Their TV comedy Meet the Richardsons based mostly on their real-life marriage has introduced them legions of followers and awards however, simply days after its fifth season debut, its stars Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont have introduced they’re to divorce.
In an announcement shared on social media, they introduced the break up:
“We’ve collectively and amicably made the tough determination to divorce and go our separate methods.
“As our solely precedence is managing this tough transition for our daughter, we might ask that our privateness is revered at this delicate time to guard her well-being.
“We will likely be making no additional remark.”
The couple, who married in 2015, debuted their mockumentary comedy in 2020. The present sees them play exaggerated variations of themselves, with different comedians and acquainted faces on British TV making visitor appearances.
Independently, each are comedians. Beaumont has appeared on quite a few panel reveals and bases a lot of her jokes on her residence metropolis of Hull within the north of England. Her function in Meet the Richardsons introduced her a BAFTA nomination for comedy efficiency in 2023.
Richardson was the host of Jon Richardson: Final Worrier, which ran for 2 collection, additionally on Dave.
The Instances of London experiences that, in an interview final 12 months, Beaumont mentioned the couple’s fictional personas for the present, which sees them incessantly engaged in bickering with one another, weren’t a real reflection of their actual-life relationship.