Lucy Beaumont said her career was held back by predatory men on the comedy circuit as it’s revealed she has received huge divorce payout from her ex husband Jon Richardson

Lucy Beaumont admitted in unsubstantiated comments that her career was held back by predatory men on the comedy circuit.

On Tuesday it was revealed that Lucy’s ex-husband, comedian Jon Richardson, had agreed to a huge payout after they split.

Jon gave Lucy £1.625 million when they ended their nine-year marriage in April. The couple starred together for seven years in the mockumentary-style show Meet the Richardsons and amassed a fortune of £6 million.

However, documents from a company they ran together reveal that in June, two months after their split, Jon, 41, paid Lucy, 40, £1.625million for her shares in a company they ran together.

Now that Lucy has left the company, her comments about her career have come to light.

Last year, in comments that didn’t reference Jon, the comedian explained how She had already experienced ‘quite a few incidents’ when she first started in the industry.

She confirmed the ‘blacklist’ of alleged offenders and said that some 15 men were responsible for the appalling behaviour.

Lucy said, when asked if there was anything holding her back, “Predatory male behavior.

‘I’ve had quite a few incidents where if you’re in another profession you’d go to HR, but there’s none. I think it’s just everywhere and it’s not talked about enough.

“It bothers me when I hear that young female comedians have the same experiences. For a while I thought it was the same five or six people – and now it’s not – I could tell you 10 or 15, because of course people talk.”

The writer and artist spoke about the topic on The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast in July 2023.

It was revealed on Tuesday that Lucy’s ex-husband, comedian Jon Richardson, had approved a huge payout after they split

She added: ‘In comedy, the biggest gossip goes around, so everyone knows it. And if you don’t know the gossip that I know now, you will soon.’

“It attracts such interesting, passionate, raw, edgy, wounded people – but it also attracts predatory men who are really messed up and have been sexually repressed for years. And they get a little bit of fame and engage in this behavior.

“It’s just covered up. Their agents know and the channels know and nobody seems to do anything about it.

“There have been times when I just wanted to go on Twitter and let people know who we were talking about, but I wasn’t allowed to say that.”

According to recently filed accounts, Lucy and Jon’s company was worth £4million last year and the couple are still listed as co-owners of a £1million detached house with pool in Yorkshire and a £1million apartment in a posh part of north London.

The couple, who have one daughter together, married in April 2015 and announced their split in April this year – just days after the launch of the fifth season of their comedy show Meet The Richardsons.

They started dating in 2013, after meeting through their friend Roisin Conaty. They went on to collaborate on a number of shows, including Meet The Richardsons.

Last year, the comedienne explained that she had experienced “quite a few incidents” in her early years in the industry

Jon and Lucy started dating in 2013 after meeting through friend Roisin Conaty and have since worked together on a number of shows (pictured in 2017)

But four months ago, the couple said in a joint statement: “After 9 years of marriage, we would like to announce our separation. We have mutually and amicably made the difficult decision to divorce and go our separate ways.

Lucy was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in the category of Actress in a Comedy Programme for Meet The Richardsons in 2023.

The show first launched on the channel in 2020, with the pair co-writing it with Peter Kay’s Car Share writer Tim Reid.

Lucy has had a successful stand-up comedy career and has appeared on a number of panel shows including Would I Lie To You?, Taskmaster The Last Leg and Have I Got News For You.

In 2021, her comedy Hullraisers, which she co-wrote, aired on Channel 4 and that same year she published her first book, Drinking Custard: Diary of a Confused Mum.

She will be back for a national tour from October 4 to December 13.