Allison Holker is speaking out amid controversy surrounding her decision to share personal information about her late husband Stephen “tWitch” Manager in his future memory.
On Tuesday, January 7, Holker, 36, gave a wide-ranging interview People about So Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Lightdealing with his life and Boss’s death by suicide. Some of Boss’s loved ones expressed their displeasure with Holker’s revelations about his alleged drug addiction and so on.
“Anyone who knows me, knows that I just go straight to the well during a conflict and take care of my business,” Courtney Ann Plattwho came from So You Think You Can Dance alongside Holker, it started on Instagram on Tuesday. “But since it is clear that there is no shame in being so open, it has been two years since I said anything but here I go. This is the most subtle, classless, opportunistic act I have ever seen in my entire life.”
Platt, who says he was a friend of the couple, specifically referred to how Holker revealed details of Boss’s life that he hadn’t shared publicly before his death in 2022, writing, “He’s a living, breathing tractor. Cling to your demons. Shame on you Allison, shame on your money hungry team. Let my friend rest in peace not your PR.”
Boss’s brother Dr. Roseon the other hand, he said that there is ongoing tension between Boss and Holker’s family.
“We have seen a lack of communication and disruptive inclusion in relation to children’s activities and wellbeing,” he wrote on Tuesday. “It is disappointing that their interaction with their grandmother, and the rest of the family is very little.”
Zaia Boss, Allison Holker, Weslie Fowler, Maddox Laurel Boss, and Stephen “tWitch” Boss.
Rodin Eckenroth/WireImageHolker has not responded directly to Platt and Rose, but if another dancer Kelly Gibson he wrote, “The whole thing made me sad. He’s gone. Why are you crossing this word? This salary should not have disgraced his name” in the comments of the People post, Holker replied: “I will always love you. Just trying to help people feel safe to ask for help and support. “
Holker went on to repost several supportive Instagram stories on his account. “Sharing this powerful message to remind us how important it is to have open conversations about mental health,” read a message from a social media user.
Us Weekly has reached out to Holker for comment. In his interview on Tuesday, Holker discussed finding closure after Boss’s sudden death. (The manager, who is best known for his star appearances So You Think You Can Dance and as a regular DJ The Ellen DeGeneres Showhe died by suicide in December 2022 at the age of 40.)
“He was struggling with a lot of things inside himself, and he was trying to heal himself and deal with all those feelings because he didn’t want to put them on anyone because he loved everyone,” he told people about learning about him. late husband’s letters after his death. “He didn’t want other people to feel his pain.”
Stephen “tWitch” Boss and Allison Holker
JC Olivera/FilmMagicHolker revealed that Boss talked about being sexually abused by a man when he was young in the documents. “Reading Stephen’s journals, even going back to the books he had read and the things he highlighted and wrote, gave me a better idea of where he was in life and the kind of things he was struggling with,” he said. way out.” It made me have a lot of sympathy for him and sadness for all the pain he was carrying.”
According to Holker, Boss was hiding the allegations that he had taken drugs. (No drugs were found in the late dancer’s system at the time of his death.)
“I was with one of my best friends, and we were cleaning out the closet and picking out a funeral dress for her,” Holker said of the “cornucopia” of drugs that included mushrooms, pills and “other things” he had. looking at them after finding them in the Boss shoe boxes. “It was a difficult time for me because I found many things in our closet that I did not know.”
He continued: “There’s a lot going on that I couldn’t see [about]. It was a really scary time in my life to find that out, but it also helped me deal with a lot of what he was going through and he was very secretive, and there must have been a lot of shame in that.”
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