Ellidy Pullin’s life as a jet-setting influencer is in the spotlight after it emerged she had fallen out with the father of her late boyfriend, Olympic snowboarder Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin, over the direction of the charity she founded in his name.
Ellidy, 33, became a household name following Chumpy’s accidental death in 2020, after using his posthumously harvested sperm to conceive their child via IVF.
She went on to raise their daughter Minnie, born in October 2021, as a single mother but is now in a relationship with building contractor Brock Wadsworth.
This week, Chumpy’s dad Chris Pullin told the Daily Mail he was no longer speaking to Ellidy after objecting to the shifting focus of the Chumpy Pullin Foundation, which went from a charity focused on youth sport to one with a mental health mission.
In the background of their rift, Ellidy has emerged as a prominent social media celebrity who seems to live a fast-paced life that’s a world away from widowed Chris’s lonely existence in Eden, on the NSW South Coast.
The mother of one, from the Gold Coast, regularly shares sun-drenched snaps from her exotic travels, including beachside holidays and villas.
Ellidy Pullin’s life as a jet-setting influencer is in the spotlight after it emerged she had fallen out with the father of her late partner, Olympic snowboarder Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin, over the direction of the charity she founded in his name. Ellidy is seen here with her daughter Minnie
Ellidy and Chumpy are pictured together in an undated photo. Chumpy died in July 2020
Ellidy – who changed her last name from Vlug to Pullin after Chumpy’s death – has also leaned into brand collaborations, some featuring Minnie, promoting companies such as Covergirl, Cetaphil and Breville on social media.
In recent years, she has also grown close to the DJ and music producer Paul Fisher (known mononymously as Fisher) and his glamorous wife Chloe. She seems to treat them, and their daughter Bobbi, like family as they explore the globe together. Â
Ellidy travels often with Fisher and Chloe, following the DJ’s career to destinations like Bali, Ibiza and London, staying in luxury accommodation along the way.
Minnie and Bobbi join the adventures, even attending Fisher’s shows and rave-style events at which the young children wear protective headphones.Â
Travelling by private jet looks to have become routine, with Ellidy often sharing photos of herself and Minnie alongside the Fishers during their journeys.
Most recently, the group travelled to the Amalfi Coast, spending their days aboard a private yacht.
Ellidy opened up about her friendship with Chloe while promoting their podcast, Darling, Shine!, in an interview with Now to Love in 2023.
‘We’re kind of codependent on each other,’ she said. ‘We’ve just become like this weird, blended family… in that we’ve created this massive community that is really invested in our story together. We’re like sisters.’
In the background of the family rift, Ellidy has emerged as a prominent social media celebrity. In recent years, she has also grown close to DJ and music producer Paul Fisher and his wife Chloe. (The two families, including the Fishers’ child Bobbi, are seen here)
The mother of one, from the Gold Coast, regularly shares sun-drenched snaps from her exotic travels, including beachside holidays and villasÂ
Ellidy has also leaned into brand collaborations, some featuring Minnie, promoting companies such as Covergirl, Cetaphil and Breville on social media
Ellidy (pictured with Minnie and Bobbi on a trip to Bali with the Fishers) travels often with Paul and Chloe, following the DJ’s music career to destinations like Bali, Ibiza and London
Minnie and Bobbi join the adventures, even attending Fisher’s shows and rave-style events at which the young children wear protective headphonesÂ
In November, Ellidy shared a gushing birthday tribute to Fisher on Instagram, referring to him as her ‘brother’.
‘Big fat happy 40 to my brother and bestie, I would bloody hate to imagine a world without you in it! Thank you for lighting up our lives,’ she wrote.Â
While Ellidy’s enviable lifestyle fuels fascination on gossip forums and Reddit threads, it also underscores the stark contrast with the quieter, solitary life of Chumpy’s father, Chris Pullin, from whom she is allegedly estranged.
Chris recently spoke to the Daily Mail about the bitter falling-out with Ellidy, sparked by disagreements over the charity established in his late son’s name.
The foundation was created with the permission of Chris and wife Sally – who died from cancer last April – but he claims it drifted from its original mission of helping disadvantaged children succeed in sport before quietly closing in December 2024.
Private jets have become routine for the two families, who seem to be joined at the hip
Ellidy previously shared this glimpse of her private-jet-setting lifestyleÂ
Ellidy opened up about her friendship with Chloe in a 2023 interview promoting their podcast. ‘We’re kind of codependent on each other,’ she said
In November, Ellidy shared a gushing birthday tribute to Fisher on Instagram, referring to him as her ‘brother’Â
In an email sent to the charity’s board in May 2024, which he later shared publicly, Chris and Sally accused the foundation of abandoning Chumpy’s ideals by shifting its focus from youth sport to mental health initiatives.Â
Chris said the change troubled him.
Chumpy drowned in July 2020 in a freak spearfishing accident on Queensland’s Gold Coast, a tragedy his father insists had nothing to do with mental health issues.
He claims the dispute over the foundation led to an estrangement between the Pullins and Ellidy, alleging she blocked both him and Sally after their email to the board went unanswered.Â
Chris Pullin with his son, Olympic champion snowboarder Alex, whose nickname was Chumpy
Chumpy with his mother Sally, who died of cancer last year, and father Chris
Chris claims he has not seen his only grandchild – conceived via posthumous IVF with his and Sally’s legal consent, as Chumpy and Ellidy were unmarried – since the falling-out over the charity in 2024.
He described the situation as ‘devastating’.
Sally Pullin died in April 2025 after battling an aggressive cancer. Chris said the estrangement from Ellidy and Minnie ‘broke her heart’.
Now living alone in Eden after losing both his son and wife, Chris hopes to honour Chumpy’s legacy by creating a youth sports camp at the Alex Pullin Stadium at Mansfield Secondary College.Â
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