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Allison Holker’s daughter Weslie is speaking out on social media to defend her mom amid recent criticism.
Weslie went live on Instagram Jan. 10 to address the backlash her mom has received after a recent interview with People about her late husband Stephen “tWitch” Boss, in which she said she found drugs in his shoeboxes before his funeral. Boss died by suicide in December 2022 at age 40.
Holker also spoke about her upcoming memoir, “This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light,” and said it will include information from Boss’ journals.
After the interview, which was published Jan. 7, Boss’ mom, Connie Boss Alexander, released a statement that said the family was “appalled by the misleading and hurtful claims.” She did not specify what claims were made, and she did not name Holker in the Jan. 9 post.
During her Instagram video, Weslie, who became Boss’ stepdaughter after he married her mom in 2013, addressed getting “hate comments.”
“My stepdad’s been gone for two years, and I’m still getting hate comments … it’s just complicated and for no reason, because this is not just a social media gig, this is literally my life,” Weslie said.
She also defended her mom and said her siblings, Maddox, 8, and Zaia, 5, will “grow up seeing” the criticism.
“I’m so sick of getting hate comments and seeing my mom get hate for literally losing the person that she loves and I have siblings. This is their dad. This is who they’re gonna grow up and they’re gonna see all this on social media that’s so hurtful,” Weslie said.
As for her own relationship with Boss, Weslie said that at home, the dancer was always trying to “be that fatherly” role for her.
She also shared that she’s felt “disrespected” by comments seemingly minimizing her relationship with Boss.
“They’ve gone on social media saying that blood’s thicker than whatever, and that’s a direct dig at me and my mom, and if you don’t see me as Stephen’s daughter, that’s cool,” she said. “I know for a fact that’s never how he saw it, and it’s literally just hurtful.”
Holker responded to initial backlash of her interview on Jan. 8 after the article was published, posting a lengthy statement on her Instagram story.
“To fans of Stephen and our family and friends, I want to be clear that my only intention in writing the book is to share my own story as well as part of my life with Stephen to help other people,” she said. “Just like you, I never really knew what happened, and even as I am trying to put the pieces together I will never really know.”
“In sharing I hope that maybe they can catch some (of) the red flags that I missed before it’s too late,” she continued.
Boss’ mom, Connie Boss Alexander, released a statement on Instagram Jan. 9 which read in part, “The recent publications spreading untruths about Stephen have crossed every line of decency. As his mother, I will not let these accusations go unanswered.”