LOUISE Redknapp poured £ 400,000 of her own money into her pop label and tour company after losing money during the lockdown.
The 46-year-old singer was in the red when she was forced to cancel performances last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Louise Redknapp has borrowed her own company moneyPhoto credit: Getty
According to public records, Li Lou Records was down £ 236,000 in the first 16 months while Lil Lou Recording was in debt of £ 87,625.
Companies House newspapers show the mother of two loaned her label £ 317,000 interest-free and £ 101,000 to her travel company.
Former perpetual singer Louise was forced to abandon her Heavy Love tour last year, where she would have played 11 dates across the UK.
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The singer had to cancel her tour because of CovidImage Credit: Getty – Contributor
She said to fans at the time, “Hi everyone, following the latest advice from the government, I’ve decided to cancel the rest of the shows on the Heavy Love tour.”
The star founded both companies in 2019 after splitting up with Jamie Redknapp when she decided to return to music after 16 years.
In January 2020, she released her first album in two decades, Heavy Love, after divorcing her 19-year-old husband Jamie in December 2017.
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She released her first album in two decades early last yearPhoto credit: Splash News
The Strictly star, who rose to fame as part of Eternal between 1992 and 1995 before gaining solo success through 2003, recently admitted that she still dreams of how her career could have continued if she hadn’t kept it on hold would have laid.
Speaking to Sheridan Smith, 39, she said on her Sheridan’s Showstoppers podcast: “I sometimes think if I hadn’t had an 18-year-old gap, I wonder how many records I might have been able to sell.”
“In the beginning it was okay to have kids and be married because you worked a lot and suddenly you want this normality, this time at home.
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Louise returned to music after separating from Jamie in 2017Photo credit: Getty
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“”[It] It felt good to be breathing again, not worrying about schedules and graduation records, and just enjoying the kids.
“It was only as time went on and they got bigger [that] My life felt like it was shrinking into that little box and everyone else’s life was expanding. I felt claustrophobic and terrified that I had lost doing what I loved.
“I really suffered from not doing anything I loved.”
“Anxious” Louise Redknapp says that her marriage to Jamie has become so “claustrophobic” that she refused to listen to music for five years
