...and I lied to Chris Evans about it

Lucy Beaumont has revealed that she lied to Chris Evans on live TV to win a competition.

The comedian said that when she was ten, The Big Breakfast ran a drawing competition to design a fountain, with the promise that the winning child’s sketch would be made

But her mum, who had art school training, entered on her behalf – and won.

Speaking to The Times today,  Beaumont  said: ‘She made me go on national TV and pretend it was mine. She was squeezing my hand in the green room, saying, "Don’t say anything or I’ll kill you!" 

‘We went to London, Chris Evans unveiled this fountain with a brass band playing, and right at the end my mum admitted: "Oh, I helped a bit." 

‘When I got back to school, everyone thought I was a prodigy and pulled me out of lessons to help other classes with their art.’

The prize also included a  family hotel stay in London, the comic has previously revealed.

In her Q&A today, the Celebrity Traitors contestant also told how the council in her Hull hometown named one to its snow gritters  after her. 

‘I went to see it, and the driver didn’t know who I was,’ she said. ‘That brought me back down to earth.'

Beaumonth was speaking to the newspaper to plug her new tour, Bad At Quiz Shows, Good With Weirdos

Published: 19 Aug 2026