Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ widow Allison Holker has defended her decision to include his alleged drug addiction and childhood sexual abuse by a male figure in her upcoming story, This Far, after facing an avalanche of backlash. by his friends and family.
The So You Think You Can Dance judge, 36, previously claimed she discovered a “cornucopia” of drugs, including mushrooms and pills, inside shoe boxes in her closet while choosing an outfit to wear to her funeral.
“It was very alarming for me to find out that there were so many things going on that I had no idea about,” Allison recalled in her People cover story on Tuesday.
“It was a really scary moment in my life to realize that, but it also helped me process that he was going through so much and hiding so much, and it must have been really embarrassing because of that.”
Holker also reviewed his diaries: “He was struggling with a lot of things within himself, and he was trying to self-medicate and deal with all those feelings because he didn’t want to blame anyone because he loved everyone so much.”
However, the autopsy of the Alabama-born pop and locking dancer showed no drugs or alcohol in his system when he took his life, at age 40, in 2022 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ widow Allison Holker has defended her decision to include his alleged drug addiction and childhood sexual abuse by a male figure in her upcoming story, This Far, after facing an avalanche of backlash. by his friends and family (pictured in 2022).
Stephen committed suicide in a suite at the Oak Tree Inn in Encino just three days after celebrating his ninth wedding anniversary with the Dancing with the Stars pro.
In fact, Allison was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct at the Salt Lake City airport in September 2018, according to Gossip blogger Katie Paulson.
Since then, the boss’s cousin, Darielle, damned Holker for “exploiting” and “lying” about him and forcing all of his friends and family, including his mother Connie Alexander Boss, to sign a confidentiality agreement to attend his funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Family Friend Courtney Ann Platt called The Emmy-nominated choreographer’s revelations are “by far the most vulgar, classless and opportunistic act I have ever seen in my entire life.”
Stephen’s brother Dré Rose reposted Platt’s statement on his Instastory, adding: “There are no lies told…”
In response, Allison emphasized that her “sole intention” in writing the 240-page memoir that hit shelves Feb. 4 was for other people to “catch some (of) the red flags that I missed before it’s too late”.
“My hope is that we don’t have to lose another husband, brother, father or friend to suicide,” Holker, who has 4 million followers on social media, wrote via Instatory Wednesday.
‘I think if Stephen had a choice, he would choose to have his story told if it meant saving at least one life. Much love to all those who have supported our family these many years.’
The Minnesota-born dancer claimed she’s “donating all profits” from the book to her Move with Kindness foundation, but the so-called nonprofit has no official website or office, just a ramshackle Instagram account with 56 followers.
The So You Think You Can Dance judge, 36, previously claimed she discovered a ‘cornucopia’ of drugs, including mushrooms and pills, inside shoe boxes in her closet while choosing an outfit to wear to her funeral (at photo from 2020). )
Allison recalled in her People cover story on Tuesday: “It was very alarming for me to find out that there was so much going on that I had no idea about.” It was a really scary moment in my life to realize that, but it also helped me process that he was going through so much and hiding so much, and it must have been really embarrassing at that.
Holker also reviewed his journals: “He was struggling with a lot of things within himself, and he was trying to self-medicate and deal with all those feelings because he didn’t want to blame anyone because he loved everyone so much.”
However, the autopsy of the Alabama-born pop and locking dancer showed no drugs or alcohol in his system when he took his life, at age 40, in 2022 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head (pictured in 2022 ).
In fact, Allison was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct at the Salt Lake City airport in September 2018.
The boss’s cousin Darielle has since criticized Holker for “exploiting” and “lying” about him and forcing all his friends and family, including his mother Connie (left, pictured in 2022), to sign a settlement of confidentiality to attend his funeral.
Family friend Courtney Ann Platt called the Emmy-nominated choreographer’s revelations “by far the most vulgar, classless, opportunistic act I have ever seen in my entire life.”
In response, Allison emphasized that her “sole intention” in writing the 240-page memoir that hit shelves Feb. 4 was for other people to “catch some (of) the red flags I missed before it’s too late.” “.
Holker wrote via Instastory on Wednesday: ‘My hope is that we don’t have to lose another husband, brother, father or friend to suicide. I think if Stephen had a choice, he would choose to have his story told if it meant saving at least one life.
The Minnesota-born dancer claimed she’s “donating all profits” from the book to her Move with Kindness foundation, but the so-called nonprofit has no official website or office, just a ramshackle Instagram account with 56 followers.
Last August, Allison revealed that she had moved on romantically with fellow Utah native and Entrata CEO Adam Edmunds (left, pictured Nov. 15), who has three children from a previous relationship.
Boss is survived by his son Maddox, 8; daughter Zaia, 5 years old; and stepdaughter Weslie Renae Fowler, 16; whom Holker welcomed into a previous relationship (pictured in 2022)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show producer, host and DJ originally met the CLI Studios co-founder in 2006 while she was competing on the second season of So You Think You Can Dance, but they didn’t start dating until 2010 (pictured in 2022).
Last August, Allison revealed that she had moved on romantically with fellow Utah native and Entrata CEO Adam Edmunds, who has three children from a previous relationship.
Boss is survived by his son Maddox, 8; daughter Zaia, 5 years old; and stepdaughter Weslie Renae Fowler, 16; whom Holker welcomed into a previous relationship.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show producer, host and DJ originally met the CLI Studios co-founder in 2006 while she was competing on the second season of So You Think You Can Dance, but they didn’t start dating until 2010.