The Wiggles’ Lachlan Gillespie marries ballerina Dana Stephensen

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Purple Wiggle Lachlan Gillespie officially tied the knot with his partner Dana Stephensen in an intimate ceremony over the weekend.

Sharing photos from their special day to their respective Instagram accounts, the newlyweds looked smitten surrounded by their two-year-old twin daughters Lulu and Lottie, and Dana’s son Jasper from a previous marriage.

The ballerina, 34, wore a stunning white wedding gown while her hair was neatly tied back in a ponytail.

The Wiggles’ Lachlan Gillespie marries ballerina Dana Stephensen

Purple Wiggle Lachlan Gillespie has officially married his partner Dana Stephensen in an intimate ceremony over the weekend

As for Lachy, he looked dapper in a khaki suit and a simple white boutonnière.

In his caption, the children’s performer recalled a time he met Dana’s six-year-old son.

‘Our little world – our colours,’ he wrote.

Sharing photos from their special day to their respective Instagram accounts, the newlyweds were seen loved up surrounded by their two-year-old twin daughters Lulu and Lottie, and Dana's son Jasper, from a previous marriage

Sharing photos from their special day to their respective Instagram accounts, the newlyweds were seen loved up surrounded by their two-year-old twin daughters Lulu and Lottie, and Dana’s son Jasper, from a previous marriage

‘At the start of our relationship and only after meeting Jasper twice, one night while @dana_stephensen was putting him to bed he looked up and said “mummy, your colours have changed!”‘

‘He was three at the time and ever since that beautiful moment, our little family has had a rainbow colour theme running through everything we do,’ Lachy, 37, continued.

Meanwhile, Dana, 34, posted several black and white photos from the ceremony, writing in her caption: ‘Always, always, always. Ever, ever, ever …’

Lachlan and Dana surprised everyone when they announced the arrival of their twins in September

Lachlan and Dana surprised everyone when they announced the arrival of their twins in September

The official Wiggles Instagram page also shared the wedding photos while congratulating them on their nuptials.

‘A huge congratulations to @lachy_wiggle and @dana_stephensen on their beautiful wedding!’ they wrote.

‘The entire Wiggles team is so thrilled for them, and wish the happy couple all the best into the future.’

The couple surprised Wiggles fans in September 2020 when they revealed Dana had welcomed twin girls

The couple surprised Wiggles fans in September 2020 when they revealed Dana had welcomed twin girls

Dana and Lachlan surprised fans in September 2020 when they revealed Dana had welcomed twin daughters: Lulu and Lottie.

At the time, Dana shared a photo to Instagram of herself and Lachlan carrying their babies in a field at sunset.

Neither Lachy nor Dana had offered any hint they were expecting, and so people were understandably shocked by the announcement. 

The couple announced their relationship in April 2019 following his split from his wife and Wiggles bandmate Emma Watkins in August 2018, after two years of marriage. 

Emma began mixing business with pleasure shortly after she joined The Wiggles in 2012, falling head over heels for her co-star Lachy.

The then couple initially kept their relationship a secret, before announcing it in 2015.

‘I really fell in love with Lachy in the first moment… but it took him a long time. We haven’t spent a day apart,’ Emma told The Sydney Morning Herald in 2016.

They got engaged in May 2015, said ‘I do’ in rural New South Wales in April 2016, and then stunned fans by announcing their split in August 2018.

In a joint statement they vowed to remain friends and colleagues, saying: ‘We have embraced this as a very positive change in our relationship.’

Lachy met Dana months later when she filmed a cameo for The Wiggles in December 2018.

While she would go on to have a relationship with Lachy, Dana previously said she spent most of her time on set getting to know Emma.

In a behind-the-scenes video, Emma said it was a ‘dream come true’ to work with Dana, whose career she had been following closely for some time.

‘When we found out who the dancers were, we got so excited. For me, they’re dancers that I have been watching for years,’ Emma said.

Shortly after the episode was filmed, it was rumoured Lachy and Dana were dating, but they did not confirm their relationship until October 2019.

They announced they were engaged in April 2020, 18 months after first meeting.

‘On Thursday night, Dana asked me to marry her at home under a fairy light sky and a very excited little boy in a beautiful bow tie,’ the Purple Wiggle announced on Instagram at the time.

Emma appeared to give their engagement her approval, commenting with three purple hearts on Lachy’s post.

She has since moved on too and married musician Oliver Brian in an intimate ceremony in the Victorian countryside attended by 80 friends and family on May 1 this year. 

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