The Wiggles laughed while flipping the bird on the popular children's show.
An American mother who goes by the handle @thefinalrebrand on TikTok laughs hysterically and flips the bird when she sees the cast of Australia-based show The Wiggles giving each other the middle finger. People on social media wondered if the meaning of the word was different for men and women. Two countries.
The video showed the actors performing the nursery rhyme “Where's Thumbkin,” which has the same melody as “Pop Goes the Weasel,” during the episode.
Ranchy Wiggle, played by actor Lachlan Gillespie, sang “Where's your high finger?” Where are the long fingers? Performers Katerina Mete and Tsehei Hawkins then join Gillespie, all lifting their bodies and clapping their middle fingers to the tune as they sing, “Here I Am.” i am here. “
The gesture was made with both hands for several seconds, and Gillespie continued to sing the lyrics, “How are you doing today, friend?” Understood, thank you. run away. run away. “
The TikTokker captioned the video, “Hmm, this caught my attention,” and her laughter can be heard throughout the clip.
In the same social media post, the mother played a video that zoomed in on singer Hawkins, wearing a yellow shirt and sunflower headband, and wrote, “This was personal.”
The clip shows Hawkins smiling and making eye contact directly at the camera while pointing his middle finger at the lens, and chuckles as he lowers his hand as Gillespie sings “Run!” It looked like. run away. “
“Tsehei meant that,” the TikTokker captioned it.
One person commented: “The Wiggles just turned us upside down.”
“Listen, I get that. But who thought this would work?” another person wrote.
Social media commenters also pointed out how odd it was that he called the finger the “long” finger instead of the “middle” finger.
One user questioned whether the middle finger had the same meaning in Australia, where the show was filmed, rather than the US, and debated whether the gesture was intentional or a cultural difference.
“Australians definitely use the middle finger to belittle people. That's why this is so funny. She deliberately turned off the camera and giggled to herself,” one person on the platform suggested.
Some said Australian children often see songs like this played.
“My mom is a kindergarten teacher and the kids acted this out. They flipped everyone off,” someone commented.
This isn't the first time the show has left adults wondering if there's a hidden joke aimed at them. For example, if the program a song about a bouncing ball The other, one Reddit user believed, was when the characters released the song “Last Christmas,” sung by their former “lovers.” Things that were “unthinkable” in the past.
The program does not feature this middle finger performance in its nursery rhyme montage for children in kindergartens and preschools. On the direct sales site Despite creating an atmosphere.
The original children's show “The Wiggles” began in 1993 and has spawned spinoff series such as “Wiggle and Learn,” “Ready Steady, Wiggle,” and more featuring new songs and “interpretations of classics,” according to producers. A special program was also broadcast.
