Purple Wiggle joy: I'm going to be a dad

Purple Wiggle Lachlan Gillespie is engaged to his girlfriend, ballet dancer Dana Stephenson, after she popped the question over Easter.

WATCH: Purple Wiggle 'Lachy' sings on set after split with wife Emma 

Sharing the happy news on Instagram, the much-loved Wiggle wrote: “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,” alongside a picture of himself, his new fiancée and her son, Jasper.

Lachy is not only celebrating his engagement, but the children’s performer will officially become stepdad to Dana's young son from a previous relationship. Dana told the Daily Telegraph in February that Jasper and Lachy have a really special connection.

“Lachy is such a special person for him. He doesn’t tell the other kids at kindy that he’s a Wiggle, he’s just Lachy to him and they have the best fun together – he’s so great with kids and they make up the best games,” she said.

Lachy, 34, was married to yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins before the pair split in 2018.

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