Beaumont married comedian Jon Richardson in April 2015 after being match-made by fellow comedian Roisin Conaty. [49] They have a daughter born in 2016. [50] [3] In 2023, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with severe ADHD. [51] Works [ edit ] That's probably what most people know me as - as Jon's wife," she explains of the show. "I think this is more about me as a stand-up, really, and navigating the last few years. I mean I had a mad life to start with, and it's just gone more and more surreal. a b "Taskmaster Series 16 line-up revealed". British Comedy Guide. 1 June 2023 . Retrieved 1 June 2023.

If you buy into all this you don’t realise the reality. It’s not like that. You’re just basically tidying up all day. Wyke 6th Form College – Hull – East Yorkshire". Wyke 6th Form College. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022 . Retrieved 13 April 2022. The first episode of "Hullraisers" is broadcast on Channel 4 this evening...The series is co-written by former Wyke student Lucy Beaumont...After studying A levels in English and Drama, Lucy progressed on to Hull University to complete her Drama degree. While Lucy doesn’t think a North/South divide still exists, she admits you can be shaped by where you grow up. ‘In Hull it feels like there's a great sense of humour that comes from being in a working class town and an exciting place to be,’ she explains. ‘We’re a very small country but I am fascinated by how different areas have different attitudes. You sort of adopt that if you’re not from there. I think the more we keep saying there’s a North/South divide, the more it creates an issue. All there needs to be is better links.’ Reading this book, I think Lucy Beaumont is the mum I would love to have bumped into at mum and baby groups. She talks candidly here about the ups and downs of being a new mum, not least the pressures we often pile upon ourselves.

Beaumont is extremely relatable and I felt like I was chatting with a much loved friend. A friend who completely understands the Jekyll and Hyde that is motherhood. Someone I can be honest and open with about how tough this parenting gig is. I don’t blame her for wanting to look after a pet bull when she saw an advert on Facebook during her pregnancy and wanted to bring him home to cuddle and have parties with his bull friends. I would be exactly the same. Hormones, it’s always the hormones that mess with your emotions. It led to her convincing herself “that I don’t belong here, I’m not good enough, I’m not funny”. Four series of a hit TV show later, she says, “I still have all that in my head whenever I do anything. And it’s really frustrating that men don’t. So my thing with the new tour is I just want to make it” – like Meet the Richardsons before it – “the funniest thing it can be.” When she toured her 2014 show, interviewees constantly asked ‘Are women as funny as men?’ Beaumont says. “It got in my head. I had terrible self-doubt. It really affected me.” She changed how she presented herself. “I used to take my make-up off before I went on stage and put on a hoodie. If I didn’t, I was getting things shouted at me like ‘Get your tits out’. It just made me more and more nervous.”

There are sporadic interjections from husband, Jon Richardson, reminiscent of their successful telly programme, Meet the Richardsons. It's a funny book, but there's real heart too; the importance of extended family and childhood experiences are a recurring theme, as well as Lucy's nostalgic ties to her homeland of Hull. Jones, Alice (1 August 2015). "A right pair of jokers: The secrets of comedy couples". The Independent . Retrieved 29 December 2019. That’s one of Taskmaster’s joys: it’s not only kind, but also the only place on television that allows comedians to fully reveal themselves and to be celebrated for whoever they are. It rewards difference and breadth of approach, which is why series 14’s Fern Brady, diagnosed as autistic, found such powerful public and self-acceptance during her time on the show. The best comics know how to manipulate a pressure valve," she adds. "But I talk about crows landing on my head; I'm not a political comic, I just want to see how much laughter I get out of audience, but I really respect comics who have a political stance." It was a mix of honesty, fun, fear, frustration and quirkiness and I am actually looking forward to a friend announcing they are pregnant just to buy this for them - even if they are a non reader I will read it to them - especially if they get all " airy fairy ".The “hull-arious” six-parter was commissioned by Channel 4 and has been co-written by Hull’s own Lucy Beaumont with Anne-Marie O’Connor. Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont welcome Dave into their home…sort of". corporate.uktv.co.uk. 11 June 2019 . Retrieved 29 December 2019. We argue about that but then we argue about everything. We even argue about lettuces,” she says. “He’s doing this environmental podcast where he’s talking about not wasting stuff. I did find some parts a little too repetitive. There was also random parts that seemed unnecessary, the main one was the location, location, location part about kirsty and Phil it just didn't make sense?!

In the show, Jonny Vegas plays the role of Lucy's neighbor who is romantically involved with her mum, Gill. Lucy even helps find a wedding venue for Gill and Jonny.

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She garnered huge critical acclaim with her Edinburgh Festival Fringe runs, and was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award with her debut Edinburgh show, We Can Twerk It Out in 2014. Meet the Richardsons' Lucy Beaumont thought she was dying during traumatic childbirth". 26 September 2021 . Retrieved 10 October 2021. She felt the responsibility to please during the filming of Taskmaster, too. “Alex [Horne, Taskmaster creator and co-presenter] sort of watches you. You feel like you’re letting him down,” she says. “I always felt: there’s an intelligent way of doing this and I don’t know what it is.” It didn’t matter though: “We were immersed in play. You don’t really get that chance as an adult to play. It was therapeutic.” She’s got a Netflix accent now! She did have a northern twang but she’s half Northern and half Netflix really.’

It's edited so the couch scenes go on for days. It's staggering how long we can sit on a couch and argue. But there are no lengthy scenes or playing the awkward silence - it's just a setup and a gag, and then we move on. Toni is a big-hearted tornado of chaos. She’s a self-described actress with no acting jobs (she can currently be found “auditioning” to hand out cheese samples in a supermarket car park). There’s a Q&A you did with your mum, playwrightGill Adams, in the book. Would you consider publishing a book with your mum? Beaumont was a contestant in the 16th series of Taskmaster, broadcast September–November 2023 and placing fifth. [38] Filmography [ edit ] Television [ edit ] Year Lucy Beaumont: One to watch". Edinburgh Festivals Magazine. 18 July 2014 . Retrieved 29 December 2019.In 2021, Channel 4 commissioned a comedy series called Hullraisers from Beaumont, co-written with Anne-Marie O'Connor and Caroline Moran. [33] [34] [35] Beaumont also released her first book Drinking Custard: Diary of a Confused Mum, which details her struggles with her pregnancy and motherhood. [36] [37] Former New Romantic to direct bad boy biopic". The Guardian. 8 November 1999 . Retrieved 29 December 2019. Pryer, Emma (26 September 2021). "Meet the Richardsons' Lucy Beaumont thought she was dying during traumatic birth". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 13 April 2022. BAFTA Television 2023: The Winners & Nominations". www.bafta.org. 16 March 2023 . Retrieved 15 May 2023. In a twist on the comedian-travelling-with-a-parent genre, Jon Richardson: Take My Mother-In-Law follows the stand-up and playwright Gill Adams as they travel around Spain, experiencing the local culture as she contemplates uprooting her life from England.