Huge blow to TV chef as his canned water business sinks with debts of £9.4million

BIG ZUU’s canned water business has sunk with debts of £9.4million. The rapper and TV chef founded Drip in 2023. Big Zuu’s canned water business has sunk with debts of £9.4million Credit: Getty But it is now majorly in the red, with £86,000 owed to Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and a further £14,000 to National League side Worthing, after striking up partnerships. HMRC, WHSmith, Morrisons and Live Nation are also among the 67 creditors owed money, according to documents filed at Companies House. Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter Thank you! Big Zuu, whose real name is Zuhair Hassan, has put the firm into voluntary liquidation. He is still an active director and major stakeholder of Drip Hydration Ltd – the company set up to handle the brand’s finances – alongside business partners Matthew Strongin Dodds and Paul Hayes. Drip is the official water of UFC and Matchroom Boxing after securing a £4million investment in January 2025, although things aren’t looking good for it now. Big Zuu fronted a campaign with money company Klarna two years ago to help the nation get to grips with financial jargon and stress. Sounds like he could do with some of that now. CRITICISM? I SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift has revealed she loves to get her own back on people who mock her Credit: Getty Images TAYLOR Swift stands by her decision to chase superstardom – and she loves to get her own back on people who mock her. Most read in Showbiz It’s a refreshing change from A-listers moaning about fame. At her Grammy Museum Icon Sessions, she said: “Sometimes when people are mocking me, it is really fun to mock them back. “I have to use words that they have to look up in order to talk s**t about me, but I go through several processes and coping mechanisms. “One of them is: ‘You chose this. You chose this every day. You could have opted out of this any day before it got unmanageably big.’ “I decided not to, as I love it that much. That is just where this begins or ends, as long as I keep making music. “As wild and ever-changing as the music industry is, enthusiasm can protect you from anything.” Sounds like she just shakes it off. Taylor has risen to music legend status. She is now seen as one of the all-time greats. But in 2017, when she released her sixth album, Reputation, her name was mud after a very public feud with rapper Kanye West and his then-wife Kim Kardashian. Reflecting on struggling to cope as the world turned on her, Taylor said: “For the very first time — not the last — people had really actively tried to misunderstand me…and to purposely misinterpret it. “It felt very stifling. When I look back on it, when people are in a hate frenzy about a public figure, when people decide we’re all gonna stand around someone and point and mock them, you can’t respond with outward sincerity. “If you looked deeper into that album, it’s about feeling so upset about this mass shaming you felt you were going through.” In what many believe was a reference to her six-year romance with actor Joe Alwyn, Taylor added: “You find this little cave, and you crawl in there, and you try to find, like, a tiny bit of warmth, and that warmth sustains you for the entire time that you feel so massively misunderstood by people who don’t know you.” While never confirmed officially, it’s widely accepted that at least half of Reputation, including singles End Game and Delicate, is about falling in love with the British star. They split in spring 2023 after six years, and months later she was began dating her NFL star husband, Travis Kelce. I’m told she is now counting down to the 20th anniversary of her self-titled debut album this October, when she will release an already-recorded “Taylor’s Version” of the record, featuring unheard “vault tracks.” Taylor said: “I love my country roots more and more the further along this path I get, and I want to honor them more and more. “I feel tied and more loyal to them — the people that shaped who I am as an artist and as a writer. “That all happened in Nashville.” SOPHIE GETS LATE WINNER Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed at less than 24 hours’ notice at the PFA Awards Credit: Redferns SOPHIE Ellis-Bextor saved the day at last night’s PFA Awards after performing at less than 24 hours’ notice. Bastille were originally booked to play at the football ceremony but pulled out on Monday due to frontman Dan Smith struggling with a serious vocal issue. Luckily, Sophie, below, was able to step in and took to the stage at The Opera House in Manchester instead. My sources tell me bosses had to frantically call her to be the star act, with the singer racing up from