Josh Duhamel Says He Went to the Emergency Room an Hour Before His Wedding: It 'Was a Close Call' (Exclusive)

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Josh Duhamel's rehearsal dinner antics almost proved to be a real problem on his wedding day. The 49-year-old actor tied the knot with Audra Mari in North Dakota earlier this month, but came very close to not making it down the aisle.The actor spoke with ET's Cassie DiLaura recently — while promoting his upcoming film  which hits theaters Sept.

23 — and he opened up about how he threw his back out hours before he was set to walk down the aisle.«That was a close call.

I woke up the morning of the wedding and I could not get out of bed,» he explained. «An hour before the wedding, I went straight from the emergency room to the church to get my suit put on.»When asked how he sustained the injury, Duhamel joked, «Because I'm an idiot!»According to the actor, he was celebrating on a party bus they'd hired to drive them around after the rehearsal dinner.

At one point, he tried to lift himself up by two poles on the bus «like some kind of gymnast,» and that proved to be a big mistake.The actor also made an appearance on on Tuesday, and recalled his close call right before exchanging vows.«So I think I'm going to hang from the rafters inside this party bus and start crowd surfing atop it, and I throw my back out,» Duhamel shared. «I thought I was fine, I wake up the next morning and I literally can't get up out of bed.»A post shared by Audra Duhamel (@audramari)Noting that the situation was «touch and go» right up until he walked down the aisle, the star revealed he had to make a trip to the emergency room for a steroid shot. «The one day you have to be able to walk is down that aisle,» he explained. «It was touch and go right up until an hour before the wedding.