It’s now known that Fergie and her husband Josh Duhamel quietly ended their eight-year marriage a few months back.
So Fergie’s discomfort was understandable as she dodged questions about their sex life, just days before the two announced the split.
Faced with ‘How do you keep your marriage spicy and fresh’, the newly single Fergie was forced to come up with a creative answer.
‘How do you keep things spicy?’ Fergie was left dodging questions about her sex life in awkward interview days before split; she is seen arriving in Brazil ahead of her tour
‘I have an Axl-safe costume closet where I keep all my superhero stuff,’ she told Cubby and Carolina in the Morning on New York radio station KTU 103.5, referring to the son she shares with Josh.
She then started talking about the games she plays with her four-year-old. ‘I run around my house. I’m a ninja pirate. We run around the house. You would be surprised.’
The show hosts also quizzed Fergie, 42, about rumors she and Josh would be adopting.
Dad’s the word: with Fergie out of town, Josh is in charge of their son Axl, four; the father and son are seen on Wednesday
‘I’ve heard so many rumors about all of that,’ said Fergie last Friday. ‘You know I have no idea whats in the future.’
She then neatly side stepped the question to promote her new music.
‘I just turned all my videos in yesterday. It’s like I’m birthing a different kind of baby. I feel like i’m just birthing this thing.’
And she even joked: ‘It didn’t come from my belly, it came from my soul.’
So awkward: Fergie’s discomfort was understandable as she dodged questions about her sex life, just days before split; she is seen being quizzed on New York radio station KTU 103.5
Side stepping: Fergie carefully avoided directly answering the probing hosts
Meanwhile rumors have surfaced that Josh grew close to his The Buddy Games co-star Olivia Munn as the two filmed together on location in Canada following the secret breakup.
The actress is an old friend of Transformers star Josh and was newly single herself following the end of her relationship with NFL player Aaron Rogers.
A source told The Sun: ‘Olivia was newly single and playing his wife in the movie, and there was a lot of talk about them on the set.
‘They’d have these cosy dinners – some with the cast, some not – and the rumors started that they rebounded right into each other.’
Linked: Josh has been linked to his The Buddy Games co-star Olivia Munn; she posted this glowing tribute to him back in August
Indeed X Men actress Olivia herself displayed the close bond between the two back in August, writing a gushing tribute to Josh on Instagram.
‘I first met Josh just two months after I moved to LA when I was an extra on his TV show. He was so nice to all the background artists,’ she wrote.
‘I remember him introducing himself to a group of us and thinking how cool it would be to work with someone as nice and talented as him… And now I’m playing opposite him in a movie that he’s also directing! What is life?? So crazy.’
As they were: The former couple haven’t been seen together for some time, so it is unclear when they split, but they did celebrate their wedding anniversary together in January
Former Black Eyed Peas star Fergie and her 44-year-old actor husband revealed in a statement they had split with ‘love and respect’.
They said: ‘With absolute love and respect, we decided to separate as a couple earlier this year.
‘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 former couple haven’t been seen together for some time, so it is unclear when they split, but they did celebrate their wedding anniversary together in January.