The Wiggles have issued a statement distancing themselves from a controversial TikTok video featuring their members alongside a song that references the drug ecstasy. The video, posted by Australian singer Keli Holiday, showed Blue Wiggle Anthony Field and his nephew Dominic Field, known as the Tree of Wisdom, dancing behind Holiday as his song 'Ecstasy' played.
The video, which has since been deleted, sparked criticism online and from child psychologists, who described it as a 'lapse of judgment'. The Wiggles' spokesperson said the group did not condone drug use and had not approved the content, which was created independently without their knowledge.
The spokesperson explained that the footage was recorded during last week's TikTok awards in Sydney, where the Wiggles performed with Holiday in a family-friendly capacity. The video was later edited and repurposed without their awareness. 'The Wiggles do not support or condone the use of drugs in any form,' the statement read.
Holiday, the musical alias of Adam Hyde, who is also a member of electronic duo Peking Duk, has removed the video. The Wiggles expressed understanding of the concern it caused among parents and professionals.
