Josh Duhamel has opened up about becoming a father to a little girl.
The Transformers star, 53, and wife Audra Mari, 32, announced earlier this month that .
Duhamel married the former beauty queen in 2022 and they are parents to two-year-old son Shepherd. He is also dad to son Axl, 12, with , 50.
The actor recently told about becoming a 'girl dad': 'I'm just so – I cannot wait to meet her! And I think there's something about dads and their little girls. It's different, you know?'
'Adding a little girl to our story.. We can’t wait to meet you,' Mari captioned black and white maternity shoot photos shared online several weeks ago.
Fergie, real name Stacy Ferguson, warmly took to the comments to write: 'Welcome the cuteness!'
Josh Duhamel has opened up about becoming a dad for the third time; pictured in October 2025
The Transformers star, 53, and wife Audra Mari, 32, announced earlier this month that they are expecting their second child, a girl; pictured March 14
Duhamel and Mari announced their engagement in January 2022 via social media after more than two years of dating.
They each shared the same photo of them on a beach as Duhamel held up a piece of paper that said, 'Audra Diane Mari, will you marry me?'
Duhamel married the former beauty queen in 2022 and they are parents to two-year-old son Shepherd
He is also dad to son Axl, 12, with ex-wife Fergie, 50; They are seen in 2016
The former couple were married from 2009 until their split in 2017; Seen in 2015
Elsewhere in the episode he recalled fearing Mari was 'too young' for him because of their 21-year age gap.
He invited her to a barbecue at his house but initially ruled out dating her because of her age.
'She and I had been in contact because I knew she was from North Dakota, she'd done really, really well in Miss USA [beauty pageant]. I wasn't even inviting her because I wanted to date her, because she was too young for me, to be honest,' he detailed.
'I wasn't looking for [that]. I'm not going to be that dude. So I invited her and she comes to the door and I'm like: 'Holy s***. [She's] so beautiful.'
Duhamel was won over by Mari after seeing the way she interacted with the children at the barbecue, as he recalled she came across as 'really wholesome' and reminded him of 'home.'
'I remember her taking care of these kids at the party, making sure they had enough [to eat] and I was like that reminds me of home and the kind of girl I want to really be with,' he added.
'And I'd gone through a couple of relationships with girls here in LA and it just wasn't the same. There's something really wholesome about it and I think that was when I was like hmm, maybe she's not too young,' he said with a laugh.
