Josh Duhamel threw out back night before wedding to Audra Mari: 'Cue the cortisone shot'
Home is where the heart is, especially for newlyweds Josh Duhamel and Audra Mari.
“The Thing About Pam” actor and the former Miss World America confirmed their recent nuptials on Instagram Wednesday, with each of them posting a dreamy photo of the bride and groom.
“What an amazing day,” Duhamel wrote. “I feel so lucky to have so many great friends, a supporting family, and now a wife that makes it all that much better. I love you babe.”
For Mari, the ceremony was nothing short of perfection.
“Everything I dreamed of as a little girl,” Mari captioned her post. “I’M MARRIED!!”
Duhamel and Mari, who both hail from North Dakota, wed in Mari’s hometown of Fargo, getting hitched in the same church where Mari was baptized and confirmed, according to Vogue Australia.
“We knew we wanted to get married in Fargo. It was the most important thing for us,” Mari told the outlet in an interview published Wednesday. “I guess the romantic in me always feels like we’re just two small-town kids from North Dakota who found each other in Los Angeles. But we will always, always be home, no matter where we are in the world.”
The couple’s wedding day didn’t get off to the smoothest start, however. Mari revealed Duhamel found himself in the emergency room the morning of the ceremony after injuring his back the night before by “pulling some wild dance moves on (a) party bus.”
“Cue the cortisone shot, and let’s get married,” Mari said jokingly of her husband’s medical episode.
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Duhamel and Mari met in March 2019 after being introduced by a mutual friend in Los Angeles. The couple became engaged in January after Duhamel popped the question to Mari during a beach proposal on her 28th birthday.
“It’s on!! She found a message in a bottle that washed ashore and said YES!!” Duhamel wrote of the proposal on Instagram.
Duhamel, 49, was previously married to pop singer Fergie, from whom he split in 2017 after eight years of marriage. The former couple divorced in 2019. They share a 9-year-old son, Axl Jack.
During an appearance on the “Armchair Expert” podcast in December 2018, the Emmy-winning actor told host Dax Shepard he was looking to settle down with someone he can expand his family with.
“I’m not 30 years old anymore. I’m 45. I want to have more kids in the next few years,” Duhamel said. “I’m trying to find a girl that I can be with and have a family with.”
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Contributing: Kim Willis and Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY
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