Months earlier than their shock cut up, Lucy Beaumont made a joke about divorcing Jon Richardson whereas on the telly.
The pair of comedians introduced final April that they had been divorcing after 9 years of marriage. Sharing a daughter collectively, the superstar couple stated on the time that they had ‘now we have collectively and amicably made the tough determination’.
However whereas they made have made an ‘settlement’ for his or her separation to not focus on their marriage or one another, that wasn’t essentially the case whereas they had been married.
Again in 2023, an episode of Eight Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown aired with each Richardson and Beaumont showing.
And whereas it could have been filmed lengthy earlier than it was proven on Channel 4, and subsequently for much longer earlier than they determined to separate, it appears a bit of bit awkward now.
In the course of the episode, Jimmy Carr launched Richardson as one of many crew captains, with Beaumont on his aspect.
The host stated: “Lucy and Jon are married. So, I do know Lucy, everybody watching at house is dying to know… What made you resolve to settle?”
And she or he joked in response: “I do not see this for all times. Is not it a tune – simply passing by means of? Is it?”
Yep, a bit of awkward, proper?
However Carr continued to stir the pot: “Simply passing by means of?”
She continued: “You meet in your life outdated souls, new souls… A***holes.”
Beaumont did go on to say that the 2 ‘had a beautiful life collectively’, additionally joking that she had by no means eaten an avocado earlier than assembly her husband on the time.
She then stated: “Who is aware of what is going to occur sooner or later.” And Richardson joined in with the joke as he requested: “Are you breaking apart now?”
Their cut up announcement adopted within the months after it aired because the pair stated in a press release on 12 April 2024: “After 9 years of marriage, we wish to announce that now we have separated. Now we have collectively and amicably made the tough determination to divorce and go our separate methods.
“As our solely precedence is managing this tough transition for our daughter, we might ask that our privateness is revered at this delicate time to guard her well-being. We shall be making no additional remark.”
Retaining issues comparatively non-public is one thing the comedians have caught too, with discussing their relationship and cut up being just about a no-go space.
That is right down to the settlement they made, as Beaumont acknowledged to OK! Journal that it may appear odd to their followers.
“Individuals would possibly assume I ought to speak about it as a result of we had been so public and everybody knew us as a pair, however I gained’t, and never as a result of there’s any animosity,” the Taskmaster star stated.
“We each agreed that whereas it could be bizarre for different individuals not listening to something about it, we wouldn’t speak about something to do with the wedding or one another.”
