Hollywood Dads

Like father, like son: Josh Duhamel and Axl both love the outdoors! “He’s really learning to love nature,” the actor and WildAid ambassador shares, noting that the 5-year-old doesn’t spend his time glued to a screen: “He doesn’t have a tablet.” Instead, Josh aims to teach his son to “love this earth.” The Transformers star, 46, who shares Axl with estranged wife Fergie, 43, tells Us more.

Q:

Why is it important to you that Axl value nature and wildlife?

It’s important for him just to appreciate frogs, turtles, birds, trees and lakes, [and] being outside.

Q:

Do you teach him about specific endangered animals?

I don’t want to preach too much about, “You need to save the rhinos.” I want him to love living creatures, and at some point, as we get older, he’ll start to learn more and more about what’s actually going on.

Q:

Where do you guys like to spend your time together?

I have a cabin in Minnesota that we go to a few times a year.

Because of his young son, the actor says, he’s “conscious” of the roles he plays. The dad calls coparenting with Fergie a “juggling act.”