Chloe Fisher announces shock departure from popular podcast with Ellidy Pullin

Popular podcast Darling, Shine! has announced a major change to its hosting lineup.

The program, hosted by Ellidy Pullin and Chloe Fisher, revealed that the show would look quite different in 2025.

Chloe announced on the latest episode that she'll be stepping back from the podcast, which courted controversy earlier this year when co-host Ellidy was slammed for complaining about scheduling and recording.

'I'm very emotional and I don't want to say it, but I will be taking a break from the podcast next year as Ellidy's co-host,' Chloe said on last week's episode.

'I just want to like properly explain the reasons why I will be taking a step back – and it's just that – I will be taking a step back from co-hosting because I will be doing all the admin that comes with Darling, Shine!'

While Chloe said she was stepping back from the front facing role, she expressed her commitment to the podcast and its fanbase.

'It's such a hard pill to swallow because I f***ing love this podcast so much and I love our community so much,' she said.

Earlier this year, Chloe's co-host Ellidy, whose story of becoming pregnant with the sperm of her late partner Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin inspired millions of Aussies, copped flak for her blunt assessment of her podcast.

The model was asked by a listener about her friendship with her friend and co-host Fisher on an episode of Darling, Shine! in July.

Her blunt response - which saw her whinge about having to record the podcast and make time for friends who live interstate - was criticised by some listeners as 'mean'.

'We've never had a fight. The only fights we have are f***ing to do with the dumba*** podcast, which stresses us the f*** out,' she said of her relationship with Chloe.

'[Because] I have other s**t going on, so does Coco.'

One fan claimed in a Facebook group that Ellidy's comments were a 'kick in the gut' to long-time listeners.

During the same episode, Ellidy also said she did not have time to call friends who live interstate because she is 'busy and doesn't like sitting on the phone'.

'My friends should know I'm a bit of a long-distance person,' she said.

'I love you all so much. I make an effort. I go to Sydney all the time. You name it, even if your guinea pig is having its birthday, I'm hopping on a plane and I'm going to be there.

'I make an effort, but if I'm not down there, I'm not talking to you all the time. I hope you're well.'

She went on to say some of her friends become 'devastated' when she doesn't respond to their text messages or call them back.

'I sometimes get people being, like, devastated [that] I'm not responding or calling them back. But I've been busy and please don't take this personally but I can't sit on the phone,' Ellidy said.

'Don't base our friendship on how many minutes I speak on the phone to you and all that s**t.'