“We don’t stay in posh hotels in London,” says Jon Richardson. In a posh hotel in London. “We’re not celebrities really, are we?” adds his wife, Lucy Beaumont. “We’re just us. We don’t really hang out in London and go to premieres.” She pauses. “Like the one we’re going to tonight.”
What’s this? Have I trapped Britain’s best-loved comedy couple in an instance of rank hypocrisy? Richardson and Beaumont, for those unfamiliar, are standup comics (and in Richardson’s case, panel show royalty as an ex-team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats) who also co-host Channel 4’s Jon & Lucy’s Odd Couples, casting judgment on other celeb relationships from their lofty celeb-relationship pinnacle. They are also stars of the hit mockumentary Meet the Richardsons, which chronicles their married life – or a fictional version thereof.
