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The original ‘Purple Wiggle’ – also known as Jeff Fatt – is in a stable condition today after falling asleep behind the wheel of his brand new Range Rover Evoque during a Sunday morning coffee run.
The incident took place in the affluent Sydney suburb of Mosman earlier today, as the red four-wheeled-drive vehicle ran off the road and into a keep left sign.
Emergency respondents were heard yelling ‘Wake Up Jeff!’ when arriving to find the billionaire children’s entertainer still asleep with the motor running.
The 63-year-old founding member of the most successful Australian music group of all time has been urged by family and friends to finally do something about his well-known narcolepsy diagnosis.
Narcolepsy, a long-term neurological disorder that involves a decreased ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles, includes symptoms of excessive daytime sleepiness that usually last from seconds to minutes and may occur at any time – it is believed that Jeff Fatt has been criticised for showing negligence towards his treatment of debilitating illness since retiring from the stage.
Throughout the late 1980s through to 2000s, the condition gave way to Mr. Fatt’s iconic Wiggles schtick of sleeping at odd times, which led to a Wiggles’ catch-phrase and the title of one of their songs, “Wake Up, Jeff!”.
With the brand new Range Rover left on the scene, Mr Fatt made everyone promise not to tell his family that he’d dozed off again
“I’m all okay!” he told media on the scene, while stepping into the backseat of a limousine.
“I guess this kind of stuff just happens”
“Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car”
