Josh Duhamel has reflected on the impact of marrying his ex-wife, Fergie, at the peak of her fame.
“It was an enormous shift [in my life] because she was a large star on the time and so it was an enormous adjustment for me, if I’m being honest,” Duhamel, 53, revealed on the Monday, March 25, episode of The Megyn Kelly Show. “But, you realize, Fergie is a really normal person, at the top of the day. A great mom. We have now an excellent relationship. She and my wife [Audra Mari] actually get along great.”
Duhamel and Fergie (real name Stacy Ann Ferguson) tied the knot in 2009 — the identical yr that the Black Eyed Peas star, 50, had two Billboard No.1 hits with “Boom Boom Pow” and “I Gotta Feeling.” They welcomed their son, Axl Jack, in 2013 before calling it quits in 2019. (Duhamel married his current wife, former Miss World America winner Mari, in September 2022. They share son Shepherd Lawrence Duhamel, 2, and have a second baby on the way in which.)
Host Megyn Kelly took a deep dive into Duhamel and Fergie’s marriage through the interview, including asking whether either one had trouble over “whose star [was] greater” on the time.
“Yeah, probably,” Duhamel confessed. “It’s probably my very own ego greater than anything. I don’t think it bugged her as much because it probably did me. But she was a large star on the time!”
Duhamel admitted that it felt like he was “in [Fergie’s] shadow loads of the time.” He added that he and Fergie “have an excellent relationship” as they coparent Axl today.
“We parent our son, Axl. She’s an excellent mom,” Duhamel said. “I’m extremely happily married now to my wife, Audra. We have now an exquisite son and a bit of girl on the way in which. [Audra and Fergie] have an excellent relationship, which is what I actually care about.”
He continued, “I would like to make certain everybody is just copacetic. I just want peace and I don’t want any in-fighting between anybody. They’ve been very civil, thankfully, in the way in which they approach this thing. … It may very well be ugly but, thankfully, it’s not.”
Fergie publicly congratulated her ex and Mari, 32, earlier this month once they announced that they expect their second child.
Josh Duhamel and Audra Mari in March 2026. Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures
“Adding a bit of girl to our story. We will’t wait to satisfy you,” Mari shared via Instagram on March 5, with Fergie replying, “Welcome the cuteness! 💖💖.”
While Duhamel has rarely discussed his split from Fergie, he did briefly address the differences in his previous and current marriages during a March appearance on “The Skinny Confidential” podcast.
“Fergie can also be very healthful, imagine it or not. Especially since she form of stepped away from all of it,” Duhamel said. “She’s an excellent mom. Very kind, very nonconfrontational, thank God. We have now relationship. She and Audra have an excellent relationship.”
The actor continued, “We’re just very different. Fergie and I, we just have different views of the world. And that’s OK, you realize. But I even have no regrets about that. We have now an exquisite son. But [Fergie and Audra] are only very different in loads of ways. But in addition, each really great women. They are surely.”