Mourning her son. Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ mom, Connie Boss Alexander, wrote an emotional message to the DJ whereas thanking well-wishers following his demise.
“Household and mates, thanks for all of the love, prayers and encouragement. Please know I see all of the messages, texts, posts and the telephone calls. I can’t use phrases proper now,” Alexander wrote by way of her Instagram Story on Thursday, December 15, three days after the So You Suppose You Can Dance alum died by suicide at age 40. “Please know I’ll attain out after I can. Please proceed to maintain us in prayer.”
Alexander, who calls herself a “Gigi of three” in her Instagram bio — she is grandmother to Boss’ three youngsters with spouse Allison Holker — concluded her assertion with a message to her late son.
“Stephen Laurel, your mom loves you to eternity and past,” she wrote, adopted by a blue coronary heart and a damaged coronary heart emoji.
The Ellen DeGeneres Present alum regularly shared images together with his household by way of his social media accounts, giving a shout-out to his mother in October in celebration of her birthday.
“Mother thanks for all times and thanks for love,” the Step Up 3D dancer wrote on the time, alongside a collection of loving images with Alexander. “Love you to the moon and again and again once more.”
Weeks earlier, Boss took to his Instagram to reward his mom’s spectacular dance strikes.
“Ayyyye you recognize it’s a very good day when mother is out right here grooving with us!!” he captioned the clip, by which Alexander hit all the identical dance strikes as Boss and Holker, 34.
Connie Boss breaks silence with grateful message. Courtesy Connie Boss/Instagram
Amid the outpouring of affection from celebrities within the days since Boss’ demise, his relations have additionally taken time to talk out about their loss and pay tribute to the beloved TV persona.
“It’s with the heaviest of hearts that I’ve to share my husband Stephen has left us,” Holker — who celebrated her ninth wedding ceremony anniversary with Boss three days earlier than his passing — confirmed in an announcement on Wednesday, December 14. “Stephen lit up each room he stepped into. He valued household, mates and neighborhood above all else and main with love and light-weight was every part to him. He was the spine of our household, one of the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his followers.”
The Excessive Faculty Musical actress shared daughter Weslie, 16, son Maddox, 6, and daughter Zaia, 3, along with her late husband, who adopted the teenager. (Weslie is Holker’s daughter from a earlier relationship.)
“To say he left a legacy could be an understatement, and his constructive affect will proceed to be felt,” Holker continued. “I’m sure there gained’t be a day that goes by that we gained’t honor his reminiscence. We ask for privateness throughout this tough time for myself and particularly for our three youngsters.”
She ended the sentiment by instantly addressing her late husband. “Stephen, we love you, we miss you, and I’ll at all times save the final dance for you.”
tWitch was additionally remembered by his grandfather Eddy Boss within the wake of his passing.
“All I can say is he was a ravishing person who contributed a lot to this world and to everybody he met in a constructive manner,” Eddy advised the Each day Mail on Wednesday. “We miss him dearly and we’re hurting tremendously.”
tWitch’s beloved grandpa additionally shared the ultimate textual content he acquired from his grandson.
“His final phrases to me had been a easy textual content that claims ‘I really like you Dad-Dad,’” Eddy recalled.
The Alabama native, for his half, had simply wished his grandfather a contented birthday on December 9, lower than per week earlier than his demise.
In the event you or somebody you recognize is in emotional misery or contemplating suicide, name the 988 Suicide & Disaster Lifeline at 988.
