal. Who knew?

'You only ever hear the story of get pregnant on the first try, or the second try, or it was an accident, or we've been trying for a very long time and it hasn't happened for us.

'We are in that really weird space. I just wish someone like me had come on and spoken about it.

'I am in the two-week wait before every single symptom, or boobs, cramps in your lower tummy, they are all suggestive of two things. Number 1, that you're pregnant, 2, that your period is on the way. And these are two entirely different outcomes. It is quite lonely.'

Toff and James, 43, tied the knot in Scotland in March 2024, onboard a fishing boat just off the coast of the picturesque town of Gardenstown in Aberdeenshire.

The millionaire had popped the question to the star the previous October with an eight carat triple-diamond studded band estimated to be worth £200,000, while on holiday in Greece for Georgia's 30th birthday.

Continuing her video, Toff said she had initially taken pregnancy tests and went through the emotional ordeal without James, but now they do so together. 

She explained: 'The craziness that I have been allowing myself to be is just not healthy. One thing I really wish I hadn't done, I kept doing the pregnancy test every month on my own, and I didn't think that was a weird thing until James walked in and was like, what are you doing? He was like, "babe, you need to stop doing that on your own".

'We are doing this together. That shift for me has been so amazing, I can actually cry at the relief. And like the thing is, I really mean this, we are not struggling with infertility, we are two incredibly fortunate people.

'We are just at that weird in-between stage. I would love to hear from people in the comments that had a very similar journey to us, that ended up with this perfect like little gift at the end, positive vibes, guys.'

She was flooded with supportive messages from fans who thanked her for her honesty.