Fergie on rumors that husband Josh cheated: Our love today is deeper

Back in the fall of 2009, Josh Duhamel cheated on his wife of just nine months at the time, Fergie, with a stripper. The scandal took the covers of US Weekly and People Magazine. The stripper revealed her identity and gave several interviews complete with sordid details of the night in question. (They did it for hours and p0rn was playing in the background.) It was confirmed that Josh was filming in the town in Georgia where the woman worked on the night she said she was with him. Other people even confirmed that he was in that particular strip joint on that night. This wasn’t just a “rumor.” What’s more is that there were additional allegations of Josh cheating on Fergie with other women while he was away on set, as reported by US Weekly. So something went down, and it probably wasn’t just a one-time thing.

After that happened, we heard that Josh was in “the doghouse” with Fergie, but it’s clear she eventually forgave him since they’re still together. They even had a vow renewal ceremony a few months later, to coincide with their one year anniversary. Well I’ve wondered for some time what Fergie’s take on Josh’s cheating is, and she kind-of told Oprah about it. Fergie’s interview on Oprah’s Next Chapter will air October 21, and Access Hollywood had a juicy excerpt in which Fergie discusses Josh’s “rumored” cheating. A video of that segment is below. I see a sad look of acceptance and “what can you do?” in her eyes. Here’s a transcript:

Oprah:Nine months into your marriage, rumors began to swirl about him being with a stripper. How was that for your marriage?
Fergie: It was difficult

Oprah: Did that bring you closer together? Did it help you reevaluate your marriage?
Fergie: Definitely. When you go through difficult times it really makes you stronger as a unit, as a partnership. It does for us anyway. Our love today is a deeper love.

[Transcript from Oprah’s Next Chapter via Access Hollywood]

Note that she didn’t deny anything at all, which I admire. A lot of women chose to forgive their cheating husbands, and to either look the other way or believe they’ve changed and won’t ever do it again. It seems like it’s usually the case that they “won’t ever do it again” because they’ve been thoroughly busted and can no longer deny it, which is what happened here.

I don’t get why women without kids and with the means to leave decide to stay and to put up with it, but Fergie obviously did. She may actually think Josh is different now and believe that their love is stronger because they confronted this together. I guess that can happen, and that people can change, but it must be so hard to rebuild that trust again. (I do believe the “once a cheater” adage, but there have to be exceptions. I doubt Josh is one.) Fergie looks kind of sad to me here, and I wonder why she greenlighted this question from Oprah. She doesn’t seem entirely convinced in what she’s saying. Maybe she’s reached some kind of understanding with Josh about his cheating and she knows what she’s saying is BS.

Here’s a segment from Fergie’s interview with Oprah:

Here are some vintage covers of this scandal:

Photos are from December, 2011 and earlier this year. Credit: WENN.com

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