Allison Holker Shares tWitch’s Final Words for Her Oldest Daughter

Allison Holker shares new details about her late husband Stephen “twitch” Boss‘ last days before his untimely death.

The morning before Boss went missing, Holker, 36, said her husband had dropped their eldest daughter, Weslie, off at school. His last words to her were, “I wish I could be your Superman.”

“Having someone say the last words to you that you didn’t really process at the time is like something wrong … that’s really hard, especially as a teenager,” Holker said. People in an interview published on Tuesday, January 7. “She handles it with a lot more grace than she should have to.”

Boss die by suicide will be 40 in December 2022. She shared Weslie, 16, Maddox, 8, and Zaia, 5, with Holker.

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More than two years after Boss’s unexpected death, Holker is ready to share insight into her family’s ongoing healing journey in a new memoir titled So Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light.

Holker said she and her children began intensive therapy in 2023 in the wake of the late DJ’s death, and as a result, learned that “it’s okay not to be okay.”

“We took the steps to help (Weslie) and communicate with her and make her feel seen and heard,” shared Holker acknowledging that her oldest daughter was the last member of the family to see Boss is alive. “I think she also sees those words as something beautiful, and also ugly. It’s a battle she’s always going to have with herself, but I know she can see it from both sides.”

Since Boss’s death, Holker has teamed up with multiple mental health organizations, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Maple Counseling, to spread awareness of the importance of mental health.

She also remains determined to be the best possible parent to her three children.

“The No. 1 thing I want to do for Weslie is give her the strength to handle anything she faces,” he said. “That’s really what I want for my children. Keep taking steps forward. Things are going to hit you, and that’s okay.”

While Holker continues to learn about the private battles of her late husband, the So You Think You Can Dance alum takes advantage of the people and resources that can help.

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“I’m not going to get closure. My kids are not going to get closure,” she said of her husband’s death. “That’s still something I’m still trying to understand myself, and that’s why therapy is great.”

So Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light available February 4.

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