Josh Duhamel’s Wife: Is She an Ageless Wonder or Just Playing Hooky from the Fountain of Youth?
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If Josh Duhamel’s love story were charted on a cosmic map today, Jupiter’s whimsical dance with Venus might just explain why a 21-year age gap doesn’t feel like a cosmic dealbreaker. I mean, we all have that moment when we think, “Wait, is this for real?”—and it turns out, the guy was right there too. On the latest episode of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast, Josh spills the tea on how he met Audra Mari, a North Dakota belle with a beauty pageant crown and a youthful spark that had him thinking twice… for years. From platonic DMs to a barbecue epiphany, and eventually tying the knot after proving that sometimes, the planets align in strange but beautiful ways. Intrigued by how maturity, magnetism, and a little Midwestern charm bridged that gap? Well, grab a seat, I’ve got all the stellar details waiting for you here. LEARN MOREReading Time: 3 minutes
Josh Duhamel knows what you are thinking.
Heck, he was once thinking the same exact thing.
On the latest episode of of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast, Duhamel delved into his past and present with wife Audra Mari.
Who is 21 years younger than the actor is.
Due to Mari being a successful beauty pageant contestant, Duhamel says he was familiar with her.
HOWEVER…
“It was truly platonic for years before that because I was like, ‘No, she’s too young for me. I’m not even going to go there,’” Duhamel said on this episode of how and when he met his now-spouse. “Then, we started DMing back and forth.”
From there, a mutual friend got involved, as Duhamel and Mari continued talking…. partly over both hailing from North Dakota, a state not exactly known for its large population.
“I invited her to a barbecue, still thinking it was totally platonic just as a friend from [North Dakota]. There aren’t many people from there,” the actor continued on this podcast.
“But she did come, and I saw her and I was like, ‘Holy s***, this girl’s beautiful.’”
This is undeniable. But she’s also very young, at least compared to Duhamel, who split from first wife Fergie in 2019.
As you might expect, this age gap gave the veteran star some pause.
“But then she’s more mature than I am,” Duhamel went on about his second wife, adding:
“That’s really how we started dating and it’s been a beautiful thing. We’ve been married now for over two years. She’s an amazing mother.”
Duhamel and Mari were first publicly linked in October 2019 after they were spotted together at the Toronto airport.
He confirmed their relationship months later in a January 2020 interview, revealing that they were very in love. Two years later, Duhamel proposed and by September 2022 they were husband and wife.
“Everyone told me that after you get married you feel different,” Mari told Us Weekly back then.
“To be honest, I never really believed them, and I thought it would feel the same way it’s felt being with Joshua for the last three years. But it’s much different! I feel secure.”
Duhamel, who shares 11-year old son Axl, with Fergie, has a one-year old named Shepherd with Mari.
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