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ABC Star Judith Lucy, 54, Reveals Retiring From Stand-Up Comedy After More Than Three Decades: ‘I’m Done’
Judith Lucy has announced that she is retiring from stand-up comedy after 35 years on the road.
The funny 54-year-old said she was ‘fed up’ with constant travel and wants to prioritize other aspects of her life.
“I started doing comedy before I lost my virginity,” she said. ABC every day. Houses, boyfriends, friendships and my hymen have come and gone.
Judith Lucy (pictured) has announced that she is retiring from stand-up comedy after 35 years on the road. The fun-loving 54-year-old said she was ‘fed up’ with constant travel and wants to prioritize other aspects of her life.
“But it’s not my job to go on stage and tell jokes into a microphone,” he continued. ‘Until (drum roll) now.’
The veteran of the comedy series The Late Show said she was leaving the lucrative live circuit because the job made her unhappy.
She still plans to write and act, but no longer wants her career “to involve me dying to get to the end of something, or doing whatever it takes to tune out.”
In her statement, Lucy, who has just started a new relationship, expressed regret at the impact her career had had on her personal life.
Speaking to ABC Everyday, Lucy, who has just started a new relationship, expressed regret at the impact her career had had on her personal life.
“I’m saying goodbye to something that has defined me more than anything else: stand-up comedy,” he explains.
“For some people, it’s more likely to be their marriage or their children. Possibly the main reason I don’t have those things is because of the job I’m leaving now.’
Lucy is known to have a lackluster dating record, which she often uses as material for her stand-up comedy.
Lucy (pictured on The Late Show in the 1990s) is known to have a lackluster dating record, which she often used as material for her stand-up comedy.
Lucy also said that her work as a comedian worsened her anxiety and led her to make unhealthy choices.
“For years I had beaten myself up for the habits I had used to numb myself, whether it was drinking, smoking, taking drugs or watching hours of mindless television,” she said.
But I had never wondered why I did those things.
‘The answer was to cope with the anxiety of my job. I could log out for a few hours and then get up and do it all over again.
Lucy achieved widespread fame as a regular at Rove in the early 2000s and later became a fan favorite at The Weekly with Charlie Pickering starting in 2019 (pictured)
Admitting that “nobody forced her” to continue acting, she now says she wants to stop so she can “try to live differently.”
Lucy rose to fame as a cast member on the ABC comedy series The Late Show in 1993.
His comedy album King of the Road was nominated for an ARIA Award in 1998.
Lucy achieved widespread fame as a regular at Rove in the early 2000s and later became a fan favorite on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering beginning in 2019.
She’s not giving up on acting entirely, with The Melbourne Theater Company scheduling Lucy to appear in their production of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days next year.
She’s not giving up on acting entirely, with The Melbourne Theater Company scheduling Lucy to appear in their production of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days next year. (Seen with Denise Scott)