Audra Mari and Josh Duhamel.Photo: Josh Duhamel/Instagram
Josh Duhameland Audra Mari are engaged!
“It’s on!! She found a message in a bottle that washed ashore and said YES!! @audramari,” the actorcaptioned the shotof the pair smiling, while he held up a handwritten letter that read: “Audra Diane Mari Will You Marry Me?”
The Jan. 8 proposal also marked another special occasion — Mari’s 28th birthday.
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Fergie, 46, celebrated the couple in the comment section, writing, “Congrats!!!💚💚💚💚💚💚.”
In December 2019, a source told PEOPLE that Duhamel was “really happy” with the former Miss World America, whom he’d begun “dating seven or eight months” prior.
The source’s comment came amid aholiday party the two attended togetherthat month, at which Duhamel and Mari “were basically together all night,” an onlooker told PEOPLE at the time.
While it was not the pair’s first time spotted out together, the party took place about two weeks after Duhamel’s divorce from ex-wife Fergie wasfinalized.
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“With absolute love and respect we decided to separate as a couple earlier this year,” they said. “To give our family the best opportunity to adjust, we wanted to keep this a private matter before sharing it with the public.”
Added the former couple, who share 8-year-old sonAxl Jack, “We are and will always be united in our support of each other and our family.”
During a 2018 episode of Dax Shepard’sArmchair Expertpodcast, Duhamel opened up about what he’s looking forward to in the next stage of his life — including settling down again following his separation from the former Black Eyed Peas singer.
“I’m not 30 years old anymore. I’m 45. I want to have more kids in the next few years,” Duhamel said at the time. “So it’s more about finding someone young enough to have kids. It’s not as if I’m out there trying to just f— anything. That’s not who I am. I’m trying to find a girl that I can be with and have a family with.”
source: people.com
