Ellidy Pullin’s future father-in-law has spoken publicly about the long-running dispute involving the Gold Coast influencer and the father of her late partner, Olympic snowboarder Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin.
Ellidy, who was in a long-term relationship with Chumpy when he died in a spearfishing accident at Palm Beach in 2020, revealed this week that she is engaged to Queensland builder Brock Wadsworth.
Her engagement has reignited debate around her decision to legally adopt the Pullin surname after Chumpy’s death, despite the couple never having married or become engaged. Some have suggested she should take the Wadsworth name once she marries Brock.
Chumpy’s father, Chris Pullin, indicated this week that he would rather see Ellidy use Wadsworth after the wedding, particularly as he says she no longer has contact with much of Chumpy’s family.
Chris has said he and his late wife, Sally, were blocked by Ellidy in 2024 following a disagreement connected to a charitable foundation established in Chumpy’s honour.
He also says he has not seen his four-year-old granddaughter, Minnie, since she was an infant. Minnie was conceived through IVF after Chumpy’s parents allowed Ellidy to retrieve their son’s sperm in the days following his death.
With Ellidy now preparing to marry Brock, she also suggested on Thursday that Minnie could soon become a big sister.
Brock’s father, prominent Gold Coast property developer Glen Wadsworth, said he knew about the rift between Ellidy and Chris Pullin.
Brock and Ellidy shared news of their engagement on Wednesday
Brock’s father, Glen Wadsworth, spoke to the Daily Mail in a lively interview on Thursday
Ellidy was once close with Chris, left, seen together at a paddle-out for Chumpy
‘I’ve heard about it but I try to keep out of that stuff. I’ve got seven kids and two stepkids. [Chris and Ellidy] are big people and have to sort it out for themselves,’ he said, during a chaotic interview with the Daily Mail.
Before the Mail caught up with Glen, we spoke to his wife Justine – who hinted at what was to come.
‘I don’t know if you should speak to him, he’ll probably say something inappropriate. He’s just a larrikin,’ she said with a wry laugh.
‘But no we are very happy for [Brock and Ellidy].’
We then tracked down Glen, the founder of Australian and New Zealand company Wadsworth Construction, of which his son Brock is managing director, who chuckled as a woman tried to wrestle his mobile phone away from him.
‘No offense to you, but we’re not talking to the bloody Daily Mail!’ she could be heard shouting in the background.
Glen, 68, explained, chuckling, that the voice belonged to ‘my daughter, she doesn’t want me to talk to you’.
Despite the call being suddenly switched to FaceTime as the unnamed daughter attempted to hang up, Glen went on to confirm he thought it was ‘great news’ that his son had popped the question to one of Australia’s best-known influencers while on a European holiday.
Brock, right, is seen with his dad in the background at a motorcycle event recently
Ellidy, Chumpy and their dog Rummi at their Palm Beach home before he tragically died
Glen and Chumpy’s dad share a surprisingly similar tragedy – both men lost their wives to cancer.
Glen’s wife Jill died aged 55 in 2013 after battling the insidious disease, while Chris’ wife Sally passed away at home in April 2025 after suffering from Central Nervous System Lymphoma.
A death notice for Jill in the Courier-Mail explained that she was ‘Dearly loved and cherished by Glen, Shae, Carly, Joshua, Korinne, Kane & Brock, their partners and grandchildren’.
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When Glen – who has since remarried to Justine – was asked if he felt any solidarity with Chris over their similar heartbreaking losses, he said: ‘Not at all, I don’t know the guy.’
‘I’m more concerned with the kids [Ellidy and Brock] and they’re doing great.’
Ellidy, who grew up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches where she met Chumpy at a social gathering, is marrying into a family with strong connections to the One Nation Party.
Glen ran for the seat of Currumbin in 2020, and confirmed he is still a card-carrying member of Pauline Hanson’s political movement today.
‘I did it because I support One Nation as a patriot,’ he confirmed.
Ellidy, 34, is marrying into a family with strong connections to the One Nation political party
Glen is seen in a 2020 campaign video alongside One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts
‘I am still a member, but I won’t be [running] again, because it wasn’t a very fun thing to do.
‘People say you’re a racist and all this s**t… not true. Politics is a mug’s game.’
One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts described Glen as someone who had ‘run his own construction company for about the last 30 years, employing on average 200 employees’.
‘Glen is sick of the two tired old parties never delivering what they promise. He is a widower and has seven adult children and currently seven grandchildren.
‘Clearly he has a wealth of various life experiences, both good and bad, whilst a typical knockabout, streetwise Aussie larrikin who has been a Pauline Hanson supporter since she entered politics.’
On Thursday, Ellidy, 34, posted a reel to Instagram in which she could be heard soothing a frustrated Minnie and asking if she was ‘excited to have a sibling one day’.
Several of the Wadsworth children work under Glen for his construction company, and many of them have made him a grandfather.
Glen revealed his excitement to add more members to his growing empire.
Ellidy asked Minnie Pullin, seen here with Brock, if she was ‘excited to have a sibling one day’
Brock has become a father figure to Minnie, who refers to Chumpy as ‘Daddy in the sky’
‘That’s up to the kids, but I’d suggest it would be inevitable,’ he said, in reference to Brock potentially becoming a father.
‘But anyway, [the engagement] is great news, good for them’.
Brock, who has been dating Ellidy for more than a year after initially being friends with her through mutual Gold Coast connections, has become a father-figure to young Minnie – something Ellidy was prepared for when she chose to become a single mum.
‘We call [Chumpy] Daddy in the Sky and Chumpy in the Sky because one day she might naturally want to call another person her dad, and I don’t want to take that away from her,’ she told Body+Soul in 2024.
In the same interview, she revealed dreams of giving Minnie a sibling – but said she was unlikely to use the remaining embryo she has on ice created from Chumpy.
‘People ask if I’ll have another Chumpy baby [because there is one embryo left], and my answer is no, I don’t think that I will,’ she said.
‘I’m happy with Minnie being a little Chumpy, and I think one day I will find someone and have another baby [with them], I can see that happening.’