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December 23, 2022

Ellen DeGeneres is urging her fans “to honor” the late Stephen “tWitch” Boss this holiday season, following his death at age 40.

On Friday, DeGeneres, 64, shared a tearful video on Instagram in which she admitted that “the last eleven days have been really difficult for everyone” in the wake of Boss’s death.

“Everyone is hurting and trying to figure it out, and we’ll never figure it out,” the comedian said into his front-facing camera. “Holidays are tough, I think, anyway, but to honor tWitch, I think the best thing we can do is laugh, hug, play games, dance and sing. is how we honor him is that we do the things he loved to do, which is to dance.”

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“He loved music, he loved games, so we do,” DeGeneres continued in the video. “And I know it seems difficult, it seems impossible, but that’s how we honor it.”

The comedian implored his followers to “hug each other and say we love each other and let people know we’re here for them and watch people.”

“So, happy holidays everyone,” DeGeneres said, before acknowledging, “It’s not a happy holiday, but…”

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“[Boss] was pure light, like everyone in the comments said,” she added at the end of the video. “If you knew him, you knew him. If you didn’t know him, you saw him. Let’s honor him, think of him and send love to each other.”

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DeGeneres, who left a single red heart emoji in the caption of her Instagram post on Friday, shared videos of her favorite moments with the late star on The Ellen DeGeneres Showsince his death.

A video, posted Dec. 15, showed Boss teaching DeGeneres a dance and making her the show’s DJ.

“Every time he’s not here, it’s just different… he’s my homie, he’s my sidekick, because we have that connection,” she said in the video. “Just watch and he makes me laugh. He really, really makes me laugh.”

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“I love you tWitch and you know it. We say to each other that every day when we say goodbye after the show, we both say I love you,” she continued. “He says he loves you a lot and I say ‘I love you’. And so he’ll never get out of my life. He’s still a part of my life.

The clip ended with DeGeneres giving Boss a photo of the pair with their arms wrapped around each other. He then emotionally told the host, “I love you and I also love the family we’ve gained here. And something I’ll always remember is you gave me a place to to be myself.”

Boss died on December 14 by suicide. He is survived by his wife, Allison Holker Boss, 34, and children Zaia, 3, Maddox, 6, and Weslie, 14.

If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please contact 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text Crisis Text Line “STRENGTH” to 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.