In an emotional video message Friday, comic Ellen DeGeneres paid tribute to former “Ellen” present DJ Stephen “tWitch” Boss, who died final week on the age of 40.
Boss was a resident DJ on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show,” which he joined in 2014. In 2020, he was named co-executive producer of the present, and likewise stuffed in as host on a number of events.
DeGeneres informed her followers Friday to “laugh” and “hug each other” as a solution to honor and bear in mind him.
“To honor tWitch, I think the best thing that we can do is to laugh and hug each other, play games and dance and sing,” DeGeneres mentioned within the video. “That’s the way we honor him. We do the things that he loved to do, which is dancing. He loved music, he loved games.”
This isn’t the primary time DeGeneres has spoken about Boss’ demise, nevertheless it was her first such public video. Last week, the previous “Ellen” host shared an image to Instagram of her hugging Boss, by which she wrote, “I’m heartbroken.”
Boss, who typically posted dancing movies with his spouse on TikTookay and Instagram, died in Los Angeles on Dec. 13. His demise was dominated a suicide by police. He and his spouse, Allison Holker, had three kids.
DeGeneres completed the emotional message by encouraging folks to “check in on people” and “let people know we’re there for them.”
“I know it’s not a happy holiday, but he was pure light as everybody in the comments said,” Ellen continued. “If you knew him, you knew that, if you didn’t know him, you saw it. Let’s honor him and think about him, and send love to one another.”
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