{"id":509478,"date":"2026-07-04T13:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/509478\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T13:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:08:32","slug":"exclusive-todd-woodbridges-heartbreaking-realisation-after-tragic-loss-of-his-brothers-and-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/509478\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Todd Woodbridge\u2019s heartbreaking realisation after tragic loss of his brothers and parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Todd Woodbridge<\/a> may be nominated for a coveted Gold Logie<\/a>, but his latest success comes with a bittersweet realisation. <\/p>\n

Away from the spotlight, the 55-year-old faced a difficult past nine years<\/a>. The TV host and tennis champion lost both his older brothers and later, his parents before Tipping Point<\/a> made it to air. <\/p>\n

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Todd Woodbridge, pictured at the 2024 Australian Open, said his parents “would have loved” Tipping Point. \u00a0Cameron Spencer<\/p>\n

\u201cThey would love have loved Tipping Point,\u201d Todd reflected in a chat with nine.com.au. \u201cIf [my brother] Greg had seen this show, he would have been like, \u2018You\u2019re kidding me!\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

Todd had two older brothers, Greg and Warren who \u201cwere distant not by choice, but by age\u201d. <\/p>\n

They were respectively 13 and 11 years older than Todd. Tragically, both Greg and Warren died at the age of 58.<\/p>\n

His oldest brother Greg battled with addiction from early adulthood, something Todd has only spoken about in recent years<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a relief in a way to comfortably talk about that,\u201d Todd admitted. <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I had wanted to talk about Greg\u2019s illness of drug addiction, but you\u2019ve got to seek approval for those types of things, and he\u2019d basically given me that approval,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor many years he was worried about people knowing [for Todd\u2019s sake] and what stories it might bring up, but you get to a point where you can explain it.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Todd<\/p>\n

Todd pictured with his wife and two kids, who he\u2019s very close with.\u00a0Instagram\/@woodbridge.todd<\/p>\n

Greg eventually got clean but died from health issues related to his addiction in 2017. The following year, in 2018, Todd\u2019s middle brother Warren passed away of bone cancer and fibrosis in the lung.<\/p>\n

Todd said the \u201cempathy\u201d he developed through those relationships is what made him the host he is today. <\/p>\n

\u201cAny contestant that comes on Tipping Point, I can relate to more than they realise,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause everybody has issues.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to understand [these contestants] is really important. You don\u2019t get that until you get a bit older and go through these things.\u201d <\/p>\n

It was a difficult few years of loss for Todd whose mum Barbara then died in March 2023 after a long battle with dementia. <\/p>\n

\"Todd<\/p>\n

Todd pictured with his mum Barbara before her passing in 2023. \u00a0Instagram @woodbridge.todd<\/p>\n

Both Todd\u2019s mum and dad passed away in their 80s. But if they were here now, Todd\u2019s sure they would be very proud of him.<\/p>\n

In fact, they would be \u201cgloating\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can just imagine them down at the bowling club every night sucking it up,\u201d the dad-of-two laughed. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy mum and dad liked to be at the bowling club a couple of nights a week. I can just imagine people coming up to them and saying, \u2018Oh what a show. What about this character?\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u201cThey would have loved it,\u201d he smiled. <\/p>\n

\"Todd<\/p>\n

Todd is nominated for a Gold Logie this year, following his first ever Logie win. \u00a0Getty Images for TV WEEK Logies<\/p>\n

Todd may be an Olympic gold medallist but this year he\u2019s nominated for his first-ever Gold Logie award. <\/p>\n

The household TV favourite is nominated for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.<\/p>\n

His nomination comes a year after the\u00a0Tipping Point Australia<\/a>\u00a0host won his first Logie, taking home the Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter in 2025.<\/p>\n

Head to\u00a0tvweeklogies.com.au<\/a>\u00a0to vote for your favourite Channel 9 stars and shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Todd Woodbridge may be nominated for a coveted Gold Logie, but his latest success comes with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-509478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}