Archive March 31, 2025

Jon Richardson has revealed that taking a break from comedy made him realise he didn’t want to return to it – and has now taken up a new role away from TV stardom

Jon Richardson has stunned fans with the news that he’s quitting comedy to take up a completely different career. The star has been a mainstay on the stand-up and TV circuits for years, but is now choosing a far more normal life.

Celebrity Gogglebox star Jon, 42, shared the update on Instagram today, filming himself wrapped up warm as he took a walk and spoke to the camera. Jon shared: “I just thought I’d give you a little update. I don’t really do social media updates, and I’ll tell you why – because I don’t think anyone cares. But I have a little bit of news. I’ve obviously been taking a little bit of a break from stand-up and it’s really made me… want to carry on taking a break from stand-up.”

He added: “I’ve been thinking a lot about a diary entry that I found from 1997.” An excerpt of his old diary then popped on screen, as the BBC Radio 6 star explained: “It’s this one. I was 14 years old, it says although I would love to be a stand-up comedian, I’ll probably end up being a teacher. And I’ve been thinking a lot about that.”

In a bombshell moment, Jon revealed: “I’ve loved being a comedian, it was absolutely the right choice. But I’ve decided it would’ve been nice to try the other option, so that’s exactly what I’m gonna do”.

He then surprisingly shared that he’d already accepted a teaching job, stating: “I’ve been doing some training, I’ve taken a teaching position. I will update you as and when I can. but that’s all from me for now, just to let you know where I’ve been. I’ll keep you posted”.

This isn’t the only major change in John’s life, after he announced his divorce from wife Lucy Beaumont last April. John and Lucy tied the knot in April 2015, and share eight-year-old daughter Elsie.

The news came as a shock to fans, as the duo had become a massive power couple after starring in their own show, Meet The Richardsons, which came out in 2020.

At the time of their break-up, a joint statement read: “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. Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont. “

The duo appears to have settled their divorce, after Jon gave Lucy a £1.625 million payout for her shares in a company in which they were both listed as directors – the couple had built a huge fortune of £6 million together before their romantic and business partnership came to an end.

A New Mexico judge has restricted public access to police footage of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa following their deaths in February. The Hollywood legend was found dead at his New Mexico estate alongside his wife under mysterious circumstances on February 27.

Santa Fe police officials found the Oscar-winning actor, 95, dead in a wet room with one of his dogs laid next to him, while Gene’s wife Betsy was discovered dead in the couple’s bathroom, near a space heater with prescription tablets scattered on the floor. Earlier this month, a medical examiner revealed that Betsy, 65, had died from hanatavirus – a disease that can be transmitted by rats. They added that Gene’s cause of death was “hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease” with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributory factor.

Today, lawyers for Gene Hackman’s estate argued in a Sante Fe court that photographs and videos of the actor and his wife’s bodies should not be released to the public, according to Deadline. They argued that the estate has a right “to protect Gene and Betsy’s property, including photographs and videos of their dead bodies”.

“Gene and Betsy Hackman’s names, likenesses and images are valuable and need to be protected and is clearly proven out by virtue of the press wanting to get his hands on the documents to exploit them for their own personal profit and gain”, Kurt Sommer, an attorney for Gene’s estate said.

He added that the couple “took great pains” to live a private life, saying that they lived in a private gated community and “died a very tragic death”.

Meanwhile Walker Body, who was arguing for the release of the documents to the media, said that it was not common for a judge to stop “state entities from doing their statutory required jobs” and that New Mexico’s privacy laws do not give a person the same privileges in death as it does in their life.

At the end of the hearing, Judge Matthew Wilson blocked public records from being released that showed the bodies of Gene and Betsy. However, he did allow for autopsy and investigative reports that do not show the couple’s bodies to be released.

Earlier this week, Gene and Betsy’s names were quietly scrubbed from New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator list of “unclaimed decedents” amid rumours of a bitter family division. It came after speculation that the couple’s family had yet to claim the bodies.

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