Just like the movies! After a high-profile marriage and subsequent divorce from Fergie, Josh Duhamel sparked a low-key romance with now-wife Audra Mari.
“Everyone told me that after you get married you feel different,” Mari exclusively gushed to Us Weekly in September 2022, shortly after exchanging vows with the Safe Haven star. “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.”
Mari said that she and the North Dakota native both feel at “peace” now that they’ve tied the knot, telling Us, “I just know deep down that I’ve found my forever … and that’s a really great feeling.”
Duhamel and the former pageant queen wed at Olivet Lutheran Church in Fargo, North Dakota, in September 2022, surrounded by their friends and family. Their ceremony came less than one year after the Love, Simon star proposed to Mari with a message in a bottle.
“It’s on!! She found a message in a bottle that washed ashore and said YES!! @audramari,” Duhamel captioned an Instagram photo in January 2022 alongside a snap of the pair holding up a piece of paper that read, “Audra Diane Mari, Will you marry me?”
After the former Miss World America accepted her beau’s proposal, Duhamel exclusively opened up to Us about his romantic — and spontaneous — plan.
“I just sort of decided last minute that was how I wanted to do it,” the Mighty Ducks: Game Changers actor revealed following the big day. “I didn’t have anything planned. I didn’t have a ring yet. I was like, ‘OK, you gonna do this today. Today’s the day.’ And that’s just how it all kind of happened. … I coordinated with [the hotel concierge] there to make sure that bottle was floating up to shore as we were walking out there.”
The Jupiter’s Legacy alum and the beauty queen were first linked in October 2019 after they were spotted kissing at an airport in Toronto. News of the Life as We Know It star’s budding romance came one year after his split from Eiza Gonzalez, whom he dated in 2018 for less than a year. Duhamel was previously married to the Black Eyed Peas singer, with whom he shares son Axl, from 2009 to 2017.
After a string of high-profile relationships, Duhamel opened up about living a low-key life with his new love.
“She’s a very sweet girl,” the Transformers actor told Access in January 2022. “Very similar interests — we’re from North Dakota, we love lake life. She’s got a cabin not far from mine. We just match. She’s an amazing person.”
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The When in Rome star seemingly confirmed his relationship with his fellow North Dakota native on The Dan Patrick Show. When the actor called in to “talk football,” he revealed that he would be attending a Minnesota Vikings game later that day with Mari and some of their family members. “My dad, my girl and her dad are all going,” he said. “Wait, you buried the lead. Your girl? Is Josh Duhamel in love?” Patrick asked, to which Duhamel replied, “Yea! There you go.” MediaPunch/Shutterstock
Mari took to social media to post a handful of Polaroids from her niece's birthday bash. “Mari turns 4!!✨🌈⭐️🦄 We had a unicorn lovin’, rainbow dreaming, glitter explosion of a weekend celebrating my favorite blue-eyed little girl,” she captioned the post, tagging Duhamel in a sweet selfie taken at the party. Courtesy of Audra Mari/Instagram
The pair announced their engagement after two years together. “It’s on!! She found a message in a bottle that washed ashore and said YES!! @audramari,” Duhamel captioned an Instagram post alongside a picture of the twosome holding up a piece of paper that read, “Audra Diane Mari, Will you marry me?” Scott Kirkland/Shutterstock; Courtesy Audra Mari/Instagram
Less than a month after he got down on one knee, the Thing About Pam alum opened up about the spontaneous moment, exclusively telling Us that he “didn’t have anything planned,” but he “coordinated with [the hotel concierge]” last minute to “make sure that bottle was floating up to shore as we were walking out.” Shutterstock (2)
Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Duhamel revealed that he knew Mari was The One “pretty early on” in their relationship. "She's an awesome girl, [and] she's perfect for me," he gushed at the time. "We're both from North Dakota and I think there's a commonality that we have. She's great." Courtesy of Audra Marie/Instagram
The lovebirds tied the knot at Olivet Lutheran Church in Fargo, North Dakota. Photos obtained by Page Six at the time showed the couple posing in a vintage red convertible. The bride donned a white dress with princess sleeves and the groom wore a three-piece tux. Shutterstock (2)
Mari exclusively told Us about the elation she felt after saying “I do.” “Everyone told me that after you get married you feel different,” Mari gushed about the pair’s nuptials. “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.” Broadimage/Shutterstock; Gerald Herbert/AP/Shutterstock
Duhamel gushed about his wife while walking the red carpet during the Los Angeles premiere of his film Bandit. "I'm lucky. I'm very, very lucky,” the Safe Haven star told Entertainment Tonight about newlywed life, adding that the most "memorable moment” of the couple’s wedding day was “seeing her [in the wedding gown].” Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
The couple poked fun at their 21-year age gap during Halloween, dressing up as Anna Nicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall. (Marshall, then 84, married Smith, then 26, in 1994 one year before his death.) Mr Photoman/Splash News
The couple celebrated their honeymoon in Thailand. "My girl❤️ ," Duhamel wrote alongside a sweet selfie of the pair on their romantic trip. "What an amazing start to the rest of our lives. Thank you Thailand for all of your kindness. You will always have a special place in my heart." Courtesy of Josh Duhamel/Instagram
"Happy birthday to my guy. I want to thank y o u," Mari captioned a video of her and Duhamel acting silly on a boat in celebration of his 50th birthday. "Thank you for this life.. the laughs, the adventures, fun, the love, and all the ways you still give me butterflies. You are all things GOOD &I’m oh so grateful that God chose you for me. I love you!! (And your dance moves)." Courtesy of Audra Duhamel/Instagram
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