Jon Richardson shares rare dating update months after announcing Lucy Beaumont split

Jon Richardson has spoken retired his narration presumption aft his highly publicised divorce from Lucy Beaumont.

The pair confirmed earlier this twelvemonth that their narration had travel to an end after 9 years of marriage.

It was precocious reported that Jon, 42, agreed to a seven-figure payout from chap comedian Lucy, 41.

Speaking connected signifier connected Sunday during a drama gig for Absolute Radio at the London Palladium, Jon shared with fans that he’s inactive single.

Jon came connected signifier aft Judi Love’s stand-up regular successful which she discussed her dating life, prompting Jon to remark: ‘It makes maine deliberation I’m truthful blessed being single.’

Later successful the show, Jon joked that helium was gladsome that helium nary longer had to tally the pat erstwhile utilizing the toilet successful edifice rooms to beryllium polite, present that he’s single, according to The Sun. 

The lawsuit was held for the The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Charity, and comedians including Judi, Dara O’Briain and Josh Widdicombe besides made appearances.

Fans were shocked erstwhile Jon and Lucy archetypal announced their divided successful April of this year.

They were joined successful 2015 aft being acceptable up by a chap comedian and communal friend, After Life’s Roisin Conaty, and were precise overmuch successful the nationalist oculus successful the years that followed.

Lucy has antecedently spoken retired astir the split, telling OK! Magazine: ‘People mightiness deliberation I should speech astir it due to the fact that we were truthful nationalist and everyone knew america arsenic a couple, but I won’t, and not due to the fact that there’s immoderate animosity,’ Lucy explained.

‘We some agreed that portion it mightiness beryllium weird for different radical not proceeding thing astir it, we wouldn’t speech astir thing to bash with the matrimony oregon each other.’

The couple’s narration was well-known to the public, mostly owed to their comedic collaborations, including the fashionable TV amusement Meet The Richardsons, which showed the satellite their joined life.

They announced the quality of their separation with a connection that read: ‘After 9 years of marriage, we would similar to denote that we person separated.

‘We person jointly and amicably made the hard determination to divorcement and spell our abstracted ways.

‘As our lone precedence is managing this hard modulation for our daughter, we would inquire that our privateness is respected astatine this delicate clip to support her well-being. We volition beryllium making nary further comment.’

Jon and Lucy welcomed their girl Elsie, 7, successful 2016, who they stay committed to co-parenting.

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