Josh Duhamel is looking back at the ups and downs of his past relationship with Fergie, and this time, he didn’t hold back in a new interview. Years after splitting from her ex-wife, Stacy Ann Ferguson, also known as Fergie, he’s finally talking about what it really felt like to be married to a superstar. This time, he admits he spent a lot of those years in her “shadow.”
What Josh Duhamel said in his new interview
Looking back, Josh says it was a huge adjustment being with someone as famous as Fergie, especially during the peak of her career. It wasn’t always the glossy Hollywood romance people imagined. On ‘The Megyn Kelly Show’, he got pretty honest: “It was a big adjustment for me, if I’m being honest.” When Megyn asked if it ever became a competition, whose star shone brighter, Josh admitted, “Yeah, probably. It’s probably my own ego more than anything. I don’t think it bugged her as much as it did me. But she was a massive star at the time.”Duhamel didn’t sugarcoat it. “I was in her shadow a lot of the time,” Josh says. And talking about that “shadow?” It was huge at that time.For the unversed, in 2009, the year Duhamel married Fergie, the ‘Black Eyed Peas’ were dominating the music charts. Think ‘Boom Boom Pow’, ‘I Gotta Feeling’: they were everywhere. Fergie picked up eight Grammys over her career, and three of them during her marriage to Josh. While she was taking over pop music, Josh was carving out his own path in Hollywood, but the scales never really balanced.They tied the knot in 2009 after meeting on the set of his TV show, ‘Las Vegas’, and four years later, their son Axl arrived. But big differences started coming to the surface, and by 2017, they decided to split. The divorce was finalized in 2019.The ‘Transformers’ star has spoken out a few times recently, and he seems at peace with how things ended. On ‘The Skinny Confidential’ podcast in March, he said, “We’re just very different… She and I just have different views of the world, and that’s OK.” As per the ‘Ransom Canyon’ star’s own admission, he doesn’t regret the marriage, and he always mentions their son with pride.
Josh Duhamel and Fergie: Looking back at the love story
Duhamel and Fergie’s love story began back in 2004, and it was almost cinematic. The singer showed up with her band on his TV show ‘Las Vegas’, sparks flew, and the two instantly hit it off. Love blossomed quickly, and it didn’t take long for the relationship to grow from a flirtation into a serious romance. By 2007, Duhamel and Fergie were engaged, and in 2009, they tied the knot in a Malibu wedding.At the height of their romance, they were one of Hollywood’s most glamorous couples: a rising actor and a global pop icon navigating fame and life together. What could go wrong, right!Turns out, a lot did. While their relationship looked picture-perfect from the outside, life behind the scenes was more complex than ever.Fergie thrived in the spotlight, touring the world, living that high-octane celebrity life. As for Josh, he realized he wanted something quieter, less intense, and more grounded. That gap kept getting wider as the years went by. In the end, nothing dramatic happened. They didn’t fight it out; they just accepted they had outgrown each other and were on different paths.Even now, Josh won’t talk about their relationship with bitterness in his mind. In fact, the Hollywood actor always says there was “nothing wrong”; they simply grew apart.Even though their marriage didn’t last, Duhamel and Fergie never wavered when it came to parenting their son. Talking about their co-parenting dynamic, Josh is genuinely grateful: “We parent our son, Axl. She’s a great mom.”What stands out now is just how well everyone gets along. He and Audra got married in 2022, and now they’ve got a young son, Shepherd, and a baby girl on the way. Duhamel said, “I’m extremely happily married now to my wife, Audra,” and shared that Fergie even has a good rapport with Mari.Fergie has been supportive of Josh’s new family, too. When Audra shared a baby bump photo, Fergie left a sweet note, “Welcome the cuteness,” and liked the post where Audra announced they were expecting a girl.
