Breaking News: Michael Jordan co-owns successful side business with Serena Williams as $15bn prediction set…see more

“So, Michael Jordan, he reached out,” she explained. “I actually love the product and tasted it first. I love tequila in general, but I always thought tequila was for throwing it back, you know? I didn’t know you could sip on it.”

Speaking on her relationship with Jordan, she added: “He has been very supportive. To be part of such an iconic person — I still want to be like Mike.

“I think everyone out there kind of wants to be like Mike, and that was me. To be one of the investors and on this team with what we’re doing, and we’re growing something very authentic and slow.

“We want to build a really great tequila that people genuinely love and can genuinely drink and learn that you can sip tequila, and not shoot ’em back.