The Wiggles' Emma Watkins recalls the confronting moment a parent asked her when she was 'due'

The Wiggles star Emma Watkins has recalled the confronting moment a parent asked her when she was ‘due’ during a concert after she had undergone surgery for endometriosis.

The Yellow Wiggle, who is a spokeswoman for endometriosis awareness, said the incident took place in 2018 while she was on tour with the popular children’s performers.

The 32-year-old had just returned to the stage with the group after recovering from the procedure. 

Rattled: The Wiggles’ Emma Watkins has recalled the confronting moment a mother at one of her concerts asked her when she was ‘due’ – just months after revealing her battle with severe endometriosis

‘When we’re on tour where we go out into the audience and collect craft from the children that have made signs or hand made bows or what ever – which is probably the highlight of the show,’ she recalled on Mammia’s No Filter podcast.

‘A mother said to me “when are you due?” I got the biggest shock of my life and at that point I thought, “hang on did you just say that?” And then I looked down, I don’t know why – obviously I wasn’t pregnant – and I was like “do I look pregnant?”

Emma informed the mother she was not pregnant and asked her where she had heard the rumour.

‘I must have just flipped out of character. I was just talking to her in the audience, my microphone wasn’t on,’ she explained. 

Shocked: The Yellow Wiggle, who is a spokeswoman for endometriosis awareness, said the incident took place in 2018 while she was performing on tour with the popular children’s performers

Questions:  Emma said speculation on a pregnancy with her then-husband and Wiggles co-star Lachlan Gillespie at the time had become so intense that even her mother questioned her

‘I just got so confused by the question. She’s like “Oh I read it in a magazine”.’

Emma said speculation on a pregnancy with her then-husband and Wiggles co-star Lachlan Gillespie at the time had become so intense that even her mother questioned her.

‘It got to the point where people had gotten so confused, that even my mum had texted me and said “are you pregnant?”‘ she recalled.  

Post surgery: Emma first revealed she was suffering from endometriosis in an Instagram post back in April 2018 after undergoing an operation

Emma first revealed she was suffering from endometriosis in an Instagram post back in April 2018 after undergoing surgery.

Endometriosis is a condition where the tissue that lines the inside of a woman’s uterus grows on the outside. 

It often causes severe pain, menstrual irregularities and can lead to infertility, and it’s sometimes treated with surgery.

Engaged: Just months after Emma announced her endometriosis surgery, she and Lachlan announced their split after two years of marriage. She has since moved on with The Wiggles guitarist Oliver Brian, whom she is engaged to. Pictured together 

Just months after Emma announced her endometriosis surgery, she and Lachlan announced their split after two years of marriage.

She has since moved on with The Wiggles guitarist Oliver Brian, whom she is engaged to.

Lachlan is also engaged to ballet dancer Dana Stephenson. They welcomed twin daughters last year – Lulu and Lottie.

New love, new family: Lachlan is also engaged to ballet dancer Dana Stephenson. They welcomed twin daughters last year – Lulu and Lottie