Editing Anthony Field (section)

==Personal life==
In 1999, Field was named "Bachelor of the Year" in ''[[Cleo (magazine)|Cleo]]''. [[File:Anthony Field (6640182163).jpg|thumb|left|Field with his kids|294x294px]]In 2003, he married Michaela Patisteas, a former dancer whose family owned Griffiths Coffee in Melbourne.<ref name="samsbride">{{cite news|last = Sams|first = Christine|title = Bride's something blue was a Wiggle|work = The Sydney Morning Herald|date = 5 May 2003|url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/04/1051987601682.html|access-date = 1 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=71}}</ref> They have three children, who have joined the Field family business by appearing in several of the Wiggles' TV shows and videos.<ref>{{cite news|last = Scott|first = Paul|title = Kid Rock|work = The New York Times|date = 2 April 2006|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/magazine/02wiggles.html?ei=5088&en=d27772b7fecca51c&ex=1301630400&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all|access-date = 1 August 2007}}</ref>

Beginning in 2007, Field, who is a registered breeder of [[Miniature Fox Terrier]]s,<ref name="goodbreed" /> did voiceover work for the TV show ''[[RSPCA Animal Rescue]]'' for [[Seven Network|Channel 7]] in Australia.<ref name="goodbreed">{{cite news|last = Agostino|first = Josephine|title = Wiggle Anthony Field's a Good Breed|work = Woman's Day|location=Australia}}</ref><!-- article no longer available http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=625953 --><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thatslife.com.au/Article/Real-Life/Real-Life-Stories/Why-Blue-Wiggle-Anthony-loves-animals|title=Why Blue Wiggle Anthony loves animals - that's life!|access-date=18 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015401/http://www.thatslife.com.au/Article/Real-Life/Real-Life-Stories/Why-Blue-Wiggle-Anthony-loves-animals|archive-date=17 November 2015}}</ref>

Field, in describing his enthusiasm for competitive sports, has stated, "My love of [[cricket]] is abiding", a sport that "instills the same loyalty and passions in me as I know baseball does for many in North America".<ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=172}}</ref> He is a fan of the [[Wests Tigers]], an Australian Rugby League joint venture club between the [[Balmain Tigers]] and [[Western Suburbs Magpies]], but has publicly stated his heart lies with Balmain. In 2023, he publicly revealed his dream of buying and resurrecting Balmain as a stand alone club <ref name="babyblue">{{cite news|last = Teutsch|first = Danielle|title = Baby blue Wiggle arrives|date = 15 April 2007|url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/baby-blue-wiggle/2007/04/14/1175971410785.html|access-date = 6 November 2007|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-05-12|title='Fanciful and unrealistic': Balmain Tigers shut down Blue Wiggle's shock 'fairytale' plan|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2023-wests-tigers-purchase-blue-wiggle-anthony-field-news-balmain-tigers-wests-magpies-merger-club-the-wiggles/news-story/5ca2efe2001443039128f99e2660e1a9|access-date=2024-11-21|website=Fox Sports|language=en}}</ref> He is also a fan of singer [[Julio Iglesias]].<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|last=Blake|first=Elissa|title=Unusual suspects|work=Daily Telegraph|date=2 September 2007|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22334196-5006011,00.html|access-date=3 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013184754/http://news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0%2C22049%2C22334196-5006011%2C00.html|archive-date=13 October 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> As Field's fitness improved, to the point that his training regimen became comparable to that of an elite athlete,<ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=210}}</ref> he gained an interest in gymnastics and [[acrobatics]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=211}}</ref>

Field went public about his experience with clinical depression in mid-2007 to draw more attention to the condition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Blue Wiggle has depression|work=Daily Telegraph|date=6 June 2007|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21858525-5001021,00.html|access-date=6 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505200647/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0%2C22049%2C21858525-5001021%2C00.html|archive-date=5 May 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = Men in blue|work = The Bulletin|date = 7 June 2007|url =http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=271249|access-date = 8 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014220159/http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=271249|archive-date=14 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has stated that "being on the road is a dangerous job for someone with depression", but has dealt with it through diet, exercise, talking about it, and having a good support system (including his father before his death in 1998,<ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=40,53}}</ref> his wife, and his friend [[Murray Cook]], among his bandmates).<ref name="whatsup"/> He chronicled his health struggles and how he overcame them in his 2012 book ''How I Got My Wiggle Back''.<ref>{{cite news|last = Free|first = David|title = The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Wiggle|work = The Australian|date = 24 March 2012|url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-wiggle/story-fn9n8gph-1226303899223|access-date = 14 May 2012}}</ref><ref>Field credited two doctors, [[chiropractors]] James Stoxen from Chicago and Richard Gringeri from Santa Clara, California, with the improvement in his health {{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=7}}.</ref>

Field is a devout [[Catholic Church|Catholic]],<ref name="samsbride"/><ref name="babyblue"/> something that he reported helped him deal with his chronic health issues and depression, especially the spiritual practices of prayer and devotion to the [[Virgin Mary]] as expressed by [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=66}}</ref> He has two large tattoos on his arms: one is the Virgin Mary with the words "My life is in your hands" in Spanish; the other is a heart with the words, "My love, my heart" in Spanish. The names of his wife and his three children are also tattooed on his arms.<ref name="telegraph"/> He admits that he got his tattoo of the Virgin, which he hid from fans for a long time, during a visit to Mexico while on tour in North America, in the middle of a bout with chronic pain and dental problems, as he put it, "in a moment of madness".<ref>{{Harvnb|Field|2012|p=74}}</ref>