Allison Holker Reveals Heartbreaking Discovery About tWitch

Stephen Laurel Boss, broadly generally known as ‘tWitch,’ was a celebrated dancer, actor, and tv character greatest acknowledged for his function because the charismatic DJ on “The Ellen DeGeneres Present” and his unforgettable performances on “So You Suppose You Can Dance.” Tragically, he died by suicide on December 13, 2022, at simply 40 years outdated.

As Allison Holker prepares to launch her tell-all memoir, she is recounting the heartbreaking discovery of tWitch’s drug habit in a really “scary” second.

In a current interview with People Magazine, for his or her newest cowl story, the 36-year-old recounted an emotional second she skilled simply weeks after her husband’s passing. Whereas getting ready for his funeral alongside a detailed buddy, she found a hidden stash of gear tucked away in shoeboxes.

“I used to be with one among my actually pricey mates, and we had been cleansing out the closet and choosing out an outfit for him for the funeral,” Holker recalled. “It was a very triggering second for me as a result of there have been a whole lot of issues I found in our closet that I didn’t know existed. It was very alarming to me to study that there was a lot taking place that I had no clue [about].”

Among the many gadgets had been mushrooms, tablets, and different substances unfamiliar to her. “It was a very scary second in my life to determine that out, however it additionally helped me course of that he was going by a lot and he was hiding a lot, and there should have been a whole lot of disgrace in that,” she continued.

“That was his alone time. It was his time to recharge, and that was okay,” she stated, including that he would typically retreat to their guesthouse at night time after their youngsters went to mattress.

Boss’s final days remain a source of immense heartbreak and unanswered questions. On the morning of December 12, 2022, he checked right into a motel lower than a mile from their dwelling. In accordance with resort workers, he appeared calm and confirmed no seen indicators of misery. He carried solely a small bag and booked the room for one night time.

When Boss missed his checkout time the next day, resort workers went to verify on him and found his physique. Authorities had been referred to as, and it was later confirmed that Boss had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the top.

Within the hours main as much as the invention, Holker had frantically visited an LAPD station, explaining that her husband had left dwelling with out his automobile—a conduct that was utterly out of character. It was later revealed that Boss had taken an Uber to the motel and positioned his cellphone on airplane mode, guaranteeing nobody might attain him.

The post-mortem report confirmed the reason for dying as suicide, bringing some readability however no much less heartbreak to those that liked him.

Holker is now navigating life with out her beloved husband whereas elevating their youngsters and sharing her story in hopes of serving to others. In her upcoming memoir, “This Far,” which is about for launch on February 4, she particulars her journey of grief, therapeutic, and resilience.

“It is about how I’ve gone by a lot and I am experiencing a lot presently, however there’s nonetheless a future forward of me,” Holker beforehand informed Individuals.

She later defined, “I do not need folks to really feel after they learn it that I am being their therapist. I’m not educated in that world, however I had this actually traumatic factor occur in my life that solely made me notice what I used to be already engaged on is actually, actually essential for me to proceed on. It gave me extra of a spotlight and extra of a goal, and I actually hope I might be an advocate and a voice to folks that really feel alone or left behind.”

By her braveness and openness, Allison Holker is honoring Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’s reminiscence whereas shedding gentle on the significance of psychological well being consciousness and the hidden struggles so many face in silence.