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Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stephen ‘Twitch' Boss' family mulling legal action against widow Allison Holker
The family of Stephen 'Twitch' Boss are gearing up to take legal action against his widow, Allison Holker, over claims she has made about the late DJ since his death by suicide in December 2022. The public feud was sparked by the release Holker's memoir, 'This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light,' earlier this month. It contains no shortage of bombshell allegations about the former 'Ellen DeGeneres Show' producer, including that he struggled with substance abuse. In a statement shared on Instagram, Boss' family said they were 'completely appalled by the misleading accounts and inconsistencies in Allison's book.' They added that they have 'repeatedly shown compassion toward Allison despite her disrespectful and evasive actions,' and went on to accuse her of trying to 'reshape' Boss' 'story into a narrative that aligns with her perspective. 'Stephen does not deserve this treatment, in life or death, and her accounts cause us to doubt everything she has uttered publicly and privately,' the family continued. 'Due to the unproven statements published in Allison's memoir, we have decided to seek legal counsel to examine this matter,' they concluded. 'There are a lot of unanswered questions and we want answers.' The family also said Holker — who shares kids Weslie, 16, Maddox, 8, and Zaia, 6, with Boss — caused 'unnecessary hurt' through allegations made in wake of the TV personality's death. In her memoir, Holker acknowledged knowing about her husband's marijuana use, but said she 'had no idea that Stephen was in an almost constant state of being high.' She also recalled going through his things after his suicide, which is how she uncovered a 'cornucopia of drugs' in his closet. 'What I found was a lot more than shoes,' she wrote. 'There were ziplocked bags of psychedelic mushrooms—some of the bags were full; some were half-empty; a few contained only one or two mushrooms. There were other substances that I had to look up on my phone.' According to Boss' autopsy, there were not drugs in his system at the time of his death. He was 40 years old. Boss' mother, Connie Boss, in an interview earlier this week disputed the claim that her son had been abusing drugs. 'I don't believe that there was that type of issue, that type of problem,' Connie said on CBS. 'And don't get me wrong, I applaud speaking about mental health awareness, 'cause of course, there was something going on there at the end that we're not aware of.'
Miami Herald
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Stephen 'tWitch' Boss' mom to seek legal counsel following Allison Holker's memoir
Following the release of Allison Holker's memoir, Stephen 'tWitch' Boss' mom, Connie Boss Alexander, is now seeking legal counsel. This new statement comes just one day after she and her younger son Dre Rose talked with CBS News about Boss, their relationship with Holker now, and her memoir. 'We, the Boss Family, are completely appalled by the misleading accounts and inconsistencies in Allison's book,' the family said in a statement shared to Alexander's Instagram. 'As a family, we have repeatedly shown compassion toward Allison despite her disrespectful and evasive actions since Stephen's passing,' she continued. 'Her portrayal of Stephen appears to reshape his story into a narrative that aligns with her perspective.' 'These statements, along with her insensitive opinions about mental health, add unnecessary hurt during an already difficult time. Stephen does not deserve this treatment, in life or death, and her accounts cause us to doubt everything she has uttered publicly and privately.' 'Due to the unproven statements published in Allison's memoir, we have decided to seek legal counsel to examine this matter,' the family wrote. 'There are a lot of unanswered questions and we want answers.' Boss died in December 2022. In her interview with CBS News, Alexander recalled texting her son for the final time on Dec. 12, 2022. She called the conversation 'ordinary,' saying they chatted about work and her grandchildren. The next day, she said Holker called her, wondering if she had heard from Boss. Hours later, he was discovered dead in a hotel room. Alexander told CBS News that her son 'truly was kind and caring and always wanting to make sure you were OK and taking care of you.' 'We were a very affectionate family. So very affectionate,' Alexander said, adding that she immediately flew to California to meet with Holker and her grandkids. 'The intent was to grieve together, be a family together, 'cause we are family, we're Boss and we wanted to be there for her.' In her memoir, 'This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light,' Holker wrote that she was concerned pictures of Boss would leak to the public. As a result, she made the family sign nondisclosure agreements, according to CBS News. Alexander said she 'truly understand(s) that. I guess my issue with it is that we are a family. I'm his mother. What did you honestly think I was going to do?' she said to CBS News. Alexander told CBS she was not allowed to see Boss or attend his funeral if she did not sign the NDA. 'To make me sign a document, to see the child that I brought into the world, I can't even put into words what that feels like,' Alexander said. In regards to Holker's memoir, Alexander said she was surprised by the contents, noting that her family learned about some contents along with the public. 'I guess my thought is, first of all, that was his story to tell,' Alexander said, admitting she wasn't aware of the alleged abuse he wrote about experiencing as a child in his diary. As for his alleged drug use, Boss's younger brother Dre Rose told CBS News that he 'knew that recreationally he's used or tried things. That wasn't a shock to me,' Rose said. 'This cornucopia of drugs, that had to be Googled … We don't know anything to be true … It's someone else's version and if that is the truth, there could have been a better way to bring that to the family,' Rose continued. Now, both Rose and Alexander hope to read Boss's diaries for themselves.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stephen "tWitch" Boss' family opens up about Allison Holker's memoir
