New details about Stephen “tWitch” Boss’s death are emerging.
Hollywood was stunned this week after the Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ and SoYou Think You Can Dance judge/contestant was found dead in an Encino, Calif.,motel room. The coronar ruled the 40-year-old’s death, on Tuesday, a suicide.
“We had no indication that anything was out of the ordinary,” his grandfatherEddy Boss, who last spoke to tWitch over the weekend, told Daily Mail.
Eddy shared the final text he got from his grandson, which said, “I love youDad-Dad.” The choreographer and pro dancer also posted a photo tribute to hisgrandfather on Instagram on Dec. 9 for the 88-year-old’s birthday.
The senior Boss described the family — including wife Allison Holker Boss andthe couple’s three children — as “completely devastated. Our question is why?Where did it come from?”
As the family tries to make sense of the tragedy, TMZ claims in a new reportthat Boss left a note behind, per law enforcement sources. He also reportedlytook an Uber from his home to the motel, which is less than a mile away, onMonday morning. His wife, Allison Holker Boss, went to an LAPD station thenext day, saying she couldn’t locate her husband. Police briefly listed Bossas a “critical missing person” and searched near the couple’s home, but soonhe was found at the motel when he missed his checkout time.
Boss and his wife, who met through SYTYCD and lit up Instagram with theirfun dance videos, were looking ahead to 2023. They had “multiple shows, branddeals and projects in pre-production for the upcoming year,” a source told_People_. “He was so excited about all of the projects he had coming up andwas very involved day to day.”
A potential project was potentially another season as judge on SYTYCD wherehe first danced onto the scene as a contestant 2008. He was runner-up thatseason of the show, returned as an All-Star (along with his future wife), andthen was tapped as a judge for the season that aired earlier this year.
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His judging gig on SYTYCD kicked off just as his long-time run as the EllenDeGeneres Show DJ and producer came to an end in May when the talk show endedits 19-year run. He also appeared in the movies Magic Mike XXL and Step Up3D.
A separate report from TMZ denied that Boss was in financial trouble at thetime of his death, citing sources with direct knowledge.
In a statement confirming her husband’s death on Wednesday, Holker Boss, whohosted Disney+’s Disney ‘s Fairy Tale Weddings with her husband, he said”lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and communityabove all else and leading with love and light was everything to him.”
She continued, “He was the backbone of our family, the best husband andfather, and an inspiration to his fans. To say he left a legacy would be anunderstatement, and his positive impact will continue to be felt. I am certainthere won’t be a day that goes by that we won’t honor his memory.”
In a tribute, DeGeneres said she was “heartbroken” over the death of tWitch,who was family. They met when he taught her the choreography for a dance andshe brought him on as DJ for her show in 2014. On Thursday, she posted asecond tribute — a video she made for tWitch as the show ended. She showed iton air and he teared up watching it. His mother was in the audience.
“Right now what I want to do is remember all the love and laughter I had withtWitch,” DeGeneres wrote Thursday. “He brought so much joy to my life. I knowhe brought joy to yours too. I’m going to be sharing some of my favoritemoments with him.”
If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, call 911, orcall the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-8255 or textHOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.