Black Eyed Peas star Fergie thanks actress Cameron Diaz for sparking her love for surfing.

Fergie has forged a close friendship with the Charlie’s Angels star and is eternally grateful as she “encouraged” the Hey Mama singer to take up the water sport.

And Ms Fergie insists there is no rivalry between the pair over Justin Timberlake who Cameron Diaz started dating last year because her romance with the Senorita vocalist was never that serious.

She explains “It was a flirt fest. He was 17, I was 23. At first I wouldn’t date him because he was too young. It was never serious, but we had a bond.”