Stephen "tWitch" Boss became a household name as DJ and co-executive producer of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," but he first rose to fame as a dancer. It's how he met his wife, fellow dancer Allison Holker, whom he married in 2013. They were raising their three children together when he took his life in December 2022, just three days after celebrating his 9th wedding anniversary. More than two years after his death, some members of Boss' family are opening up in an exclusive TV interview with "CBS Mornings." "He truly was kind and caring and always wanting to make sure you were OK and taking care of you," Boss' mother, Connie Boss Alexander said. "We were a very affectionate family. So very affectionate." Family reflects on last moments with Boss Alexander said she last texted with Boss on Dec. 12, 2022. She said it was an ordinary conversation where they talked about work and his children's Christmas list. The next morning, Alexander said she received a phone call from Holker asking if she had heard from him. Hours later, Boss was found dead in a hotel room with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Alexander's brother, Alan, told her the news. "I just remember Alan saying, 'Connie, he's gone' and I just dropped. I just, you can't imagine those words." Alexander said she is still processing her son's death and what she said happened next when she flew to California to be with Holker and her grandchildren. "The intent was to grieve together, be a family together, 'cause we are family, we're Boss and we wanted to be there for her," Alexander said. NDAs following Boss' death Alexander said following her son's death, she got a phone call from Holker's team saying the family needed to sign non-disclosure agreements. "We were like, 'why, what's going on? What is this for?'" Alexander said she was told Boss' grandfather sold a story to a magazine. "If you know my dad, he is the most respected, the most integrity, (he) would never do that," Alexander said. She explained that a magazine did call her father and said amid his grief he only answered questions. "He's answering the questions, and, you know, saying, we're grieving. We don't know what happened, whatever the answers were," Alexander said, adding that asking for the NDA is when the friction began. "It became, if you don't sign, you will not be able to see him and you will not be able to participate," Alexander said about plans to restrict her and her family from Boss' funeral unless they signed. She said she signed a revised version of the nondisclosure agreement so that she could see her son before he was cremated. "To make me sign a document, to see the child that I brought into the world, I can't even put into words what that feels like," Alexander said. In her now-released memoir, "This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light," Holker expressed concern about photos of Boss leaking to the public. Alexander acknowledged that some people may try to take advantage of their story. "I truly understand that. I guess my issue with it is that we are a family. I'm his mother. What did you honestly think I was going to do?" she asked. The family shared a copy of the initial confidentiality agreement with CBS News, which Boss' younger brother, Dre Rose, said was sent by Holker's assistant three days after Boss' death. It names Holker, her family and Boss as beneficiaries and says that confidential information about their "professional or business endeavors," "personal life …" and "…any photographs, films or videos" cannot be disclosed "even in the course of casual discussion to any person or entity." In a revised version of the NDA, the Boss family and Holker's team changed the terms of the agreement from an unlimited time to apply only to the information learned between the time of Boss' death and his memorial service. "It was presented to us as, 'we don't want pictures at the wake and funeral and things of that nature,'" Rose said. "But if you have that in the beginning of the NDA, and then in the fine print it says all these other things that are included, that's the concern." Family claims details in Holker's memoir surprised them More than two years after Boss' death, Holker published "This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light." A People magazine article that previewed the book included details Holker shared about Boss' marijuana use, and a "cornucopia" of other drugs she allegedly found in their home after his death. The People magazine article also included details about Boss' private journals, where Holker said Boss alluded to being sexually abused as a child by a trusted male figure in his life. Alexander said she was not aware of the alleged abuse. "I guess my thought is, first of all, that was his story to tell," she said. Some of the details also shocked Rose. "I knew that recreationally he's used or tried things. That wasn't a shock to me," Rose said. "This cornucopia of drugs, that had to be Googled … We don't know anything to be true … It's someone else's