Lucy Beaumont speaks out

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I feel like everyone should watch her full interview.

https://news.sky.com/video/comedian-lucy-beaumont-i-offered-to-pay-legal-fees-for-woman-who-signed-walliams-nda-13610774

Bravo👏

I’ve just read this, a huge well done to her! I’ve always liked her. She’s put herself out there I just hope she gets work again in the future or it will put others off from whistleblowing!

I have just watched the entire interview. She was amazing, looked like she was full of emotion throughout. She spoke so much sense but looked terrified too.

Protect Lucy at all costs - she cannot be another scapegoat

Im proud of Lucy 🩷

Its a shame as I would've said Jon Richardson was one of the good ones - but i highly doubt that Lucy wouldn't have told him this info, and he chose to do nothing with it or help her out.

Absolutely well done Lucy 👏.

I've seen Lucy on tour and booked to see her again next year. Her stand up is very good. I laughed so hard. If you want to support her, make sure she's sold out

talk about jumping to conclusions, we have no way of knowing who she told and what other people have done. Can we just have a thread about someone doing something good without more accusations 🙄

Lucy Beaumont and Katherine Ryan are my new heroes! 🦸🏼‍♀️🦸🏼‍♀️

Individually, they’ve both shown incredible courage in speaking out, calling out and blowing the whistle on predators.

Women using their voices, standing their ground and refusing to stay silent.

Absolute respect 👏❤

I’m so glad she’s speaking out. So impressed that she’s willing to do this to help protect vulnerable people when she knows it will probably come at personal cost to her. Bravo Lucy!!

I was just thinking this when I watched Lucy's interview. Brave, funny, compassionate women.

This is what I thought too - my lunchbreak is going to be spent finding the next Lucy gig to go to.

Agree!

Note to all celebrities and others in positions of power (. Male and female) if you see a celebrity preying on teenage girls you don't just smile for a fucking photo with them!

As she said there is nowhere to go, I don't know anything about Jon Richardson he maybe supported her, she seemed to know what she was talking about but didn't think DW was doing anything illegal but did whistleblow, on him being an absolute creep what did you want Jon Richardson to do ?

What I am deeply struggling with is why would a fifteen or sixteen year old need to sign an nda? And such a restrictive one, it says something very bad happened.

so what the fuck kind of legal firm drafts an nda and acts for a client in this matter, don’t they have a duty to report suspected crimes. Because any sane person would suspect one.

the moment any man says I want a highly restrictive gagging order on a young girl who visited my dressing room, then the first thought you’d have is why the fuck do you need that. I mean there is no good reason is there, and did money change hands, was she paid to sign it? Why did she sign it. What led to her signing it, what was she threatening to say?

and he’s had legal letters written to silence women hasn’t he, or was that brand. Who is protecting these men??

What I am deeply struggling with is why would a fifteen or sixteen year old need to sign an nda?

And whether it's legally binding ? Generally minors cannot sign contracts.

I think she also makes a very good pint that if someone in their 30s or 40s having sex with someone under 18 makes us all uncomfortable then why is it legal.

I’m sure other counties have age of consent laws that account for this.

I hope she does work on tv again but I suspect she is right and she will slowly get less work. Some might be seen to publicly employ her in the early days but she is probably correct in what she says. It would be difficult to prove why she was not employed. Fingers crossed I am wrong.

In relation to Jon Richardson and others - there is one thing hearing rumours and another thing entirely witnessing something concrete. Lucy said the runner confided in her - this is what allowed her to act - a direct conversation with someone directly involved. Even then, it was difficult because she had never seen anything herself - so she couldn't go to the police or if she had they wouldn't have done anything.

I don't know what others knew or suspected but I doubt runners or the victims were going round confiding in other male celebrities.

You what? So if she had told her husband, in confidence, that she wasn't ready to speak out, you think he should have done it anyway?

Safeguarding should never be a dirty word.

The awful cynical in me thinks she's been getting a lot less TV work since she split with JR anyway?

According to the article in The Guardian, Schillings sent at least one of the legal letters. They say that DW had told them that the young woman was looking to sell her story which included untruthful claims. Interestingly the same lawyer, specialising in reputation management, had previously represented the Duchess of Sussex.

I've just watched it. Lucy is brilliant and should be applauded for speaking out and trying to do something to make chance. I hope she is not penalised and loses TV work because of this. It's a chance for the TV industry to step up and and show that they really do want to make changes to help protect young vulnerable women. They should get behind Lucy and help her.

Thank you! I’ve just booked to see her next year.
Well done to her for speaking out.

Aw thank the bloody lord for women like Lucy.

As for jumping to conclusions about what she told her husband that’s ridiculous, you have no idea if she did or what he did about that. Presumably as they were married he was offering to help with the legal fees too. If you’ve watched the interview, a lot of this was just he says / she says. Nothing can be done without the law getting involved so what could Jon have done exactly?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/37b404e095250a70
Gifted.

Stand up comedy’s problem with women: ‘Strip clubs are more welcoming’
Some UK comedy clubs are booking six times as many men as women. Is the problem women’s jokes, or the male working environment?
And there are clearly plenty of “sleazy Daves” out there, with some female comedians using a WhatsApp “blacklist” to warn each other about dangerous men. Lucy Beaumont, whose comments started the past week’s controversy, has said that “predatory male behaviour” has held back her career.

2024 article.

Yes - but you could argue she got more because she was married to him. It is difficult because he was more well established first. She's done some 'big' shows since their split - Taskmaster/WILTY etc