Lucy Beaumount apprehensive she ‘made a mistake’ marrying Jon Richardson earlier than sharing true purpose behind divorce

Lucy Beaumont mirrored on her marriage to Jon Richardson, following the bombshell announcement of their divorce final yr.

The British comedians introduced their break up after 9 years of marriage in April 2024, calling the choice ‘tough’ however determined to go forward with it.

Beaumont and Richardson share an eight-year-old daughter collectively, named Elsie.

The couple have agreed to depart discussions of their relationship off the desk when it got here to interviews following their break up, one thing that some followers might have discovered odd, given the general public nature of their relationship.

Richardson has just lately introduced that he shall be taking a step back from comedy and pursuing teaching, because the pair tackle new paths of their lives.

This break up blindsided many followers, particularly after the success of their comedy collection, Meet the Richardsons. Beaumont would share jabs together with her vital different on TV reveals too, although her joke about divorce didn’t age effectively in any respect.



However now, a newly unearthed clip has proven her speaking about her then-husband’s stubbornness on his personal present, Final Worrier.

Richardson would convey company on to discuss his worries, and his ex-wife mentioned on the time that she thought she ‘made a mistake’ in marrying him.

When requested if she had any worries about him, she mentioned: “I’ve bought loads. Generally I fear that I’ve made a mistake.”

She even added that he could not admit when he was flawed or had made a mistake, which is lower than very best in a wedding: “One factor I believe that is actually arduous in a wedding is when the opposite particular person cannot admit once they’re flawed.

“Cannot say ‘sorry, I’ve made a mistake’,” she said.

Followers believed that their present, Meet the Richardsons, which ran for 5 seasons and 45 episodes, was an correct perception to the actual lifetime of the couple.

However in actuality, their TV home wasn’t their actual house, they usually used an actor as a substitute of their actual daughter.

Beaumont as soon as mentioned: “As a result of we’re enjoying ourselves, I do suppose folks come as much as us extra in public and assume they know us. Positively.”

In an announcement following their break up, they mentioned: “After 9 years of marriage, we wish to announce that we’ve got separated. Now we have collectively and amicably made the tough resolution 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.”

Beaumont would later clarify to OK! Journal that the break up has been be saved personal for a purpose.

“Individuals would possibly suppose I ought to discuss it as a result of we had been so public and everybody knew us as a pair, however I received’t, and never as a result of there’s any animosity,” the Taskmaster star mentioned.

“We each agreed that whereas it is likely to be bizarre for different folks not listening to something about it, we wouldn’t discuss something to do with the wedding or one another.”