Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont announce they’re divorcing after nine years

British comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont have announced that they will be divorcing after nine years.

The couple tied the knot in April 2015, with their only child, a daughter, being born just a year later.

Richardson and Beaumont released a joint statement, telling the PA news agency: "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.

"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."

The couple are known for their appearances on British TV. (Rowben Lantion/BAFTA via Getty Images)

The pair are best known for starring in their own TV mockumentary series called Meet the Richardsons, which airs on Dave's UKTV.

The series has been on the air since 2020, with the fifth series beginning earlier this week on 8 April, where the two play 'exaggerated versions' of themselves.

It has been well received by audiences, with Beaumont being nominated for a BAFTA TV award in the female performance in a comedy programme category back in 2023.

The couple have since become household names on British television, launching a Channel 4 programme called Jon and Lucy's Odd Couples, where celebrity couples were invited on to examine their relationships.

This was done through a number of challenges that tested relationship skills, with the two hosts putting their relationship 'differences aside to judge everyone else's'.

You may also have spotted Richardson and Beaumont on Celebrity Gogglebox, while Richardson has also featured on popular panel show 8 Out Of 10 Cats.

They're calling it quits after almost a decade together. (Joe Maher/Getty Images)

Richardson launched the panel show Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier in 2018.

He previously revealed how the couple were set up by comedian Roisin Conaty, explaining during an appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show: "Roisin Conaty set us up and for months I said 'if you like this girl don't get us involved because I'll ruin her f**king life'."

He also later explained why he wasn't fully up for the idea: "I was very depressed and I thought, why drag someone else down with me."

Later agreeing to the date, he even said that he saved her on his phone as 'My Wife' before they met.