version and if that is the truth, there could have been a better way to bring that to the family." Rose said he didn't know about the possible sexual abuse of Boss when he was a child, saying it was a shock to him and their father. "So now you have our family looking at each other, like, well, what happened?" he said. "We didn't know anything of that nature." Rose admitted it's a possibility that Holker knew things about Boss that the rest of his family did not know because of their marital relationship. "I think there are things that she knows that we didn't know, but also know that there are things about him that she didn't know," he said. Rose, who worked with Boss, said his brother would often confide in him about struggling with issues like impostor syndrome and together they would come up with ways to tackle his insecurities. He said Boss told him that those conversations were difficult with Holker. "So in my opinion, our conversation that he had with me, he felt silenced, like he couldn't get it out," Rose said about how he thinks his brother felt in his own home. He added that Boss loved his wife and children. "But in any situation in which you can't have a conversation and get resolve, it becomes one-sided and I believe, 'cause you asked about their relationship, I can say that there are many conversations, there was no resolve." Reaction to the article After the People magazine article was published, members of the Boss family and some members of the public began reacting negatively online. Holker put out a statement in response, saying, in part, that she hoped by "sharing our full story, maybe I can help someone else who might see themselves or a loved one in Stephen." Rose said he does not see accountability in the above statement. "If that is what you want to convey or share to the public, bringing up someone's journal entries, that's not how you expose it. There could have been, 'hey, this is my experience and I wanna let people know what to look for,''" Rose said. "But to use my brother's name and make it seem like he had this serious addiction problem and this sexual abuse allegation, that could have been true, that could have been true, but that isn't -- I don't think that's the reason why my brother isn't here today." Rose said he thinks why his brother is no longer here is a question for Holker, as his wife. "I think she knows more than us because she was there," he said. "She knows his last known whereabouts. She knows the last conversation they had. Healing after loss To heal, Alexander called on the need to extend an offer for conversation. For Rose, it goes beyond that. He said the family has offered to speak outside of social media over the past two years but claims messages and phone calls have been left unread or not acknowledged. "It's changed behavior," he said. If you make an act that shows kindness, if you embody the spirit that my brother had of kindness and love and light, give that light to his family … Help his family heal, because we're going through it as well," Rose said. As she remembers her beloved son, Alexander said she misses his face the most. "Whenever we were apart, we would get back together. The first thing I would say is, 'oh, there's my face. There's my face,'" she recalled. In a statement to CBS News, Holker said, "Connie has and will continue to be a positive and loving figure in [Allison and Stephen's son] Maddox and [daughter] Zaia's lives. From Grandparent's Day at school to family lunches, ice cream dates and [Stephen's brother] Cameron's video game meetups with Maddox, we hope to continue these traditions over the years and work together to keep Stephen's memory alive." Following the release of Holker's book, Alexander has released a new statement to CBS News, saying in part, "At the time of sitting down with Gayle, my intention was to be honest yet graceful toward Allison as I struggled to make sense of her actions since my beloved Stephen's passing. Devastated does not begin to describe my pain. My only hope is that she finds peace and healing, and puts an end to inflicting pain." If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). For more information about mental health care resources and support, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. ET, at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264). Breaking down the best commercials from the Super Bowl Here's what could be behind surging flu cases, plus symptoms to watch New poll on Trump approval rating as steel, aluminum tariffs set
CBS News
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Stephen "tWitch" Boss' family opens up about his life, private details in his widow, Allison Holker's, memoir and healing
Stephen "tWitch" Boss became a household name as DJ and co-executive producer of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," but he first rose to fame as a dancer. It's how he met his wife, fellow dancer Allison Holker, whom he married in 2013. They were raising their three children together when he took his life in December 2022, just three days after celebrating his 9th wedding anniversary. More than two years after his death, some members of Boss' family are opening up in an exclusive TV interview with "CBS Mornings." "He truly was kind and caring and always wanting to make sure you were OK and taking care of you," Boss' mother, Connie Boss Alexander said. "We were a very affectionate family. So very affectionate." Family reflects on last moments with Boss Alexander said she last texted with Boss on Dec. 12, 2022. She said it was an ordinary conversation where they talked about work and his children's Christmas list. The next morning, Alexander said she received a phone call from Holker