Big girls do cry.
Fergie had an emotional reunion with her Black Eyed Peas “brothers” at the 2026 American Music Awards in Las Vegas on Monday.
The “London Bridge” singer, 51, took to the MGM Grand Garden Arena stage with her former bandmates — will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo — to accept the award for best throwback song.
“What a moment,” Fergie gushed of celebrating “Rock That Body,” which came out in 2010, with her “longtime friends.”
She held will.i.am and apl.de.ap’s hands while thanking social media users for making TikToks and Instagram videos with their music.
The “Fergalicious” crooner said, “Sometimes, the content you make is so big and the feelings are so big for me it’s overwhelming to look because there’s so much love that you put into it, and I just wanna say thank you from the bottom of my heart. I see you. You mean so much.”
She joked that her and ex-husband Josh Duhamel’s 12-year-old son, Axl, had finally “put [the] song on his playlist.”
Fergie gave the preteen a shoutout, exclaiming, “I get to now say this. I finally, finally get to say this on TV: Hi, Axl! ‘Rock That Body’ we did it!”
The Black Eyed Peas formed in 1992, three years after will.i.am and apl.de.ap started performing together as Atban Klann.
After more than a decade and a slew hits, from “Pump It” to “Boom Boom Pow,” rumors swirled that Fergie was exiting the group.
will.i.am confirmed her departure in 2017.
She had previously stepped away to work on solo music — but returned to the Black Eyed Peas after releasing “The Dutchess” in 2006.
“Nobody is replacing Fergie. She’s working on her solo project, [‘Double Dutchess’] at the moment,” will.i.am clarified at the time — but J. Rey Soul has since taken Fergie’s place.
Fergie, who never returned to the band, announced her separation from Duhamel, 53, that same year.
The former couple finalized their divorce in 2019, and the actor has gone on to welcome son Shepherd, 2, and newborn daughter Rocca with wife Audra Mari.
Fergie made headlines earlier this month for celebrating their baby girl’s arrival via Instagram.
She and Duhamel have a “great” co-parenting dynamic, the “Ransom Canyon” star shared with “Megyn Kelly Show” viewers in March.
“She’s a great mom,” he said — while noting elsewhere he felt as if he lived in her “shadow” during his time married to the “massive star.”
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