*Stephen “tWitch” Boss enduring “personal struggles” during his lifetime should be kept free of public consumption, according to former a former producer on “The Ellen Degeneres Show.”
In a recent statement posted on social media, Andy Lassner weighed in on claims made by Boss’ widow, Allison Holker, who wrote about his alleged drug use in her upcoming memoir, ” This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light.”
News of Holker’s claims has ignited a slew of backlash, mostly coming publicly from Boss’ family. Noting his stint as an addict, Lassner provided firsthand knowledge about what Boss’ may have been going through, alluding to him “keeping secrets and bills–t.”
“I’m not saying there weren’t maybe some things about his life I was completely missing. But if there were, he was as good at hiding them as anyone I’ve ever seen. Ever,” he added at the time in an Instagram before the post expired 24 hours later.
“I spoke out about my friend tWitch in an Instagram story this past week, but that only stayed up for 24 hours. People asked why I let it disappear. So here’s me saying what I want to say in a more permanent post,” Lassner shared in his new Instagram post.
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Recalling Boss’ time at “Ellen,” Lassner mentioned how the longtime DJ / dancer was more than “part of the team” on the show while emphasizing his view that what Boss did behind the scenes, according to toofab.
“We watched him lift people up, pour kindness into everyone around him, and give so much of himself in ways most people never saw,” he wrote. “But here’s the thing about tWitch: for all the light he brought into the world as a public figure, there were parts of him that were just his. His childhood, his personal struggles, the pieces of his life he chose to keep private — they were his then, and personally I think they should remain his now.”
“He gave us so much, more than anyone could ask or deserve, but what he kept for himself in life, I feel he deserves to keep in death. They belong to him,” Lassner continued. “For the years we were lucky enough to have tWitch on earth, he gave everything he could to others, and now, the way I think many of us want to honor him is to respect and carry forward all that he already gave us.”
“The rest, the parts we maybe didn’t see, those are his,” he stated at the end of his post.
Lassner’s statement comes amid early buzz about Holker’s book. The matriarch generated headlines with her memoir while defending herself from her late husband’s friends, family and fans over some of the revelations in the book. In Holker’s eyes, her “only intention” in writing her book was “to share my own story as well, as part of my life with Stephen to help other people.”
“This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light” is slated to be released on Feb. 4. Proceeds from the book, Holker said, would go to Move with Kindness, a mental health organization she started in Boss’ honor.
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