{"id":315512,"date":"2025-11-29T02:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T02:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/315512\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T02:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T02:01:09","slug":"the-wiggles-issue-statement-after-appearing-in-keli-holiday-ecstasy-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/315512\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wiggles issue statement after appearing in Keli Holiday Ecstasy video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Wiggles have issued a statement after two members of the children&#8217;s group were featured in a video dancing with musician Keli Holiday to his new song Ecstasy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In the clip, Blue Wiggle Anthony Field and the Tree of Wisdom can be seen dancing behind Holiday \u2014 whose real name is Adam Hyde \u2014 to the song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The chorus of the song says: &#8220;Hey girl, come on dance with me. You and your pocket full of ecstasy.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The social media post was captioned, &#8220;The Wiggles get it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In a statement, a spokesperson for The Wiggles said the group &#8220;does not condone&#8221; the use of drugs &#8220;in any form&#8221; and that the video was edited without the band&#8217;s knowledge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We understand that a video circulating on social media has caused concern for many parents and professionals, and we want to address that directly,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;The content being shared was not created or approved by us. We have ensured it has been taken down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;While Keli Holiday is a friend of The Wiggles, the video and the music added to it were created independently and without our knowledge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The video was viewed more than 92,000 times before it was removed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-11-11\/the-wiggles-emma-bow-consumer-law-likely-breach\/105995228\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Wiggles &#8216;likely breached&#8217; consumer law with sale of headbands: ACCC<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The Wiggles will produce an episode of their parenting podcast, highlighting the product&#8217;s recall and safety issues relating to button batteries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The statement also acknowledged how deeply the group &#8220;value the confidence families place in them&#8221; and remained &#8220;committed to creating a safe experience for children&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Members of The Wiggles, including Field and the Tree of Wisdom, also recently appeared alongside Holiday on stage during the 2025 TikTok Awards during his smash hit Dancing2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Wiggles said this performance was &#8220;family-friendly and fun&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Holiday&#8217;s management were contacted for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wiggles have issued a statement after two members of the children&#8217;s group were featured in a video&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[178254,30749,64,63,134,141648,178305,178306,160519,178303,178304],"class_list":["post-315512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-adam-hyde","tag-anthony-field","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-keli-holiday","tag-keli-holiday-ecstasy","tag-the-tree-of-wisdom","tag-the-wiggles","tag-the-wiggles-ecstasy-video","tag-the-wiggles-keli-holiday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}