Comedian Jon Richardson has agreed to a huge payout from his ex-wife Lucy Beaumont following their split.
Jon handed over £1.625million to Lucy when they ended their nine-year marriage in April.
The couple starred together on the mockumentary-style show Meet the Richardsons for seven years and amassed a fortune of £6m.
But documents from a company they had run together reveal that in June, two months after their split, Jon, 41, paid Lucy, 40, £1.625million for her shares in a company they had run together.
Jon even had to pay HMRC £8,125 in stamp duty after buying his share in the business This Guy at Night Limited.
Comedian Jon Richardson has agreed to a mega payout from his ex-wife Lucy Beaumont following their split
According to recently filed accounts, the company was worth £4m last year and the couple are still listed as co-owners of a £1m detached house with a swimming pool in Yorkshire and a £1m flat in a posh part of north London.
The couple, who share a daughter, married in April 2015 and announced their split in April this year, just days after the release of the fifth season of their comedy show Meet The Richardsons.
They began dating in 2013 after meeting through their friend Roisin Conaty and worked together on several shows including Meet The Richardsons.
But four months ago, in a joint statement, the couple said: “After nine 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.”
In an interview last year, Lucy hinted that Meet the Richardsons would be ending.
She said: “This will probably be the last one and we are leaving very happy.”
Last year, Lucy confessed that viewers often don’t understand that their fights aren’t real, saying: ‘It’s been great, but I see comments on social media and people don’t seem to realise it’s not real…
‘I’m not a bully, we wouldn’t have lasted this long if I had been that mean to him in real life. You don’t want to see a couple of vain lovers, in a nice house, with a stable career and a lovely child. Who wants to see that?
“I wouldn’t do it if we were going to be like that. We’ll show the other side that we’re constantly fighting. It’s a more truthful representation…”
Jon handed Lucy £1.625m when they ended their nine-year marriage in April. The couple starred in Meet the Richardsons and amassed a £6m fortune.
The couple, who share one daughter, married in April 2015 and announced their split in April this year, just days after the release of the fifth season of Meet The Richardsons.
According to recently filed accounts, the company was worth £4m last year and the couple are still listed as co-owners of a £1m detached house with a swimming pool in Yorkshire.
“The world around us is a bit strange, but I think people still feel like they recognize themselves in it, which is good.”
Meanwhile, Jon has landed a major role following the shock split, joining the Absolute Radio team in September.
It airs every Saturday morning at 8am and will be broadcast from the show’s studios in London or from its custom-built studio, which is located in its stylish pub garden.
Jon is best known as team captain on Channel 4’s popular show 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
He also co-presents Down the Dog alongside Matt Forde, who is a presenter on Absolute Radio and has a Saturday afternoon show.
Last year, Lucy revealed that her career was held back by predatory men on the circuit and confirmed that she herself had been targeted by them.
She said she had experienced ‘quite a few incidents’ early on when she first started out in the industry.
And confirming the “hit list” of alleged offenders, he said there were up to 15 men carrying out such atrocious behaviour.
Lucy, when asked if anything had held her back, said: ‘Predatory male behaviour.
“I’ve had quite a few instances where if you were in any other workplace you would go to the HR department, but there isn’t one. I think it’s something that happens everywhere and it’s not talked about enough.
“It bothers me when I hear about other young female comedians having similar experiences. For a while I thought it was just the same five or six people, but now it’s not like that. I could name ten or fifteen because of course people talk.”
They began dating in 2013 after meeting through their friend Roisin Conaty and worked together on several shows (pictured in 2017).
The writer and performer spoke about the topic on Comedian’s Comedian Podcast in July.
He added: ‘Comedy has the biggest gossip in history, so everyone knows it, or if they don’t know the ones I know, they will soon.
‘It attracts such interesting, passionate, raw, provocative, wounded people, but it also attracts predatory men who are really disturbed and who have been sexually repressed for years. And they get a bit of fame and display these behaviors.
“It’s just being covered up. Their agents know it and the channels know it and no one seems to be doing anything about it.
‘There were 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 it.’
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