Ellen DeGeneres asks her fans to honor Stephen ’tWitch’ Boss by laughing, dancing, and hugging
Ellen DeGeneres We were moved to pay tribute to Stephen “tWitch” Boss Get ahead of the holiday season
“I just wanted her to say that the last 11 days have proven very hard for everyone,” she said. “Everyone is in pain and trying to make sense of it — and we’ll never make sense of it.”
She noted that holidays can be hard and suggested the best way to honor them. Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ and You think you can dance Judge and contestant: died by suicide December 13th is a day to have fun, hug and laugh with each other, play games, sing and dance, and to listen to music.[To] Do the things he loved.”
She continued, “I know it seems hard — it seems impossible — but that’s how we honor him.” She also encouraged people to “tell one another we love and let others know we are there for each other and check in with people.”
DeGeneres pointed out that it wasn’t a happy holiday. She went on to describe Bosss as “pure sunshine.” She said that if you knew Boss you already knew this. You didn’t know him. [still] “Seen it.”
She asked people to end by saying, “Honor him, think about him, and send love to each other.”
This was DeGeneres’s first message on camera about Boss. She was visibly emotional, exhaling as soon as she began. She began to grieve immediately after his death. issued a statementHe was called “pure love, light, and family” by her. She sent her love and support to Boss’s wife, dancer Allison Holker Bosss, as well as their three children, Weslie Maddox, Zaia, and Maddox.
DeGeneres was filled with sweet memories in the days that followed together on the former talk show, for which he was a producer, and beyond — as they also appeared together in the spinoff Ellen’s Game of Games.
Boss was a choreographer who taught DeGeneres a dance routine. In 2014, she invited Boss to be her guest DJ. This led to a permanent gig. After 19 seasons, the show ended in May.
Holker Boss and her late husband shared a photo earlier in the week. saying her “heart aches.”
Boss was discovered dead in Encino, Calif.’s motel room on December 13, 2013. stunning his fans those in and out of Hollywood. His grandfather claimed that his family had “no indication that anything was out of the ordinary“, and they were “completely devastated.” His mother has posted on social media, including an old screenshot of them FaceTiming, writing, “Oh if only I could FT to heaven…”
You can call 911 to report suicidal thoughts or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 911 or 1-800-273-8255, or text HOME at the Crisis Text Line at 7741741.