Allison Holker Addresses Claims She’s Tarnishing Late Husband Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ Legacy

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"This paycheck was not worth disgracing his name."

Allison Holker asserts she isn’t trying to tarnish the legacy of her late husband, Stephen “tWitch” Boss. On Tuesday (Jan. 7), People posted a snippet of its emotional interview with the dancer, which features Holker claiming that she found a “cornucopia” of drugs hidden away in shoe boxes after Stephen died. She claimed that these drugs included mushrooms, pills, and “other substances she had to look up.”

Family and friends of the late entertainer quickly jumped into the comment section of People’s post and defended Boss from, what they perceived to be as “lies.” Kelly Gibson, a fitness trainer and fellow dancer and friend to the family, responded with a loving but stern message to Holker saying, “I was fully supportive about you moving [on] and being happy but this paycheck was not worth disgracing his name.”

Holker shot back, with “love,” and insisted that “disgracing” Boss wasn’t her intention. “I’ll always love you. Just trying to help people feel safe to ask for help and support.” However, Holker’s claims weren’t met with acceptance as more netizens continued to push back and refute her tale that Stephen may have been abusing drugs.

“Autopsy > No drugs or alcohol: The autopsy report confirmed that Boss was completely sober when he died,” one account typed. “No other wounds: The report also stated that Boss had no additional wounds to his body. No history of suicide: The report also stated that per his family, Boss had no history of suicidal ideation or suicide attempts.”

Another fellow dancer, named Dana Alexa, questioned her motive and called out the widow for hiding behind the “flimsy guise of helping someone else” just to get a quick paycheck.

“I think it makes it WORSE that this is done under the flimsy guise of ‘helping someone else.’ Just call a spade a spade and tell everyone what they have all already known – it’s you out for yourself- desperately wanting fame and attention and it’s not for the benefit of anyone except you. Why would this help someone feel safe to ask for help? To know that they’ll be exploited by a loved one and have their dirty laundry aired posthumously? This is disloyal. Do better- Fame isn’t everything,” Alexa typed.

But it wasn’t all bad as Holker shared reaffirming messages from friends in her IG Story supporting her interview with People.

Stephen “tWitch” Boss died by suicide in December 2022, with the dancer’s official autopsy not revealing any signs of drug use or alcohol. Details disclosed on a previous autopsy on Boss determined that a self-inflicted headshot wound caused his death. Boss, 40, was found dead in a motel room late last year. In a statement shared with People during his passing, Allison Holker Boss, Stephen’s wife, relayed the news.

“It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” Ms. Holker expressed. “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends, and community above all else, and leading with love and light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.”