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Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ grandfather says the family is ‘completely devastated’

December 16, 2022

The latest updates on the death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss. (Photo: Maarten de Boer/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

New details about the death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss are emerging.

Hollywood was stunned this week after the Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ and So you think you can dance the judge/contestant was found dead in a motel room in Encino, California. The coroner ruled the 40-year-old’s death on Tuesday was a suicide.

“We had no indication that anything was out of the ordinary,” said his grandfather Eddy Boss, who last spoke to tWitch over the weekend. Daily mail.

Eddy shared the final text he received from his grandson, which read, “I love you daddy-daddy.” The professional choreographer and dancer also posted a tribute photo to his grandfather on Instagram on Dec. 9 for the 88-year-old’s birthday.

The senior boss described the family – including his wife Allison Holker Boss and the couple’s three children – as “completely devastated. Our question is why? Where did this come from?”

As the family tries to make sense of the tragedy, TMZ claims in a new report that Boss left a note behind, according to law enforcement sources. He also reportedly took an Uber from his home to the motel, which is less than a mile away, on Monday morning. His wife, Allison Holker Boss, went to an LAPD station the next day, saying she could not locate her husband. Police briefly listed Boss as a “gravely missing person” and searched near the couple’s home, but he was soon found at the motel when he missed his departure time.

Boss and his wife, who met through SYTYCD and lit up Instagram with their fun dance videos, were looking ahead to 2023. They had “several shows, brand deals and projects in pre-production for the year ahead,” a source says. People. “He was so excited about all the projects he had coming up and was very involved on a day-to-day basis.”

A potential project was potentially another season as a judge on SYTYCDwhere he first danced on stage as a contestant in 2008. He was a runner-up that season of the show, returned as an All-Star (along with his future wife), and then was selected as a judge for the broadcast season. earlier this year.

His gig as a judge on SYTYCD kicked off just as his long-running run as Ellen DeGeneres Show The DJ and producer came to an end in May when the talk show ended its 19th birthday. He also appeared in the movies Magic Mike XXL and Step up 3d.

A separate report by TMZ denied that Boss had any financial problems at the time of his death, citing sources with direct knowledge.

In a statement confirming the death of her husband on Wednesday, Holker Boss, who hosted Disney+ Disney Fairy Tale Weddings along with her husband, said he “lit up every room he walked in. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him.”

She continued, “He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans. To say he left a legacy would be an understatement, and his positive impact will continue to grow. make it felt. I’m sure. not a day will go by that we don’t honor his memory.”

In a tribute, DeGeneres said she was “heartbroken” over the death of family member tWitch. They met when he taught her how to choreograph a dance and she hired him as a DJ for her show in 2014. On Thursday, she posted a second tribute – a video she made for tWitch at the end of the show. She showed it on air and he cried watching it. Her mother was in the audience.

“Right now what I want to do is remember all the love and laughs I had with tWitch,” DeGeneres wrote Thursday. “He brought so much joy to my life. I know he brought joy to yours too. I’m going to share some of my favorite moments with him.”

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, call 911 or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-8255 or text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.