Murray Cook makes a shocking family confession in the new documentary Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles.
During the new outing, Cook, 63, revealed that he often struggled to leave his two children, daughter Georgia Munro-Cook and son Hamish Cook, to go on tour.
The entertainer said his son Hamish often had it the hardest.
“I don’t like music because it takes Dad away,” he once recalled to his son in the long-awaited documentary.
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles is a gripping account of life in The Wiggles by founding members Greg Page, Anthony Field, Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt.
Murray Cook makes a shocking family confession in the new documentary Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles. Pictured
During the new gig, Cook, 63, revealed he often struggled to leave his two children, daughter Georgia Munro-Cook and son Hamish Cook, to go on tour.
In the doco, Blue Wiggle Anthony, 60, also talks about his harrowing battle with depression throughout his incredibly successful career.
He said he broke down in tears backstage during The Wiggles’ very first tour in England and no one could understand what was happening to him.
‘When I was talking to one of my brothers, I told him that I felt sad all the time and he said, “Why do you have to be sad? You are successful, you have all the comforts, what is wrong with you?” said Anthony.
Murray, who wore the red skivvy, confessed that the group didn’t understand what depression looked like, and no one did in the 1990s.
Anthony has since been very open about his mental health issues and has been seeing a psychologist for the past 35 years.
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles is a gripping account of life in The Wiggles by founding members Greg Page, Anthony Field, Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt. All depicted
In the doco, Blue Wiggle Anthony, 60, also opens up about his harrowing battle with depression throughout his incredibly successful career
Meanwhile, Yellow Wiggle Greg, 51, discovered that even leaving The Wiggles in 2006 due to ill health couldn’t save his marriage to Michelle Charlton.
The couple, who split two years later, share daughter Madison and Greg’s stepson Blaine.
He also shares daughter Lara and son Cameron with his current wife Vanessa Reid.
Greg later returned to The Wiggles in January 2020 for a special reunion that ended in tears when he suffered a heart attack on stage.
Murray became teary as he recalled the harrowing moment Greg collapsed, saying: ‘At first I thought he had just overdone it, but then his eyes started rolling back.
‘Then first aid people said he wasn’t breathing. I thought he was dead. It was horrible to watch… It was quite disturbing.”
However, the Yellow Wiggle wasn’t the only member of the group to have heart problems; three of the members had to undergo heart surgery over the years.
Greg was diagnosed with orthostatic intolerance and would sometimes pass out during shows while Murray underwent open heart surgery in December 2021.
Meanwhile, Greg, 51, returned to The Wiggles in January 2020 for a special reunion that ended in tears when he suffered a heart attack on stage.
Murray became teary as he recalled the harrowing moment Greg collapsed, saying: “At first I thought he had just overdone it, but then his eyes started rolling back.”
Purple Wiggle Jeff, 70, also had a pacemaker fitted after a terrifying accident in which he passed out behind the wheel of a car and crashed into a tree.
Purple Wiggle Jeff, 70, also had a pacemaker fitted after a terrifying accident in which he passed out behind the wheel of a car and crashed into a tree.
“Luckily that happened without any great speed,” Jeff assured.
Despite being all smiles and high energy every time they took the stage together, Anthony, Murray, Greg and Jeff ultimately revealed that they didn’t always get along behind the scenes.
Anthony recalled that he once threw an entire drum kit at Greg after the Yellow Wiggle told him to play too loudly backstage.
The pair often seemed to come to disagreements, as Greg still blames Anthony for a huge wet spot he once found on his skivvy just before he was supposed to go on stage.
“If you see Greg, tell him I didn’t do the water,” Anthony told the documentary’s producers, recounting the moment Greg called him out on it just seconds before they went on stage together.
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Despite being all smiles and high energy every time they took the stage together, Anthony, Murray, Greg and Jeff didn’t always get along behind the scenes.