Zaya Boss, Allison Holker, Wesley Fowler, Maddox Laurel Boss, and Stephen “Twitch” Boss
Rodin Eckenroth/WireImageAllison HolkerWesley's daughter comes to her defense amidst Ongoing social media drama Regarding her This far Details of notes Stephen “tWitch” BossAlleged addiction and mental health struggles.
“My stepdad passed away two years ago and I still get hate comments,” Wesley, 16, said on Friday, January 10. Instagram video. “It's complicated and for no reason. It's not just a social media party; this is literally my life. I'm so tired of receiving hate comments and seeing my mom get hate because she literally lost the person she loves and I have brothers. This is their father — this is who they'll grow up to see all “This is on social media, and it's very hurtful.”
Holker, 36, was married to Boss from 2013 to 2022, when he was married. He died by suicide at the age of forty. In addition to Wesley, they share son Maddox, 8, and daughter Zaya, 5. (According to Wesley, Boss never legally adopted her, although she says he “literally raised her.”)
“I realize my relationship with Stephen seems complicated, but this man has raised me my whole life — since I was one,” Wesley explained. “I have a biological father (and) I have a relationship with him, but Stephen is the one who raised me. He literally raised me and it hurts to see a lot of new stories. It's more complicated and I don't know how to explain it well.”
Allison Holker's memoir This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light has elicited mixed reactions from the dance community and the family of late husband Stephen “Twitch” Boss. Before the book was published, Holker, 36, spoke to People magazine in an interview published on Tuesday, January 7, claiming that she knew that Boss was suffering from[…]
She added: “This is my father, and this is no joke to me. For 13 years, my parents were together, and for 13 years he was the person I turned to about everything. He's the one I would cry to. He would wake me up every morning, we would have breakfast, and he was the one “What I see when he comes home from work. We lived in the same four walls and now I feel hate for him leaving – and I don't understand it. It hurts.”
Holker's upcoming memoir, which is scheduled to be released later this year, has caused quite a stir among Boss's family and friends. after the people Published an interview With Holker regarding her book, many of his family members criticized this Dancing with the stars alum to write about Boss's alleged addiction struggles and publish his own journals. Meanwhile, Holker He denounced these accusations She stated that her “sole goal” is to raise awareness for those suffering from drug abuse and similar mental health issues. She also says she plans to donate all proceeds from the books to a non-profit organization founded in Boss's honor.
“I see people saying it's not my place because I'm not his biological daughter, but he never made me feel anything but his daughter — and I think that speaks to who he is,” Wesley said of her decision to speak out publicly. In the wake of backlash and online criticism towards her mother. “Nobody's sitting here and trying to attack him, like he's a good person.”
She continued: “I still try to respect everyone.” I just finished, for example, his family, Everyone is making headlines now -And these are the big players in my life and the big players in my brothers’ lives and my mother’s life. These are all the people I grew up with. And to see them now…it's like I don't know. I try to be respectful but it's complicated because I talk to Stephen's mother weekly at some point.
Wesley Holker
Courtesy of Wesley Holker/InstagramAccording to Wesley, she saw Boss's family only “once or twice a year” while he was still alive.
“But you guys have to understand that it's because they live in another state and we literally live in another state,” she explained. “It's not that we're neighbors. It's not that we can see them whenever we want, and now my mother is constantly making an effort so that the children can be a part of their lives. I don't make any effort, but that's how I am.”
Wesley now claims she feels “disrespected by them” and no longer wants to communicate with them.
Allison Holker is speaking out amid the backlash surrounding her decision to share personal details about her late husband Steven “tWitch” Boss in her upcoming memoir. On Tuesday, January 7, Holker, 36, gave a wide-ranging interview to People magazine about This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light, which examined her life and the death of her boss (…)
“They went on social media saying blood is thicker than water and this is a direct hit on me and my mother,” she claimed. “And if you don't see me as Stephen's daughter, that's fine, take it as you will. I know for a fact that it was never the way he saw it, and it literally hurts. … I'm slowly starting to pull myself out of them because they don't make me feel comfortable, and it's my mom who's making the effort.” She feels there is a need and necessity to see them because she cares about them.
The Bosses also alleged that Holker made everyone sign a non-disclosure agreement before attending His funeral is in 2022.
“You all like to argue about NDAs,” Wesley explained. “But one day, we had an open casket, like a Stephen viewing. We had a funeral, and then we spent a week, and my mom asked me to sign non-disclosure agreements when we were seeing Stephen's body because God forbid anyone who went to that would take a picture of Stephen and put it up.” On the internet or sharing it with someone else that's the kind of thing non-disclosure agreements are for it's not that you can never talk about Stephen.
Family fun! Before his death, Stephen “tWitch” Boss loved giving glimpses into his life with his wife, Allison Holker, and their three children. The former Dancing With the Stars pro became a mother in 2008 when she welcomed daughter Wesley with her ex-fiancé. She married the Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ after five years, and Boss (…)
Wesley added, “I'm fed up because NDAs are so important, and if you guys don't agree, that's cool. I'm grateful to my mom who made sure everyone signed NDAs, and made that rule.”
Holker appeared to be “lenient” with her request for a non-disclosure agreement, according to the teen.
“She ultimately understands that this is family,” Wesley said. “So you all want to disrespect her (while) she's still nice, she's still kind, she's still tolerant, but you have to know, even when Stephen was alive, people who came to our events, they would have to sign non-disclosure agreements. But now, just because my mom is the one delivering the paper, it's just different and annoying like, this whole day was supposed to be beautiful, and instead, it was less so and instead, we were going to say our goodbyes. People were screaming at each other and attacking my mum, and that was the day that was taken from her – she can't remember it being the day we all wanted it to be because his family did it differently.
Wesley Holker and Allison Holker
Anna Weber/Getty ImagesWesley also denounced claims that Holker is “hungry for money” or seeking “more fame.”
“That's not how my mom is. Trust me when I say my mom is good — she doesn't need (the money),” Wesley said. “It's just disappointing. … My mother made her efforts (with his family). I've tried for as long as I can, but this is the kind of tipping point where it stops, it's over, just like trying to maintain the relationship now, it's like you're all burning bridges, and it's literally okay.
Wesley also implored her followers to “leave the family alone.”
“I'm not one to sit here and cry. I'm not going to be here and get emotional. But like, can't y'all just let someone die and leave the family alone? Like, oh my God, you guys just have to add to it, like, I don't know,” she said. , and it's disappointing because if you all say you have this high respect for him, like, this is not this kind of family dynamic that we had and whatever you all want to put out on social media, like, I'm going to grow up and see it the same way my brothers are going to grow up and they They see him. Also, they'll have to form their own opinion about who their father is and we're only talking about him in such a beautiful light. I loved it. “I don't have anything negative to say about him.”
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