Fergie (L), Axl (M), Josh Duhamel (R).Photo:Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock; Fergie/ Instagram; Arnold Jerocki/WireImage
Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock; Fergie/ Instagram; Arnold Jerocki/WireImage
Josh DuhamelandFergie’s little guy is growing up.
“To my caring, funny, outgoing, loving, smart, talkative, creative super hero enthusiast. Happy 10th birthday punky!!! I love you Axl Jack 🎂🎂,” she wrote.
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“Does my son play sports? He’sstarting to get into it finally. I didn’t think he was ever going to get into it, but he really loves basketball now,” Duhamel exclusively told PEOPLE.
“He likes to throw the football around with me a little bit. I try not to be overbearing with him in sports, but I try to let him find it rather than me push it on him,” he continued.
Duhamel is hoping that Axl will get some great life lessons from exploring different sports, noting, “I just think sports aregood for kids.”
“Look, he’s not going to be a pro athlete, but it’s good for him to learn how to win, how to lose, how to be a teammate, how to work towards something. I think that sports are [full of] a lot of great lessons.”
Josh Duhamel with his son, Axl Duhamel.Josh Duhamel Instagram
Josh Duhamel Instagram
Fergie and Duhamelbegan dating in 2004before getting engaged in 2007. They were married in 2009 and announced their split in a joint statement in September 2017. The twofinalized their divorcein 2019.
Since then, Duhamel has remarried,tying the knotwithAudra Mari, 29, last year. At the time, a source close to Mari told PEOPLE that theformer Miss World Americawould"love to have kids with Josh"and was “getting to know” Axl.
“Josh spends a lot of time with his son,” said the source, adding that he is “very protective of Axl” and it “took a while before Audra met him.”
source: people.com