London. A source said: “Everything was set for Bastille to perform during the ceremony, but 24 hours before, they had to pull out under doctor’s orders.” In a statement, Dan said: “I’ve been struggling with a vocal issue. I’ve been doing my best to manage it but I have been advised to have a complete vocal rest.” During the evening, which celebrated the year’s best players, gongs were handed over by stars including I’m A Celeb’s Angry Ginge, Love Island’s Gemma Owen and Emily in Paris hunk Lucien Laviscount. ALDO ZILLI will be making a meal of CarFest at Silverstone. The chef is creating an Italian BBQ Feast for punters, along with Virgin Radio UK Breakfast Show host Chris Evans on Saturday afternoon. Then he will give a masterclass at The Kitchen Table from 1.15pm on Sunday, plus a talk on The Chef’s Stage at 4.45pm. NORTH: I’LL WORK IN STARBUCKS North West says she is keen to earn cash like other kids her age Credit: Unknown KIM Kardashian and Kanye West’s eldest daughter North has vowed to buck the nepo baby trend – despite launching her own music career at 12. In a new interview with Dazed, North said she is keen to earn cash like other kids her age. She said: “I still wanna work. I wanna work at Starbucks next year. I think I can next year because I’m gonna be 14. “I want to have a regular job, I guess.” Sadly for North,I don’t think she’ll ever get the chance to have any kind of “normal” job. DEMI LOVS THE BAHAMAS Demi Lovato posted a load of photos from her getaway to the Bahamas Credit: Unknown The star stunned in a red bikini on the beach Credit: Unknown DEMI Lovato joined the list of celebrities making me jealous with their holiday snaps – when she posted a load of photos from her getaway to the Bahamas. The Confident singer posed in a red bikini on the beach and in a leopard-print number after jetting there with four friends. Her husband, singer Jutes, is sure to have been jealous. He had to miss the trip because he’s on tour across North America. Demi herself has shows coming up in the US and Brazil during the next few weeks. I’m told she’s also been back in the studio cooking up new music, just ten months after releasing her ninth album It’s Not That Deep. HARRY STRETCHES HIS WINGS Harry Styles showed off his butterfly tattoo in a photoshoot Credit: Unknown The superstar was posing for snaps in W magazine Credit: Unknown I’M not surprised Harry Styles needed a big stretch as he continues his marathon run of Together Together shows. Following concerts in Amsterdam, London, Sao Paulo and Mexico City, he starts a 30-date residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden tonight. Just as well, because he reckons dancing at gigs is the antidote to modern life. Showing off his butterfly tattoo as he posed for snaps in W magazine – including a goofy look in glasses – he said: “Post-Covid, and now in this AI time, there’s something about standing next to a sweaty stranger and exchanging energy that you can’t really replace. “The desire is for the more tangible, the little bits of magic that just happen.” He added: “Almost exclusively, my favourite things have come in moments of being incredibly unproductive.” Another shot included a goofy look in glasses Credit: Unknown Harry is continuing his marathon run of Together Together shows Credit: Unknown HOLLYWOOD continues to be incapable of leaving good things be, as a sequel to 2003 romcom How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days is now in the works. Movie bosses want Kate Hudson and Matthew Mcconaughey to reprise their roles, and she’s already signed up to produce the movie. THE 20th anniversary of Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black album is being celebrated with a re-issue featuring unreleased demos, rare B-sides and a live performance recorded in Amsterdam. The new three-disc collection, which is available on vinyl and CD, will be out on October 23. It also includes unseen photos, a copy of lyrics written by Amy, and emotional liner notes from her producer pals Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi who worked on the 2006 record. HAILEY’S POOLING POWER Hailey Bieber posed poolside in a new fashion campaign for Mango Credit: Mango/Anthony Seklaoui HAILEY BIEBER is one yummy mummy as she poses poolside in a new fashion campaign. The billionaire founder of skincare brand Rhode has become the face of high-street brand Mango. Her latest shoot comes after Hailey, who married singer Justin in 2018, marked the second birthday of their son Jack Blues with a series of pics on Instagram. The couple have certainly defied the odds to have a successful marriage and start a family. There were plenty who thought they wouldn’t last after only a few months. She’s really proved the haters wrong. Comment now