Lucy Beaumont touched on her divorce from Jon Richardson in a latest interview about her relationships and privateness.
The British comedians introduced their shock break up in April 2024, after 9 years of marriage.
They launched an announcement describing the state of affairs as ‘troublesome’ and that their focus was on co-parenting their nine-year-old daughter Elsie.
Beaumont and Richardson are greatest recognized for his or her mockumentary comedy TV sequence Meet the Richardsons and often mined their marriage for jokes, with Beaumont quipping she may need ‘made a mistake’ marrying Richardson on a panel present look earlier than they separated.
They’ve remained tight-lipped concerning the nature of their break up since.
Beaumont even mentioned they’d an settlement, admitting final yr: “Folks would possibly assume I ought to discuss it as a result of we had been so public and everybody knew us as a pair, however I will not, and never as a result of there’s any animosity.
“We each agreed that whereas it is likely to be bizarre for different folks not listening to something about it, we would not discuss something to do with the wedding or one another.”
Beaumont, who starred in The Celeb Traitors final yr, spoke to The Times in a latest interview which touched on her future ambitions, which incorporates the intention to delve into politics.
The comic really spoke about her break up from Richardson, which was introduced earlier than the ultimate season of their sequence was launched.
She admitted that it was irritating to not be given their area, saying: “We requested for privateness however I, as the girl, received no privateness.”
Beaumont and Richardson have stood by their ‘no additional remark’ declare on the entire although, even when particulars of a £1.625 million cost from the latter to the previous have been made public.
They launched an announcement saying their break up as they knew a reporter was going to make it public, with the comic admitting that it impacted her ongoing Hassle and Strife stand-up comedy tour.
Because the break up occurred mid-tour, Beaumont mentioned that she modified ‘a few bits’ in a present which pretended that they had been nonetheless collectively.
She added: “I had jokes that I saved as a result of they had been nonetheless humorous. There wasn’t hundreds concerning the marriage. Now I’m much more guarded about my private life.”
Richardson has joked about features of the wedding, although neither have been express about their break up.
Beaumont mentioned that any remark made in interviews, regardless of how harmless they might seem, can finally be angled as a ‘torturous smear’.
The comic has since been rumoured to have began a brand new relationship with sound engineer Martin Wallace, although she is sticking to her phrase in terms of holding issues personal, so not a lot is thought about him.
She is ready to embark on a brand new stand-up tour, Unhealthy at Quiz Exhibits, Good with Weirdos, from September 2026 to July 2027.
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