Wiggles star issues apology to furious fan after devastating act on live tour

Daily Mail​

20-05-2025

Wiggles star Lucia Field has apologised to the mother of a one-year-old fan, after her toddler failed to receive a high five during a live show.
The furious mum, Amy, shared a video to TikTok on Monday which showed her tot being overlooked by the entertainers as he attempted to reach out to them 'six' times.
To make matter worse, Amy revealed she and her son had been seated directly behind Red Wiggle Simon Pryce's son Asher, who received plenty of attention.
Amy posted a compilation of her son's six attempts to get the attention of The Wiggles as they roamed the audience to meet fans throughout the performance.
'POV: You were sat behind Simon Wiggles' family at The Wiggles show,' the frustrated mother captioned her video.
'Watch how many attempts it took my toddler to get a high five.'
The clip shows her one-year-old holding his arm up in anticipation of a high five on six separate occasions.
However, The Wiggles performers each made a point of singling out Simon's four-year-old son for high fives, hugs, and hellos.
Yellow Wiggle Evie Ferris, Blue Wiggle Lucia, and Red Wiggle Caterina Mete are all shown stopping by Simon's wife Lauren Hannaford and his son throughout the show.
Simon, 53, and Lauren welcomed their son Asher in 2021.
After Amy's son tried and failed to get their attention for the third time, he is shown pouting and still holding his arm outstretched as the performers walked away.
Amy filmed the tender moment shared between Simon and Asher, as Simon enveloped his son in a hug and patted him on the back.
He made direct eye contact with Amy during the interaction, while her toddler waved excitedly from his seat directly behind them, to no avail.
Simon then returned a second time to pat his son's shoulder and involve him in the show, and Amy filmed her son still waving and saying 'bye' as Simon walked away.
'Attempt 5. Not going to lie, this one stung a bit,' Amy wrote over the clip.
Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins was lucky number six and after sharing a quick hello and high five with Asher, the 19-year-old star immediately saw the sad toddler and gave him her attention.
He was then seen bouncing and clapping along on his mum's lap.
'Thank you Tsehay, you saved the day,' Amy wrote in her caption, tagging each of The Wiggles.
Her video has received more than 35,000 likes since it was posted two days ago.
Lucia, who is the daughter of original Wiggle Anthony Field, rushed to the comments to offer her apologies.
The 21-year-old wrote: 'I'm so so sorry! It's always been so chaotic when we run into the audience.
'I always try to wave to everybody, I'm so so sorry I missed your little one.'
'You didn't even see him Lucia, it's not your fault,' Amy wrote back.
'He was falling off my lap as you came up from waving so frantically at you. But thank you so so much for your message. It means the world.'
Some parents were sympathetic to The Wiggles in the comments and noted it would be impossible to say hello to every child in the audience.
But many pointed out a toddler would not understand the boy sitting in front of him was Simon's son and would think he was simply being ignored.
'Actually think that's incredibly rude of them to give so much attention to child in front and not give a little smile, hi5, quick hello to yours, who was literally right next to them. I get they can't do everyone, but a wave around the area doesn't take much,' one wrote.
'I agree,' Amy replied with a love heart emoji.
'That was really sad to watch,' another mum wrote.
'I get that's his son, but surely as child entertainers they should realise that other little babies can't comprehend why one kid is getting special attention from them all.'
'It's having the blinders on to not even notice another child right behind him desperately trying to get their attention with his arms out to wave,' Amy added in further comments, clarifying she is 'especially' upset with Simon.
In 2021, the Wiggles sought to increase diversity in the group by adding four additional supporting members to the group.
Shortly after this change, Emma Watkins left the group and Tsehay and Evie jointly took on the yellow skivvy.
The group has just concluded the first Australian leg of 'Bouncing Balls' live tour in Adelaide.
The tour will continue with dates in Darwin and Perth before it travels across the UK, USA, and Canada.