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Emma Watkins has revealed she was almost forced to cancel a show while on tour with The Wiggles due to debilitating pain.
The children’s entertainer, 34, previously opened up about her crippling battle with endometriosis and has now opened up about how it affected her career.
Endometriosis occurs when cells from the lining of the uterus are found in other parts of the body and symptoms include pain, heavy periods and fatigue.
Emma has been open about her struggle with the disorder and recalled how she once couldn’t get off the floor before a Wiggles show in Adelaide due to the pain.
She told how she had been in agony just five minutes before going on stage and thought she might have to cancel a show for the first time in her career.
Emma Watkins (pictured June 2020) revealed she was almost forced to cancel a show while on tour with The Wiggles due to debilitating pain.
The former Yellow Wiggle said news.com.au: ‘I remember looking at the clock and the show was at 10am and I think it was 9:55am and I couldn’t get off the floor.’
She continued: ‘It’s like my body knows that if I’m doing a show, everything will be fine, you might have a disaster, and that’s fine, but this was the only time it definitely (not). Horizontal in the locker room, complete, a lot of pain.’
However, Emma bravely managed to start the show just 10 minutes late and admitted she had “got used to” pushing through the pain.
She explained: “I guess I was so used to moving on, and then the show happened, and it was okay, as soon as the show’s over you’re like, ‘Okay, I need to sit down,’ but that was really bad, I remember. which was terrible at the time.’
Emma previously spoke about how she was diagnosed with endometriosis ten years too late and believed debilitating period pain “was normal”.
Emma has been open about her struggle with endometriosis and recalled how she once couldn’t get off the floor before a Wiggles show in Adelaide due to pain.
Speaking on Channel Seven’s House of Wellness in September 2022, he said: “I didn’t realize it for a long time.
‘I was touring all over the world and was very busy. “I didn’t understand the pain until it was too late.”
“As women, you don’t realize the pain you’re going through,” she continued. ‘During high school, I felt really bad and was in terrible pain, but now I know it wasn’t that.
‘It got to the point where I was bleeding every day for quite a while. “In the end I thought ‘hmmm, that’s not quite right'” and I basically figured it out.
Emma admitted she “didn’t know” if she would be able to have a child amid her struggle with endometriosis, which can also affect fertility.
Emma first joined The Wiggles in 2010, but parted ways with the iconic children’s acting group in October 2021 to take her career in new directions.
She told the Daily Telegraph she was “quite realistic” about her chances after her long battle with the disorder, saying: “If it happens it would be amazing, if it doesn’t happen that’s fine too.”
Emma first joined The Wiggles in 2010, but parted ways with the iconic children’s acting group in October 2021 to take her career in new directions.
The animator has since created a new character, Emma Memma, who uses sign language to communicate.
Emma previously told how she hopes her alter ego will inspire children to learn Auslan, the form of sign language most commonly used by the Australian deaf community.