Lucy Beaumont’s mystery man has been revealed as sound engineer Martin Wallace.
On Sunday evening, the comedian was seen leaving the Lowry Theatre in Manchester where she was picked up by Wallace before the pair sped off into the night.
Beaumont, 41, looked in good spirits on the outing – which came six months after she confirmed the end of her marriage to comedian Jon Richardson.
While it is not known when Beaumont and Wallace first met – he previously worked as a sound engineer on her ex’s 2014 stand up special, Jon Richardson Live: Nidiot.
Wallace is an experienced sound engineer who has worked closely with a range of comedy stars including Rob Beckett and Dara Ó Briain.
Lucy Beaumont’s mystery man has been revealed as sound engineer Martin Wallace after the pair were seen leaving the Lowry Theatre in Manchester together on Sunday
Beaumont’s evening out with the sound engineer comes just six months after she split from her comedian husband Jon Richardson (pictured)
He is also a talented multi-instrumentalist, being self-taught on guitar, piano and bass.
The nature of their relationship is unknown.
has contacted Lucy Beaumont’s representatives for comment.
Richardson and Beaumont 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.
While it is not known when Beaumont and Wallace first met – he previously worked as a sound engineer on her ex’s 2014 stand up special, Jon Richardson Live: Nidiot
Beaumont looked in good spirits as she was spotted leaving the Lowry Theatre before getting a lift from Wallace
Lucy and Jon met in 2013 through mutual friends before tying the knot in April 2015 and the former couple share a daughter (pictured in 2017)
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.’
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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.’
Lucy and Jon announced their decision to divorce in April after nine years of marriage in a move that surprised their fans
Jon handed over £1.625 million to Lucy when they called time on their nine year marriage
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?”
It comes after Beaumont said she sometimes worries she ‘made a mistake’ marrying Jon as she slammed his stubbornness in an unearthed clip
‘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.’