Rumors have been swirling that The Black Eyed Peas might be breaking up -- but yesterday at LAX, Fergie and Taboo cleared it all up ... they're taking a break, not breaking up.

Is that a good thing?

With their red lips in tow, stripperific Dita Von Teese and Black Eyed Peas lady singer Fergie both glammed it up at an amfAR gala in Paris on Thursday.



Question is ...

Fergie and Josh Duhamel's cross-country flight had to be diverted for a passenger's medical emergency -- and it was the couple's bodyguard who sprang into action to help save the man's life!


Sources on the late night flight from NY to LA tell us a passenger began vomiting, then had a seizure. We're told Fergie and Josh's bodyguard, Pascal -- a mountain of a man -- jumped up to help flight attendants move the passenger into the aisle.

We're told a doctor, who happened to be on board, performed CPR -- then Pascal moved the man to the back of the plane, where flight attendants attached him to a heart monitor.

The flight was diverted to Las Vegas ... and the passenger received treatment at a nearby hospital.

In true hero fashion, Pascal was mum about the incident when they got to LAX -- but Josh was quick to sing his praises.

Fergie is coming to Christina Aguilera's defense after she flubbed the national anthem yesterday before the Super Bowl -- claiming Xtina's "human" ... and everyone makes mistakes.



Fergie was on the Dan Patrick Show this morning -- where she admitted her own performance with the Black Eyed Peas also failed to meet her expectations ... calling some of her notes "pitchy."

Boom boom pffft.

Fergie and husband Josh Duhamel celebrated the New Year by flaunting their bodies on the beach in St. Barts this weekend.



Let this be a reminder of all those "I'm going to go to the gym more" resolutions.

Fergie's rockin' bod on a Brazilian beach ignited the world's most important argument ... does she have the best physique in Hollywood? Bonus question: what's on Paul Walker's stomach?



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Fergie got cheeky in south Brazil yesterday with husband Josh Duhamel -- the same day Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Ludacris, Tyrese and the rest of the "Fast and the Furious 5" cast hit the beach in Rio.


"Fast Five" is scheduled to begin filming any day now in downtown Rio de Janeiro. But as for Fergie ... we're told the Black Eyed Peas tour just happened to hit Brazil at the same time ... just a few hundred miles south in Florianópolis.

Don't forget to floss.

Black Eyed Peas matriarch Fergie, new "American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez and reality TV diva Kim Kardashian battled it out for face time at the same event in Miami this weekend.



Question is ...

No.


Just ... no.

Renee Sandstrom (center) is best known for being the chick who wasn't Fergie (right) or the other blonde (left) in the '90s bland bubble gum pop girl group Wild Orchid. Guess what she looks like now!

Stefanie Ridel (right) is best known for being one of the girls who isn't Fergie (center) in '90s bland bubble gum pop girl group Wild Orchid. Guess what she looks like now!