Fergie and Josh Duhamel are celebrating their son Axl Jack becoming a teenager, both sharing gushing social media posts over the weekend.
The former spouses, who split in 2017, shared rare snaps of the 13-year-old over the years, highlighting just how much he’s grown.
‘Guess who’s a TEENAGER!?’ Duhamel wrote in the caption of his post on Saturday. ‘Holy crap that went fast.’
The actor, 53, added: ‘I love this dude so much. I couldn’t have asked for a more kind, compassionate and thoughtful kid. HAPPY 13th B-DAY AXL JACK!!!’
Fergie, born Stacy Ann Ferguson, and Duhamel welcomed Axl in 2013 after tying the knot in 2009.
Fergie shared photos with her newly-teenage son son Axl over the weekend as they celebrated his 13th birthday
The rare images show just how much her son with Josh Duhamel has grown over the years
Fergie and Duhamel welcomes their son in 2013 and they finalized their divorce in November 2019
As well as reflecting on his younger years, the 51-year-old mom’s post gave fans a glimpse inside his more recent years too.
They finalized their divorce in November 2019 and Duhamel married Audra Mari in September 2022.
The Ransom Canyon star and Mari have two children together, Rocca, three, and Shepherd, two. One of the snaps Duhamel included in the Instagram carousel shows Axl bonding with his younger sibling.
Images hint at his love for soccer, feature him enjoying a meal out with his mom and even show off a school project.
‘13. Wow, my teenager. I’m saying that with tears in my eyes as I feel like the world is shifting beneath us,’ the former Black Eyed Peas singer captioned her post.
‘It’s so beautiful to watch you grow into the kind, silly, and cool dude you are. You are so tough bruh. Happy 13th Axl Jack. I love you.’
While Fergie and Duhamel have praised each other for their coparenting skills, earlier this year Duhamel appeared on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast and explained they broke up simply because they are both different.
He added that Fergie is a ‘great mom, very kind, very non-confrontational,’ noting that she and his current wife ‘have a great relationship.’
Images hint at his love for soccer and show off Axl’s sense of style and individuality
The snaps also show Axl, who has two younger siblings from his dad’s marriage to Audra Mari, bonding with a baby
One photo posted by the former Black Eyed Peas singer shows Axl posing with a school project
In March, sources shed light on what led to their shock separation and how their conflicting views on expanding the family became the ‘big tipping point’ in their marriage.
A source close to the former couple told the Daily Mail: ‘Josh really wanted to have more children and Fergie was really content with having one and it was a big tipping point in their marriage.
‘He’s more of a social butterfly and Fergie is a bit more reserved and quiet. They are both very kind hearted, good people, but they had different directions with what they ultimately wanted out of life when it came to expanding their family.’
The source stressed the duo remain on good terms: ‘Fergie thinks Josh is a great dad and they co-parent really well together. There’s zero bad blood between them and they both speak very highly of one another. All of the kind things Josh said on the podcast, Fergie feels the same way towards him. It was 100 percent accurate and genuine.’
Another source told the Daily Mail that the separation wasn’t surprising considering Fergie typically enjoys operating on her own.
‘Fergie is an incredible mother and they co-parent so well, and family for her is super important, but she thrives much better by herself, able to do what she wants to do.
‘You can almost suggest that as a reason she isn’t with the Black Eyed Peas anymore. There is still respect with the band, but she thrives better when by herself, when she can do a lot more for herself and not be stuck in an environment where she feels emotionally or creatively held back.
‘Now that sounds intense and somewhat mean, but she doesn’t intend it to be. She just knows the person she is, the mother she is and has to be and being in situations that are overall good for her wellbeing is what is important, and that is why she and Josh didn’t end up working out. ‘
