Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins breaks her silence as ex-husband Lachlan Gillespie gets engaged to dancer Dana Stephensen …who they met together on set of the children’s TV show
Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins has congratulated her ex-husband, Purple Wiggle Lachlan Gillespie, on his engagement to ballerina Dana Stephensen.
The 30-year-old commented three purple love hearts on Lachlan, 34, and Dana’s Instagram announcement on Monday, showing her support.
Lachlan and Emma both met Dana, 34, together as she filmed an episode of The Wiggles in December 2018, five months after they ended their marriage.
Supportive: Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins (left, with Lachlan) has congratulated ex-husband, Purple Wiggle Lachlan Gillespie, on his engagement to Dana Stephensen (right, with Lachlan)
Emma’s comment on Monday was praised by fans of The Wiggles, who called her a ‘very strong lady’ and ‘a good person’ for being so supportive.
Lachlan and Dana announced their engagement via Instagram on Monday afternoon.
He wrote to his page: ‘On Thursday night, Dana asked me to marry her at home under a fairy light sky and a very excited little boy in a beautiful bow tie.’
In the photo, Lachlan was pictured cuddling up to Dana and her pyjama-clad son Jasper, four, inside a bedroom festooned with fairy lights.
Friendly: The 30-year-old commented three purple love hearts on Lachlan, 34, and Dana’s Instagram announcement on Monday, showing her love and support
Bizarre: Lachlan (circled, right) and Emma (circled, bottom) both met Dana (circled, centre) together as she filmed an episode of The Wiggles in December 2018, months after they split
Dana shared her own post, writing: ‘At the end of our summer holidays, I walked into the most beautiful surprise – a room filled with the most incredible flowers and Lachy singing at his piano and then asking me to marry him.
‘It was such a surprise and so special. Our faces say it all. It was something very meaningful for us to both have the opportunity to propose to one another, each in our own way.
‘Last week, with the most beautiful (and excited!) little boy by my side in a special bow tie, it was our time to ask Lachy our special question – and it was so, so wonderful.’
Congratulations: Lachlan and Dana announced their engagement via Instagram on Monday afternoon, as he shared a picture of the couple with her four-year-old son Jasper
Throwback: Lachlan and Dana first met in December 2018 (pictured then), publicly confirmed they were in a relationship in October 2019 and are believed to be living together now
Lachlan and Dana first met in December 2018, publicly confirmed they were in a relationship in October 2019 and got engaged in April 2020.
He announced his split from Emma in August 2018, following their two year marriage after they initially met on set of The Wiggles in 2013.
The exes vowed to remain friends as they continued working together.
Emma is now in a relationship with Oliver Brian, a musician on The Wiggles.
Still friends: Lachlan announced his split from Emma in August 2018, following their two year marriage after they initially met on set of The Wiggles in 2013