Who Is ‘Ransom Canyon’ Star Josh Duhamel’s Wife? Some Quick Facts About Audra Mari

Ransom Canyon is back for season 2, which means we get to once again watch Josh Duhamel wander around brooding in a cowboy hat. And while his on-screen alter ego Staten Kirkland (amazing) is all about Quinn O’Grady over in the fictional town of Ransom, Josh’s real-life love life is even more romantic. Time to get to know his wife, Audra Mari, and their cute relationship.She’s a Model, TV Host, and Former Miss World America 2016Audra was first runner-up in the 2011 Miss Teen USA competition, was crowned Miss North Dakota USA in 2014, and was crowned Miss World America in 2016. (Side note: Josh is also from North Dakota, so they have that in common!)They Started Dating in 2018They met at a barbecue Josh threw at his house and he was instantly smitten.He Proposed With a Message in a BottleNo, literally. As Josh put it on Instagram, "It's on!! She found a message in a bottle that washed ashore and said YES!! @audramari.”He also told Access about the proposal, saying, “That morning, it kinda hit me—I was like, ‘You know what? You guys have any empty bottles around here?’ And I went and talked to the concierge. So we planned it all out—I was gonna walk her down there as this thing was floating up.”They Got Married in Their Home State of North DakotaUnfortunately, Josh threw his back out right before the wedding while attempting to "hang from the rafters inside the party bus" and could only make it down the aisle after being "shot up" with meds in the ER.Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.Use your Google account to add this to your settings.They Have Two Cute KidsJosh shares custody of his son, Axl, with his ex, Fergie, and also has two kids with Audra. Their son, Shepherd, was born in 2024...And their daughter, Rocca de Leon, was born this past May!They Live Off GridJosh and his family live part-time in a Minnesota woods “doomsday cabin.”“I’m really more of a guy who wants to stay true to my roots, get back to the basics, hone whatever basic skills I need in this world of massive technology, to do the basic things to provide for my family,” he told People. “That’s really what it’s about for me.”Josh Just Opened Up About Their 21-Year Age GapAudra is the same age as Josh’s sister, Cassidy, which he recently realized while looking at old pictures. He told The HoneyDew with Ryan Sickler podcast, “I looked at the photo and I looked at my wife and I said, ‘You and Cassidy are exactly the same age.’ I am officially too old for you.” He added that Cassidy and Audra are “literally like months apart in age” and that he “never looked at it like that until I saw that photo. I was like, ‘Wait a second.’”