Josh Duhamel‘s still got some straightening out to do.

As a matter of fact, the Transformers alum admittedly had to learn a lot about himself following his 2019 divorce from Fergie, with whom he shares 11-year-old son Axl. And the most important lesson, he told Parade in an interview published April 10, is that he’s still a “work in progress.”

But that doesn’t mean Josh has bad blood with the “Big Girls Don’t Cry” singer. As the 52-year-old put it, there’s “very little conflict” between himself and Fergie, 50, as co-parents.

So, why did they break up in the first place?

“We both agree that we’re just very different,” he shared in a 2023 appearance on In Depth with Graham Bensinger, explaining that he never “got comfortable” with the spotlight. “It was just a lot. I missed the simplicity of who I really am.”

That’s why Josh—who is also dad to 15-month-old son Shepherd with wife Audra Mari—moved his family out of Hollywood.