IT was a love story - with a heart-breaking twist when Ellidy Pullin's husband, Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin died suddenly in a tragic accident. The stunning model , from Australia , suffered an unimaginable loss and pain in 2022 when her partner, Alex - snowboarder who competed at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics - drowned whilst spearfishing. Speaking on the podcast , Good Mourning , the author bravely opened up about the freak accident, life without 'Chump' and how she gave birth to his ''miracle'' baby after finding out about a procedure called post-mortem sperm retrieval.
Ellidy, who was dating the Olympian , 32, for close to a decade, said that 8th July, 2020 was just like any other regular day - but little did the beauty know her life would soon turn upside down just hours later. ''It was just a normal day, we woke up like any other day - the sun was shining, it was a beautiful day. ''Chump was like 'Do I go for a surf today or do I go for a dive today?''' As Ellidy, now 31, was keen to go for a walk, the duo decided to ''regroup later'' and go to a local café to enjoy the glorious weather in Gold Coast , Queensland .
''We had friends coming up and we were getting the house ready - fully normal stuff. Everything just aligned and I think Chump was just guiding it - I think it was all meat to be ''He left the house that morning to go to spearfishing , I walked around Manny, our dog .'' Unfortunately, that morning would be the final time the blonde model would see her lo.