Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont announce they are set to DIVORCE after nine years

Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont announce they are set to DIVORCE after nine years of marriage - as they vow to 'manage the difficult transition for their daughter, seven'

Comedy and acting couple Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont are divorcing after nine years of marriage, they have announced in a joint statement.

The pair - who share seven-year-old daughter Elsie Louise - insisted the separation had been 'amicable' as they detailed their priority of putting their child first.

A statement to the PA news agency read: 'After 9 years of marriage, we would like to announce that we have separated.

'We have jointly and amicably made the difficult decision to divorce and go our separate ways.

'As our only priority is managing this difficult transition for our daughter, we would ask that our privacy is respected at this sensitive time to protect her well-being. We will be making no further comment.'

The couple began dating in 2013 after meeting through Roisin Conaty, before tying the knot in April 2015 and welcoming their daughter in September the following year.

The couple have starred in Meet The Richardsons, which began in 2019, in which they play 'exaggerated versions of themselves' and also fronted Channel 4 panel show, Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples, which featured celebrity couples last year.

'At home mockumentary' Meet The Richardsons, which airs on UKTV's Dave with the fifth series starting this month, saw Lucy nominated for a Bafta TV award in the female performance in a comedy programme category in 2023.

Last year, Lucy confessed that viewers often do not understand that their fighting is not real, saying: 'It's been great but I see comments on social media and people don't seem to realise it's not real...

'I don't henpeck – we wouldn't have lasted this long if I was as mean to him in real life. You don't want to see a smug couple in love, in a nice house, with a stable career and a lovely little child. Who wants to see that?...

'I wasn't doing it if we were going to be like that. We'll show the other side where we're just at each other constantly. It's a more truthful portrayal...

'The world we've got around us is slightly bizarre but I think people still feel like they recognise themselves in it, which is good.'

Lucy spoke in January last year about working with her husband, saying: 'We like working together and enjoy Meet The Richardsons and we really wanted to make something that people could relate to...

'Meet The Richardsons is basically an excuse for us to channel tensions into comedy and you see that in the studio, someone might start saying something thinking they're going to land a blow but as soon as us and the audience start laughing at them, they realise it's all nonsense.'

Speaking about what they learnt from filming Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples, Lucy went on: 'We've learnt that all couples have beef with each other and have ongoing tensions about something. Everyone's the same.'

Jon continued: 'It's not about whether you have issues or not, it's about how you deal with the issues. There is no perfect couple.

'Michael and Hilary Whitehall were absolutely brutal to each other and it's the lexicon of their marriage now.'

Last year it was confirmed Meet The Richardsons would be renewed for the upcoming fifth season, following its win for Best Comedy at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2022.

Speaking to The Sun at the time, Lucy said: 'Yes, we have another series commissioned...

'The idea for the next series is that we want to do a sitcom and make it a bit like Heartbeat with gags, but because Jon wants to retire soon, he wants to win an award. So he wants the sitcom to be more surreal and abstract...

'So each of us goes and comes up with ideas for our own sitcom, then we take it to a focus group and we have to come back together'.

The fourth series which aired saw the couple move house and featured guest stars including Ben Elton and Adrian Chiles.

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