Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’s Mother Opens Up About Her Son’s Death
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Stephen “tWitch” Boss’s mother, Connie Boss Alexander, has spoken out about her son’s death in her first interview since the news broke in December of last year. Alexander told People magazine of her son, “He was my heart.”
Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’s Mother Speaks Out About His Death
So You Think You Can Dance star Stephen “tWitch” Boss died by suicide last December at 40 years old. He’s survived by his wife Allison Holker and their three children, as well as by his mother Connie Boss Alexander.
“Sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday, and then other times it feels like it’s been so long since I’ve seen him,” Alexander told People of how she’s handling the loss. “When I think about him, I try not to dwell on how he left this earth. This is not totally the end. That is where my peace comes from.”
Alexander said her son “was always smiling, always willing to try new things” as a kid, and he was the only boy on his dance team in high school. She said he “didn’t care that kids might be whispering.”
“If we weren’t talking every day, we were texting,” Alexander said of their relationship as Boss grew up. “He was my heart.”
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She Calls His Death ‘Very, Very Shocking’
“You find yourself in a lot of introspection, a lot of looking back. Did I miss something? Did he mean something when he said this? It was just very, very shocking,” Alexander told People. “I don’t know when or if I’ll ever accept it.”
Alexander said that “some days are better than others,” adding of her son, “It’s funny when you look at your child as an adult. With certain mannerisms, I see the little baby and then a toddler, and I’m chasing him down the hallway, him looking back at me and laughing. And in high school, I see him crossing the stage and turning back and waving. I see it all now.”
A few weeks after his death, Alexander posted a tribute to her son on Instagram, writing, “There are no words expansive enough to describe the height of my love nor the depth of the loss of my first born.”
