Lucy Beaumont is accompanied by a thriller man

Lucy Beaumont was joined by a mystery man as she left the Lowry Theatre in Manchester on Sunday evening – six months after confirming the end of her marriage to comedian Jon Richardson. 

Beaumont, 41,  looked elegant in a pair of black trousers and a matching black coat over a brown patterned blouse during her night out at the venue.

She styled her hair in a half up, half down ‘do as she made her way to a car following her stand-up gig at the venue.

And the Taskmaster star was not alone for the outing, with onlookers spotting a mystery man alongside her as she climbed into a waiting car. 

Beaumont’s anonymous companion was also bundled up in a black coat and had short dark hair and stubble.

Her evening out comes just six months after she split from her comedian husband Jon Richardson. 

The former couple announced their decision to divorce in April after nine years of marriage in a move that surprised their fans. 

They share a daughter and tied the knot in April 2015, after they started dating in 2013.

Beaumont and Richardson first met through friend Roisin Conaty and went on to work together on a number of shows including Meet The Richardsons.

But in a joint statement in April, they said: ‘After 9 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.’

Richardson handed over £1.625 million Beaumont when they called time on their nine year marriage.

And the comedian has since spoken out about their split in an interview with OK! Magazine.

She told the publication: ‘People might think I should talk about it because we were so public and everyone knew us as a couple, but I won’t, and not because there’s any animosity.

‘We both agreed that while it might be weird for other people not hearing anything about it, we wouldn’t talk about anything to do with the marriage or each other.’

She added of a recent new approach to life now she’s in her forties: ‘I don’t feel any different really, just a bit angrier and not willing to take any s**t from anyone.’

It comes after Beaumont said she sometimes worries she ‘made a mistake’ marrying Jon as she slammed his stubbornness in an unearthed clip.

A resurfaced video has shown her sharing her marriage concerns on Richardson’s show Ultimate Worrier – where he brings on guests to help analyse his many worries.

Asked if Beaumont had any worries about her ex-husband, she replied: ‘I’ve got a lot. Sometimes I worry that I’ve made a mistake.’

She went on to describe how Richardson can’t admit when he’s wrong or has made a mistake, something she said can be hard on a marriage.

‘One thing I think that’s really hard in a marriage is when the other person can’t admit when they’re wrong,’ she continued. ‘Can’t say sorry I’ve made a mistake.’

The ex-couple were joined on the episode by Jonathan Ross, who chimed in to say: ‘It’s crucial there’s no way a relationship can survive that.’

‘You can’t judge me on that until I make a mistake,’ he replied, as the audience began to laugh. ‘It’s not fair.’

To prove her point, Beaumont added: ‘And he honestly thinks that I’m the flawed one and that you never make a mistake. I have an example and it’s quite, it’s not, you know, pleasant story to tell you actually.’

She began to recount a story from their honeymoon where they rented a car and went around America, with Jon looking at the map and deciding to book a hotel in Santa Cruz.

‘Then I looked up Santa Cruz and it has the worst homicide rate in the whole of America,’ she said. ‘Worse than LA, like the most dangerous place to be. I told this to Jon and he said well I’ve booked it now.

‘So we went into this falafel bar and we sat in the window, looking out onto the sea and I did think, this is starting to get a bit later, things are turning a bit, and then you wouldn’t have any of it.

‘Anyway a gang turned up and one of them got stabbed in the chest, and I looked at Jon he remained emotionless. Like he was looking at two pigeons having a fight and I was in shock.’

She added: ‘I said “Oh I can’t eat this”, so Jon ate my falafel as well and I said “Are you not bothered?”

‘And all because he didn’t want to admit that we’re in a dangerous place.’

In another old clip shared recently, Beaumont jokingly said she didn’t think her marriage with Richardson would last for life, two years before they announced their split.

In an unearthed clip of 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown in 2022, Beaumont shared her frank view on their marriage, prompting Richardson, also 41, to ask ‘are you breaking up?’

In the footage from the show, host Jimmy Carr asked her: ‘What made you decided to settle?’

To which the comedian replied: ‘I don’t see this for life, isn’t there a song Just Passing Through? A season, a reason or a lifetime.’