Lucy Beaumont says sexist comedy lineups have regressed “15 years”
nme.compic.twitter.com/Pu8pw3uDJS— Lucy Beaumont (@LucyABeaumont) September 10, 2024Beaumont previously said in an appearance on The Comedian’s Comedian podcast last year that “predatory male behaviour” had held her back most in her comedy career.“I’ve had quite a few incidences where if you were in any other workforce you would go to HR [Human Resources], but there isn’t one,” she revealed.“I think it’s just everywhere and it’s not talked about enough.
It upsets me when I hear about young female comics having the same experiences. I thought for a while it was the same five or six people – and now it’s not – I could name you 10 or 15, because of course people talk,’ she claimed.She continued: “Comedy has the biggest gossips ever so everybody knows – or if you don’t know the ones I know yet then you will do soon.
It attracts such interesting, passionate, raw, edgy, wounded people – but it also attracts predatory men who are really messed up and sexually have been repressed for years.
And they get a bit of fame and display these behaviours.“There’s been times when I’ve just wanted to go on Twitter and just let people know everyone that we talk about, but we’re not allowed to say.”Beaumont was nominated in 2023 for a BAFTA TV award for Best Female Performance for her part in Meet The Richardsons.
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