News broke earlier this month that married Wiggles, Lachlan ‘Lachy’ Gillespie and Emma Watkins had separated. <\/p>\n
Since the initial report, insiders have come forward,<\/a> telling publications like WHO Magazine <\/em>how Lachy was “devastated” with the break up and that the pair had been struggling for some time.<\/p>\n Now, Woman’s Day<\/em><\/a> have revealed Lachy’s “first big love” is still in his life, and she’s also a red headed entertainer.<\/p>\n In fact, she filled in for Emma when the Yellow Wiggle had her endometriosis surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brianne Turk, 34, met Lachy when the pair were studying a Bachelor of Musical Theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts 10 years ago.<\/p>\n “It’s the secret they didn’t want anyone to know,” an insider told the publication, adding that Emma wasn’t aware that Lachy had dated Brianne when she was chosen to be her understudy.<\/em><\/p>\n “I know Brianne was asked to remove any photos of herself with Lachy and she even reached out to friends and asked them to also remove any old photos. It was like they wanted to erase Brianne and Lachy’s romantic history.”<\/em><\/p>\n “They were concerned that every mum in Australia would be watching Lachy and Brianne to see if there was any chemistry, and that it would distract people from the show.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n A post shared by B R I A N N E T U R K (@brianneturk)<\/a> on