Allison Holker publicly announced the death of her late husband, Stephen “Twitch” BossShe revealed that she made an “exciting” discovery just before his funeral.
Weeks after Boss died by suicide at the age of 40 in December 2022, Holker, 36, found an “abundance” of drugs including mushrooms, pills and “other substances that I had to look up on my phone” hidden in Boss’s closet.
“It was a really emotional moment for me, because there were a lot of things I discovered in our closet that I didn't know existed.” she said the people In an interview published on Tuesday, January 7. It was a really scary moment in my life to find out, but it also helped me come to terms with what he was going through so much and was hiding so much, and there must have been a lot of shame in that.
Holker continued that she knew Boss used marijuana during their marriage, explaining that he would often smoke pot in the guest house at night after their children had gone to bed. (The duo, who married in 2013, share daughters Wesley, 16, and Zaya, 5, and son Maddox, 8.)
Momodu Mansray/Getty Images Allison Holker will always remember her late husband, Steven “tWitch” Boss, and she shared a touching tribute on the second anniversary of his death. “Our angel @sir_twitch_alot is watching over us and protecting us,” Holker, 36, wrote on Instagram on Friday, December 13. You are always in our hearts and we will always be (…)
“It was his alone time,” she explained. “It was his time to recharge, which was good.”
After Bose's death, Holker read his diaries in search of insight into what had happened. She learned that he was hiding many things from her, including possible sexual abuse by a male figure during his childhood.
“He was wrestling with a lot inside himself, and he was trying to self-medicate and deal with all those emotions because he didn't want to put it on anyone because he loved everyone so much,” Holker said. “He didn't want others to bear his pain.”
Holker – whose memoirs, This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Lighthitting shelves on Tuesday, February 4 — she explained that she's sharing her story in hopes that she can help others open up about what they're going through.
“Through some of the discussions, even with friends and things that were said, and through reading his diaries… you realize that he went through a lot as a child and never faced that,” she said. “It's hard to think that he's never opened up to someone and wanted to confront them and come out the other side. I really hope people who are dealing with the same thing can help themselves come out of the shadows and (know) that you're going to be okay.”
Last month, Holker marked the second anniversary of Boss's death on Instagram.
“Our angel @sir_twitch_alot is watching over us and protecting us. You are always in our hearts and we will always love you. We miss you, Stephen,” she wrote. “It's been two years and you're not here but you're always on our minds. we love you.”
Getty Images (3) Allison Holker was able to lean on Ellen DeGeneres for support after the death of her husband, Stephen “tWitch” Boss. “I have a lot of great people around me. Ellen has been a huge support system for me and continues to be,” Holker, 35, said on the Thursday, January 18, episode of the “Viall Files” radio show. “She (…)
After Bose's death, Holker found love again With her boyfriend Adam Edmonds. Duo They made their first public appearance At a September 2024 event during New York Fashion Week.
“I never knew I could have this again,” Holker said He said exclusively Us Weekly In the same month. “I actually feel like I found such an amazing love and support system from someone.”
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