Josh Duhamel makes rare comment on life in ex-wife and ‘massive star’ Fergie’s ‘shadow’

It wasn’t each glamorous.

Josh Duhamel said being pinch “massive star” Fergie and surviving successful her “shadow” astatine nan tallness of her profession caused a awesome displacement successful his life.

“It was a large accommodation for me, if I’m being honest,” nan character explained connected Monday’s section of “The Megyn Kelly Show.”

Host Megyn Kelly past asked Duhamel if he and nan “Glamorous” vocalist ever had an rumor pinch “whose prima [was] bigger” astatine nan time.

“Yeah, probably,” Duhamel admitted. “It’s astir apt my ain ego much than anything. I don’t deliberation it bugged her arsenic overmuch arsenic it astir apt did me. But she was a monolithic prima astatine nan time!”

The “Transformers” prima confessed that it felt for illustration he was “in [Fergie’s] protector a batch of nan time.”

The popular star, whose existent sanction is Stacy Ann Ferguson, and Duhamel joined successful 2009 earlier welcoming their boy Axl successful 2013. The exes called it quits successful 2017 earlier officially divorcing successful 2019.

The aforesaid twelvemonth that Fergie and Duhamel tied nan knot, nan Black Eyed Peas personnel was No. 1 connected nan Billboard charts pinch “Boom Boom Pow” and “I Gotta Feeling.”

Fergie has besides won 8 Grammys passim her career, taking location 3 of those during her matrimony to Duhamel.

The “Ransom Canyon” prima shared that, these days, he and Fergie, 50, “have a awesome relationship” and that nan hitmaker is “a very normal personification astatine nan extremity of nan day.”

“We genitor our son, Axl. She’s a awesome mom,” he gushed. “I’m highly happily joined now to my wife, Audra [Mari]. We person a beautiful boy [Shepherd, 2,] and a small woman connected nan way. [Audra and Fergie] person a awesome relationship, which is what I really attraction about.”

Duhamel, 53, who joined Mari, 32, successful 2022, said that his extremity is to “make judge everybody is conscionable copacetic.”

“I conscionable want bid and I don’t want immoderate in-fighting betwixt anybody,” he noted.” They’ve been very civil, thankfully, successful nan measurement they attack this thing. … It could beryllium disfigured but, thankfully, it’s not.”

Earlier this month, Fergie gushed complete nan model, expecting baby No. 2.

“Welcome nan cuteness! 💖💖” she commented connected Mari’s Instagram bump debut

Fergie besides “liked” nan black-and-white societal media upload, which was captioned, “Adding a small woman to our story. We can’t hold to meet you.”

However, this isn’t nan first clip Duhmael has opened up astir his past narration successful caller weeks.

While connected “The Skinny Confidential” podcast connected March 2, nan erstwhile soap prima gave insight into what went wrong pinch him and Fergie.

“We’re conscionable very different,” he expressed. “She and I conscionable person different views of nan world, and that’s OK.”

Duhamel clarified that he has “no regrets about” his grounded marriage, adding: “We person a beautiful son.”