'Everyone is in pain': Ellen DeGeneres holds back tears as she talks about late Stephen 'tWitch' Boss
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Ellen DeGeneres, 64, fought back tears as she posted a touching video tribute to her late friend, DJ Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, 40 on Friday, December, 23. Boss died after shooting himself in the head in his motel room at the Oak Tree Inn in Encino, California. Before his body was found on December 13, Boss had cut all the connections and left his home abruptly in an Uber.
Boss started DJing on Ellen's show back in 2014 and was with her until the show ended in May 2022. He had become an executive producer on the show in 2020. Ellen, 64, began her video by telling viewers that "The last 11 days have been really tough for everyone." She added, "Everyone is in pain and trying to make sense of it, and we'll never make sense of it."
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Ellen, who looked to be filming in her garden, started the video by taking deep breaths. She added that she was doing it in his honor, "The best thing we can do is to laugh and hug each other and play games and dance and sing... the things he loved to do," saying, "It seems impossible, but that's how we honor him," she continued. "And hug each other and tell each other we love each other and let people know we're there for them and check in with people." She said, "though I know it seems hard, it seems impossible but thats how we are going to honor him."
She wished for 'happy holidays' then stated "it was not happy but... he was pure light...if you knew him you knew that. If you didn't know him you saw it," she falls short of words and after catching a breath she says, "Let's honor him and think about him, and send love to one another." Ellen first shared a clip with fans that highlighted the dancer's work on her talk show and also aired a special tribute for tWitch which as per the Daily Mail was attended by her mother and best friend.
At first, DeGeneres said she wanted to give special attention to Boss, rather than showing another compilation of clips from her celebrity guests. 'I'm supposed to be throwing to a montage right now of some of our favorite celebrity moments, but I'm not gonna do that," she said as per the report.
The tragedy struck only three days after the dancer celebrated his ninth wedding anniversary with his wife Allison Holker. In addition to his wife, Boss is survived by his son Maddox, six; daughter Zaia, three; and stepdaughter Weslie, 14. Alison posted for the first time after their ninth anniversary on Thursday mourning her husband's death as she wrote, "My ONE and ONLY Oh how my heart aches. We miss you so much."
