UPDATE: Josh Duhamel and Audra Mari are bursting with good news: Their second baby was born with curly hair just like his dad – but the baby’s name really surprised fans! 👶💥
Josh Duhamel, who was previously married to Black Eyed Peas star Fergie, has shared the joyous news that he has welcomed a child with his second wife, Audra Mari
Josh Duhamel and his second wife Audra Mari have welcomed their first child together.
The loved-up pair, who tied the knot in September 2022, shared the wonderful news on their respective social media pages.
In a joint Instagram post, 51-year-old actor Josh and 30-year-old model Audra Mari, shared an adorable black and white shot of their baby boy’s teeny feet.
Alongside the snap, the couple shared their son’s sweet name. They penned: “Shepherd Lawrence Duhamel.” They also posted the date which he was born – “1/11/2024.”
The couple shared their son’s name on social media (
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The loved-up couple got together after Josh “slid into her DMs” (
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Josh previously revealed that he and Audra Mari began dating after he “slid into her DMs”.
Speaking on Live with Kelly and Mark, the actor shared he had reached out to her after “she’d won some pageants and stuff” in North Dakota.
Reminiscing about the early stages of their relationship, he shared: “I invited her over to a BBQ one weekend and she came and I was like, ‘Wow, you’re beautiful’.”
He then added that he didn’t think Audra Mari would be interested in pursuing a relationship with him due to their big age difference.
But the beauty pageant queen was clearly just as smitten, as the pair began dating soon after.
He added in the interview at the time: “We started dating and you know, here we are, five years later, with a baby on the way. She’s a pretty amazing girl, she really is.”
But it didn’t go completely smoothly for the couple, as ahead of their wedding in 2022, Josh suffered a painful injury at the couple’s rehearsal dinner.
Talking about the incident on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Josh revealed; “So I think I’m gonna hang from the rafters inside this party bus and start crowd surfing across the top of it, and I throw my back out.”
He then shared how he struggled to “get out of bed” the day of the wedding and it was “touch and go” up until an hour before the ceremony, but he managed to power through, and they had a fairytale wedding and have now added to their brood!
While Shepherd is Audra’s first child and the couple’s first child together, Josh has a son from his previous relationship.
The actor, who has also appeared in rom-com Shotgun Wedding, alongside Jennifer Lopez, shares 10-year-old son Axl Jack with ex-wife Fergie.
Josh and the Black Eyed Peas singer, 48, welcomed their son in August 2023.
The pair were married from 2009-2019. Josh and Fergie met in 2004 on the set of his show, Las Vegas, when the Black Eyed Peas made a cameo.
Fergie and Josh wed in January 2009 at a vineyard in California. The pair were together for eight years before announcing their separation in September 2017.
