Fergie battles to save her 10-month-old marriage to Josh Duhamel after he was caught cheating on her with a stripper.
The ENQUIRER recently exposed the 37-year-old Transformers hunk’s affair with a buxom, blonde Atlanta stripper.
Now a distraught Fergie is pondering marriage counseling and other options to rescue her relationship with her husband.
"Fergie is absolutely floored," a close friend told The ENQUIRER. "She’s trying to get her bearings before deciding her next move.
"Josh denies he’s cheated. But they’re definitely in crisis mode as a couple."
The Black Eyed Peas star’s world collapsed after an explosive ENQUIRER interview with stripper Nicole Forrester, who admitted she’d had a sizzling tryst with the studly thesp in early October. Josh’s public relations machine immediately shifted into overdrive and quickly released repeated denials.
But the stripper passed an independently administered polygraph test about her X-rated tryst, and an employee of the strip club confirmed Josh had been there. and has given an interview on the radio with all the intimate deets.
SEE RESULTS OF POLYGRAPH HERE: SEE VIDEO interview HERE
The ENQUIRER has also independently confirmed other aspects of Nicole’s story.
"Fergie has put Josh on notice and warned him not to step foot in strip clubs," confided her friend.
"Fergie is considering marriage counseling."
At first, the stunning 34-year-old singer was so disgusted that she didn’t even want to see or talk to Josh. She reportedly spent Halloween in New York without him, putting Josh in the proverbial doghouse..
"Part of the problem is their schedules," said the friend. "They’re never together. She’s on the road or doing promotional work. He’s away filming.
"It’s like they’ve never had a real marriage since day one."
