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The actor popped the query in a romantic seaside proposal (Image: Instagram)

Josh Duhamel is engaged to Audra Mari following two years of courting.

The actor, 49, popped the query on his girlfriend’s twenty eighth birthday in a romantic beachside proposal.

Because the pair have been inundated with effectively needs, Josh’s ex Fergie – who he was married to for nearly 10 years – additionally confirmed her assist.

The Las Vegas star shared a joyous snap on Instagram to announce the large information, displaying the couple holding up a chunk of paper that Josh left as a message in a bottle with ‘Audra Diane Mari will you marry me?’ written on it.

Captioning the candy snap from their tropical getaway, Josh wrote: ‘It’s on!! She discovered a message in a bottle that washed ashore and stated YES!!’

Fergie – who Josh separated from in 2017 – quickly appreciated and commented on the submit, writing: ‘Congrats!!!’ adopted by a string of inexperienced coronary heart emoji.

Josh and Black Eyed Peas star Fergie share eight-year-old son Axl and have been married for nearly a decade.

When saying their break up in 2017, the couple’s joint assertion learn: ‘With absolute love and respect, we determined to separate as a pair earlier this 12 months. 

‘To provide our household the very best alternative to regulate, we needed to maintain this a personal matter earlier than sharing it with the general public. We're and can all the time be united in our assist of one another and our household.’

Josh and Fergie then filed for divorce in Might 2019, which was the identical month he was first noticed publicly with Audra.

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Josh and Fergie have been married for practically 10 years and share a son (Image: Jonathan Leibson/Getty Photos for Pandora Media Inc)

A supply advised ET that the husband and spouse to-be ‘met by mutual pals’ and ‘the 2 have a good time collectively and are on the identical web page about what they need their future to be’.

Whereas not an actor, Audra is a former magnificence queen who beforehand dated Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott from 2013-2015.

As the 2 get to planning their nuptials, maybe extra kids could possibly be on the playing cards additional down the road, because the actor has beforehand spoken about his need to have extra youngsters following his divorce from the Glamorous songstress.

‘I need to have extra youngsters within the subsequent few years. So it’s extra about discovering somebody younger sufficient to have youngsters,’ he stated on a December 2018 episode of the Armchair Professional podcast. 

‘It’s not as if I’m on the market simply making an attempt to f**okay something, that’s actually not who I'm. I’m looking for a woman that I will be with and have a household with, you understand?’