It seems there is no better place to find love than on set of The Wiggles.
After Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins and Purple Wiggle Lachlan Gillespie fell for each other while filming the show, got married and then divorced, they have now both moved on with other co-stars.
In an unusual turn of events, Lachlan is now engaged to dancer Dana Stephensen, while Emma is loved-up with musician Oliver Brian, who they both met on set of the show in Sydney.
Who knew! There’s no better place to find love than on-set of The Wiggles, as Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins (left) and Purple Wiggle Lachlan Gillespie (right) move on with co-stars
Emma, 30, and Lachlan, 34, were the first high-profile love story to come out of The Wiggles after they became permanent cast members in 2012.
‘I really fell in love with Lachy in the first moment… but it took him a long time. We haven’t spent a day apart,’ Emma told The Sydney Morning Herald in 2016.
They initially kept their romance a secret, with Lachlan saying at the time: ‘Nothing was more important to Emma and I than being in the new line-up of The Wiggles, focusing on the music and entertaining the children, so our relationship developed very slowly.’
Whirlwind: Emma and Lachlan were the first high-profile love story to come from The Wiggles. They fell in love while filming in 2012, got married in 2016 and then split in 2018
The couple got engaged in May 2015, said ‘I do’ in rural New South Wales in April 2016 and then shocked fans by announcing their split in August 2018.
In a joint statement they vowed to remain close friends and colleagues, saying: ‘We have embraced this as a very positive change in our relationship.’
Lachlan met fiancée Dana as she filmed a cameo on The Wiggles in December 2018.
Although the couple posed for a picture together on-set of the show as she guest starred, ballerina Dana, 34, spent most of her time getting to know Emma.
The day he moved on: Lachlan met current fiancée Dana Stephensen as the dancer filmed a cameo on The Wiggles in December 2018 (pictured together then)
Bizarre: Lachlan (circled, right) and Emma (circled, bottom) both met Dana (circled, centre) together when the brunette filmed an episode of The Wiggles, months after they split
In a behind-the-scenes video, Emma said it was a ‘dream come true’ to work with Dana, whose career she had been following closely for some time.
‘When we found out who the dancers were, we got so excited. For me, they’re dancers that I have been watching for years,’ Emma said at the time.
Shortly after the episode was filmed, it was rumoured Lachlan and Dana were dating, but they did not confirm their relationship until October 2019.
They announced they were engaged on Monday, 18 months after first meeting.
‘I’ve been watching her for years’: Although the couple posed for a picture together, ballerina Dana spend most of her time on-set with Emma, who is a big fan of hers
Emma has also moved on since Lachlan… with another one of their co-stars.
In December 2019, she revealed that she was now in a secret relationship with The Wiggles’ full-time musician Oliver Brian, 30.
She told Stellar: ‘[Oliver] is the very opposite to me. He’s a very calm and thoughtful person and I’ve always been interested in his mind and his take on life, and his morals. He loves talking about the environment and food production.
‘It’s not very ‘Wiggly’, but it’s been nice for me to talk about things not just concerning ourselves, but people everywhere around the world.’
Congrats! Lachlan and Dana started dating after meeting in December 2018, went public with their relationship in October 2019 and announced their engagement on Monday
Moving on: In December 2019, Emma revealed that she was now in a secret relationship with The Wiggles’ musician Oliver Brian (pictured), who she also met on the show
Oliver Brian plays various instruments on The Wiggles, including guitars and banjo, and has previously joined the band on several of their world tours.
Away from the TV show, Oliver is in a folk-rock band with Emma’s ex, Lachlan.
The pair are members of band The Unusual Commoners alongside Blue Wiggle Anthony Field and musician David O’Reilly, and regularly hit the road together.
Talented: Oliver plays various instruments on The Wiggles, and has previously joined the band on several of their world tours. Pictured: Blue Wiggle Anthony Field with Oliver on the show
Stars: Away from the show, Oliver (second, right) and Emma’s ex Lachlan Gillespie (left) are in band The Unusual Commoners, with Anthony Field (second, left) and David O’Reilly (right)