Lucy Beaumont stuns husband Jon Richardson as she jokes she can’t see their marriage lasting in unearthed clip – two years before their split
Lucy Beaumont joked that she didn’t think her marriage to Jon Richardson would last forever, two years before they announced their split.
The couple, who have one daughter together, married in April 2015 and announced their separation in April of this year, just days after the launch of the fifth season of Meet The Richardsons.
In a found clip from 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown in 2022, Lucy, 41, shared her candid thoughts on their marriage, prompting Jon, also 41, to ask: “Are you guys splitting up?”
In footage from the show, presenter Jimmy Carr asked Lucy: ‘What made you decide to settle down?’
To which the comedian replied, “I don’t see this for a lifetime, isn’t there a song Just Passing Through? A season, a reason or a lifetime.”
Lucy Beaumont joked that she didn’t think her marriage to Jon Richardson would last a lifetime, two years before they announced their divorce
A stunned Jon, 41, asked: “Are you splitting up now?” before putting his head in his hands. Lucy replied: “We have a beautiful daughter so it was worth it.”
The couple, who have one daughter together, married in April 2015 and announced their separation in April this year
“You meet old souls, new souls, assholes in life. Before Jon, I had never had an avocado. We had a wonderful life together. We had a daughter.
‘Who knows what will happen in the future.’
A stunned Jon asked, “Are you breaking up now?” before putting his head in his hands.
Lucy replied, “We have a beautiful daughter, so it was worth it.”
They started dating in 2013, after meeting through friend Roisin Conaty, and have since worked together on a number of shows, including Meet The Richardsons.
But in a joint statement in April, the couple said: “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.”
Jon gave Lucy £1.625million when they ended their nine-year marriage.
In a found clip from 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown in 2022, Lucy, 41, shared her candid thoughts on their marriage, prompting Jon to ask: “Are you guys splitting up?”
“You meet old souls, new souls, assholes in life. Before Jon, I had never had an avocado. We had a wonderful life together. We had a daughter,” Lucy said
In a joint statement in April, the couple said: ‘After 9 years of marriage, we would like to announce our separation.
The duo starred together in the mockumentary-style series Meet the Richardsons for seven years, amassing 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.
Jon even had to pay £8,125 in HMRC stamp duty after buying out her share in the company This Guy at Night Limited.
According to recently filed accounts, the company was worth £4 million last year and the couple are still listed as co-owners of a £1 million detached house with a swimming pool in Yorkshire and a £1 million apartment in an upmarket part of north London.
They started dating in 2013 after meeting through friend Roisin Conaty and subsequently worked together on a number of shows (pictured in 2017)
In an interview last year, Lucy indicated that Meet the Richardsons would be ending.
She said, “This will probably be the last time, and we’re leaving with a good feeling.”
Last year, Lucy confessed that viewers often don’t understand that their fights aren’t real. She said: ‘It’s great, but I see comments on social media and people don’t seem to realise that it’s not real…
“I don’t pretend to keep him under my thumb. If I had been that mean to him in real life, we wouldn’t have lasted this long. You don’t want to see a smug couple in love, in a nice house, with a stable career and a sweet little kid. Who wants to see that?…
“I wouldn’t do it if we were like that. We’re showing the other side, where we’re constantly getting in each other’s way. It’s a more truthful representation…
‘The world around us is a bit bizarre, but I think people can still relate to it, and that’s good.’
Jon has now been given a major role following the shock split and has been a member of the Absolute Radio team since September.
It airs every Saturday morning at 8am, broadcasting from the show’s London studios or from his purpose-built studio in his stylish garden pub.
Jon is best known as team captain on the popular Channel 4 programme 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
He also co-presents Down the Dog with Absolute Radio presenter Matt Forde, who has a Saturday afternoon show.