Jon Richardson all smiles as he’s seen for the first time since marriage split from Lucy Beaumont
JON Richardson was all smiles as he was seen for the first time since his marriage split from Lucy Beaumont.
The two comedians shocked their fans on Friday when they announced their plans to divorce after nine years of marriage.
The couple said the decision had been made ‘amicably’ and today, Jon seemed in good spirits as he attended a family screening of the supersized Bluey episode ‘The Sign’ in London.
Jon, 41, and Lucy, 40, share daughter Elsie Louise, who was born in 2016.
The comedian smiled for pictures as he arrived in an all-black ensemble consisting of jeans, a jacket and a T-shirt with a colourful motif on the front.
Jon made no comment about his recent news, which he had shared on social media in a joint statement with fellow comic Lucy on Friday.
It 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.”
Jon and Lucy were first introduced in 2013 by fellow comic Roisin Conaty before marrying two years later.
They launched their own mockumentary series, Meet The Richardsons, in 2020, where they play “exaggerated versions of themselves”.
The fifth series of the show began this month, just days before they announced their divorce.
Lucy previously joked about divorcing Jon last year during an appearance on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, saying: “I don’t see this for life.”
And just last month, Lucy revealed the ‘downside’ to working with her husband in a chat with OK!.
She said: “It’s a great working environment because it feels like a big group of friends.
“It’s a shame that you can’t see the crew off camera because most of them have worked on the show from the beginning. It’s like a holiday for them.”