Singer Fergie and actor Josh Duhamel announced their breakup after 13 years together.
They had been married for eight years and have a son together.
In a joint statement to People magazine, they said they split earlier this year.
Singer Fergie and actor Josh Duhamel have ended their marriage after eight years, they told People magazine on Thursday.
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The former couple released a joint statement to the magazine, saying that they split earlier this year and chose to wait a while before sharing it.
“With absolute love and respect we decided to separate as a couple earlier this year,” the statement reads. “To give our family the best opportunity to adjust, we wanted to keep this a private matter before sharing it with the public. We are and will always be united in our support of each other and our family.”
The couple have a four-year-old son named Axl and had been together for 13 years total. It's unclear, based on the statement when exactly they split, but Duhamel told INSIDER in June that the couple was committed to each other and making their marriage work.
"We just have a lot of fun together and we really like each other and we've got that little boy that we just adore," said Duhamel. "She does her thing professionally and I do my thing professionally and what we have at home is our own little private life."
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"I think we like to kind of keep it that way," Duhamel said. "I don't get involved with her stuff and she doesn't get involved with mine and I think that helps because once you start intermixing profession and getting ideas and ... I tried that for a little bit. I tried saying, 'I think this would be great,' and she said, 'Listen. I've got plenty of people telling me about how my opinions are supposed to be. You just be my husband.' And I'm like, 'OK!' We just keep our professional stuff private or separate and we keep our private lives private."
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