Original Wiggles member Murray Cook has opened up about the challenges the kids group faced at the height of their fame.
The 63-year-old revealed on Ten’s The Cheap Seats on Tuesday night, the children’s band had stalkers in the US.
‘When we started to make it big in the US, we did have stalkers for a while,’ he said.
Murray revealed the band members had to check into hotels under fake names to make sure no one knew where they were staying.
‘Jeff [Fatt] did check in as Jackie Chan once,’ he admitted.
The Wiggles’ Murray Cook revealed the children’s group had stalkers in the US at the height of their fame
It comes after the group’s new documentary Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles was released.
The documentary offers a gripping account of life in The Wiggles by its founders Greg Page, Anthony Field, Murray and Jeff Fatt.
In the series, Murray made a shattering family confession, revealing he often struggled to leave behind his two children, daughter Georgia Munro-Cook and son Hamish Cook, to go on tour.
The entertainer said his son Hamish often took it the hardest.
‘I don’t like music because it takes Daddy away,’ he recalls his son once saying in the highly anticipated documentary.
Blue Wiggle Anthony, 60, also opened up about his harrowing battle with depression throughout his incredibly successful career.
He said he was ‘bursting into tears backstage’ during The Wiggles’ very first tour in England and no one could understand what was wrong with him.
The 63-year-old revealed on Ten’s The Cheap Seats on Tuesday night, the children’s band had stalkers in the US
‘Talking to one of my brothers, I told him I felt sad all the time and he said, “What have you got to be sad about? You’re successful, you have got all the comforts – what’s wrong with you?”‘ Anthony said.
Meanwhile, Yellow Wiggle Greg, 51, found leaving behind The Wiggles in 2006 due to poor health couldn’t save his marriage to Michelle Charlton.
Purple Wiggle Jeff, 70, also had a pacemaker inserted following a terrifying accident which saw him blackout behind the wheel of a car and crash into a tree.
‘Luckily it was without any great velocity,’ Jeff assured.
Murray revealed the band members had to check into hotels under fake names to make sure no one knew where they were staying
