Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont announce divorce | UK News

Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont have introduced they’re divorcing after 9 years of marriage.

In a press release, the couple mentioned that they had “collectively and amicably made the troublesome resolution to divorce and go our separate methods”.

They added: “As our solely precedence is managing this troublesome transition for our daughter, we might ask that our privateness is revered at this delicate time to guard her well-being.

“We might be making no additional remark.”

The couple have starred collectively within the mockumentary Meet The Richardsons – by which they play “exaggerated variations of themselves” – since 2020.

The duo, who’ve a daughter, additionally starred collectively on Movie star Gogglebox.

Beaumont was nominated in 2023 for a BAFTA TV award in the very best feminine efficiency in a comedy programme class for her half in Meet The Richardsons.

Nevertheless, in an interview final 12 months, Beaumont mentioned their on-screen personas for the present, by which they typically bicker, weren’t a real reflection of their real-life relationship.

“It has been nice, however I see feedback on social media and other people do not appear to understand it is not actual,” she advised the Sunday Put up.

“I do not henpeck – we would not have lasted this lengthy if I used to be as imply to him in actual life.”

On the idea for the present, she added: “You do not need to see a smug couple in love, in a pleasant home, with a steady profession and a beautiful little little one. Who needs to see that?”

In a separate interview with The Guardian final 12 months, Richardson mentioned: “Each couple argues, however we’ve an finish product for our arguments.

“We hone them, then put them on TV. After which it is like: ‘Oh, maybe we weren’t arguing – maybe we have been simply engaged on a routine.'”

Beaumont, a stand-up comedian from Hull, whose routines typically function anecdotes about her residence metropolis, has appeared on panel exhibits comparable to Have I Received Information For You.

She additionally appeared as a contestant on the sixteenth collection of the comedy recreation present, Taskmaster, which was broadcast final 12 months.

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Richardson, additionally a stand-up star, identified for his dry humour, was beforehand a staff captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats.

In 2018, the Lancaster-born comic launched the panel present Jon Richardson: Final Worrier, which ran on Dave for 2 collection.

He beforehand co-hosted with Russell Howard on BBC Radio 6 Music.