asking if she had heard from him. Hours later, Boss was found dead in a hotel room with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Alexander's brother, Alan, told her the news. "I just remember Alan saying, 'Connie, he's gone' and I just dropped. I just, you can't imagine those words." Alexander said she is still processing her son's death and what she said happened next when she flew to California to be with Holker and her grandchildren. "The intent was to grieve together, be a family together, 'cause we are family, we're Boss and we wanted to be there for her," Alexander said. NDAs following Boss' death Alexander said following her son's death, she got a phone call from Holker's team saying the family needed to sign non-disclosure agreements. "We were like, 'why, what's going on? What is this for?'" Alexander said she was told Boss' grandfather sold a story to a magazine. "If you know my dad, he is the most respected, the most integrity, (he) would never do that," Alexander said. She explained that a magazine did call her father and said amid his grief he only answered questions. "He's answering the questions, and, you know, saying, we're grieving. We don't know what happened, whatever the answers were," Alexander said, adding that asking for the NDA is when the friction began. "It became, if you don't sign, you will not be able to see him and you will not be able to participate," Alexander said about plans to restrict her and her family from Boss' funeral unless they signed. She said she signed a revised version of the nondisclosure agreement so that she could see her son before he was cremated. "To make me sign a document, to see the child that I brought into the world, I can't even put into words what that feels like," Alexander said. In her now-released memoir, "This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light," Holker expressed concern about photos of Boss leaking to the public. Alexander acknowledged that some people may try to take advantage of their story. "I truly understand that. I guess my issue with it is that we are a family. I'm his mother. What did you honestly think I was going to do?" she asked. The family shared a copy of the initial confidentiality agreement with CBS News, which Boss' younger brother, Dre Rose, said was sent by Holker's assistant three days after Boss' death. It names Holker, her family and Boss as beneficiaries and says that confidential information about their "professional or business endeavors," "personal life …" and "…any photographs, films or videos" cannot be disclosed "even in the course of casual discussion to any person or entity." In a revised version of the NDA, the Boss family and Holker's team changed the terms of the agreement from an unlimited time to apply only to the information learned between the time of Boss' death and his memorial service. "It was presented to us as, 'we don't want pictures at the wake and funeral and things of that nature,'" Rose said. "But if you have that in the beginning of the NDA, and then in the fine print it says all these other things that are included, that's the concern." Family claims details in Holker's memoir surprised them More than two years after Boss' death, Holker published "This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light." A People magazine article that previewed the book included details Holker shared about Boss' marijuana use, and a "cornucopia" of other drugs she allegedly found in their home after his death. The People magazine article also included details about Boss' private journals, where Holker said Boss alluded to being sexually abused as a child by a trusted male figure in his life. Alexander said she was not aware of the alleged abuse. "I guess my thought is, first of all, that was his story to tell," she said. Some of the details also shocked Rose. "I knew that recreationally he's used or tried things. That wasn't a shock to me," Rose said. "This cornucopia of drugs, that had to be Googled … We don't know anything to be true … It's someone else's version and if that is the truth, there could have been a better way to bring that to the family." Rose said he didn't know about the possible sexual abuse of Boss when he was a child, saying it was a shock to him and their father. "So now you have our family looking at each other, like, well, what happened?" he said. "We didn't know anything of that nature." Rose admitted it's a possibility that Holker knew things about Boss that the rest of his family did not know because of their marital relationship. "I think there are things that she knows that we didn't know, but also know that there are things about him that she didn't know," he said. Rose, who worked with Boss, said his brother would often confide in him about struggling with issues like impostor syndrome and together they would come up with ways to tackle his insecurities. He said Boss told him that those conversations were difficult with Holker. "So in my opinion, our conversation that he had with me, he felt silenced, like he couldn't get it out," Rose said about how he thinks his brother felt in his own home. He added that Boss loved his wife and children. "But in any situation in which you can't have a conversation and get resolve, it becomes one-sided and I believe, 'cause you asked about their relationship, I can say that there are many conversations, there was no resolve." Reaction to the article After the People magazine article was published, members of the Boss family and some members of the public began reacting negatively online. Holker put out a statement in response, saying, in part, that she hoped by "sharing our full story, maybe I can help someone else who might see themselves