Josh Duhamel Gushes About Audra Mari as Pair Walk First Red Carpet Since Wedding: 'I'm Lucky'

Mar. 15, 2025

Josh Duhamelis in marital bliss!

The actor and his wifeAudra Marimade their first red carpet appearancesince getting married in Fargo, North Dakota earlier this month, attending the premiere of the actor’s new movieBanditon Wednesday at Harmony Gold Theatre in Los Angeles.

On the carpet, Duhamel looked dapper in an all-black suit. Mari, a model and 2016’s Miss World America, was equally fashionable in a black dress with a high-low hemline and exaggerated shoulders.

The newlyweds, who tied the knot on Sept. 10, got cosy as they stood arm-in-arm while posing for photographers.

When asked about married life with Mari, 28, Duhamel, 49, toldEntertainment Tonight, “I’m lucky. I’m very, very lucky.”

In regards to their wedding day, he added the “most memorable moment was seeing her [in her wedding gown.]”

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Bandit— which is based on a true story — stars Duhamel as Gilbert Galvan Jr., who escaped a Michigan prison and went on the run to Canada where he robbed 50 banks in three years. The film will be released in theaters on Friday.

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The morning of their nuptials, the actorended up in the emergency room after injuring his backthe night before. She told the magazine he had been “pulling some wild dance moves on the party bus,” which caused a slipped disc.

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“Cue the cortisone shot and let’s get married!” she said, remembering her reaction to the unanticipated ordeal.

She and Duhamel did go on to get married on schedule, tying the knot in North Dakota on the rooftop of the area’s Jasper Hotel.

Duhamel begandating Mari in 2019following hisdivorcefromFergie. The “Big Girls Don’t Cry” singer, 47,filed for divorcein late May 2019, nearly two years after she and the actorannounced their breakupin a joint statement in September 2017. Duhamel and Mari went on the get engaged in January of this year.

A sourcetold PEOPLE shortly following the engagement announcementthat Mari is “very sweet, caring and close with her family” and was “getting to know” Duhamel’s 9-year-old sonAxl Jack, whom he shares with Fergie.

source: people.com