or a loved one in Stephen." Rose said he does not see accountability in the above statement. "If that is what you want to convey or share to the public, bringing up someone's journal entries, that's not how you expose it. There could have been, 'hey, this is my experience and I wanna let people know what to look for,''" Rose said. "But to use my brother's name and make it seem like he had this serious addiction problem and this sexual abuse allegation, that could have been true, that could have been true, but that isn't -- I don't think that's the reason why my brother isn't here today." Rose said he thinks why his brother is no longer here is a question for Holker, as his wife. "I think she knows more than us because she was there," he said. "She knows his last known whereabouts. She knows the last conversation they had. Healing after loss To heal, Alexander called on the need to extend an offer for conversation. For Rose, it goes beyond that. He said the family has offered to speak outside of social media over the past two years but claims messages and phone calls have been left unread or not acknowledged. "It's changed behavior," he said. If you make an act that shows kindness, if you embody the spirit that my brother had of kindness and love and light, give that light to his family … Help his family heal, because we're going through it as well," Rose said. As she remembers her beloved son, Alexander said she misses his face the most. "Whenever we were apart, we would get back together. The first thing I would say is, 'oh, there's my face. There's my face,'" she recalled. In a statement to CBS News, Holker said, "Connie has and will continue to be a positive and loving figure in [Allison and Stephen's son] Maddox and [daughter] Zaia's lives. From Grandparent's Day at school to family lunches, ice cream dates and [Stephen's brother] Cameron's video game meetups with Maddox, we hope to continue these traditions over the years and work together to keep Stephen's memory alive." Following the release of Holker's book, Alexander has released a new statement to CBS News, saying in part, " At the time of sitting down with Gayle, my intention was to be honest yet graceful toward Allison as I struggled to make sense of her actions since my beloved Stephen's passing. Devastated does not begin to describe my pain. My only hope is that she finds peace and healing, and puts an end to inflicting pain." If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). For more information about mental health care resources and support, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. ET, at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264).
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stephen "tWitch" Boss' mother on son's journals, legacy and mental health
Family members of Stephen "tWitch" Boss, the charismatic DJ from "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" who died by suicide in 2022, are opening up after Allison Holker, Boss' widow, recently released a book that reveals private details from Boss' journals. The book, "This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light," also includes details about a "cornucopia of drugs" Holker said she found in their home after Boss' death. Holker, who married Boss in 2013 and shared three children with him, released a preview of her memoir in January with People magazine. According to the Los Angeles Times, Boss' autopsy report revealed there were no drugs or alcohol found in his system at the time of his death. "I'm not saying that my son was perfect. I do believe he had experiences where he tried this, that or the other," Connie Boss Alexander, Boss' mother, said in an exclusive TV interview with "CBS Mornings." But Alexander said she has concerns about the memoir's accuracy and her late son's privacy. "I don't believe that there was that type of issue, that type of problem and don't get me wrong, I applaud speaking about mental health awareness, 'cause, of course, there was something going on there at the end that we're not aware of. It's why I applaud that." Alexander added she thinks these recent revelations could impact her son's legacy and that his memory has now been disparaged. "If that was the intent of the book, to make people aware, look out for these types of signs, there's a way to say that in general … without denigrating the memory and the legacy that he built and that's there for his children, you know, there's now this question in the air when his name comes up," she told "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King. In a new statement to CBS News, Holker said, "Connie has and will continue to be a positive and loving figure in (Allison and Stephen's son) Maddox and (daughter) Zaia's lives. From Grandparent's Day at school to family lunches, ice cream dates and (Stephen's brother) Cameron's video game meetups with Maddox, we hope to continue these traditions over the years and work together to keep Stephen's memory alive." If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). For more information about mental health care resources and support, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. ET, at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264). –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Watch Gayle King's full interview with the late Stephen "tWitch" Boss' mother Connie Boss Alexander and his brother Dre Rose on Tuesday, Feb. 11, only on "CBS Mornings." They reflect on Boss' sudden death, speak out about protecting his legacy and discuss details from his journals revealed in Allison Holker's new memoir. Kevin Hart: The 60 Minutes Interview Jeff Koons: The 60 Minutes Interview Dua Lipa: The 60 Minutes Interview
