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Stephen “tWitch” the bossThe 2022 funeral reportedly caused family tension over the use of non-disclosure agreements.
Two years after Boss died by suicide at the age of 40, several of his relatives and friends claimed that the widow Allison Holker he allegedly forced them to sign NDA documents to attend the service.
“All of us. he had to sign some weird NDA to attend his funeral—even his own mother’s, who you’ve been treating like trash this whole time,” So you think you can dance alum Courtney Plattwho competed alongside Boss in Season 4 before both returned as All-Stars in Season 7 along with Holker, reportedly via Instagram earlier this week. “Just remember you wouldn’t even have a husband if it weren’t for her.”
Holker’s daughter Weslie, 16, responded to Platt’s claims, claiming that there was more to the story and an explanation of why NDAs were required in the first place.
“Y’all love to argue about NDAs,” Weslie said in an Instagram video on Friday, Jan. 10. “But within a day we had an open casket for Stephen. We had the funeral and then we had a week and my mom asked to sign an NDA when we saw Stephen’s body because god forbid someone who went there took a picture of Stephen and put it on the internet or shared it with someone else. That’s the type of thing NDAs are for. It’s not like you can never talk about Stephen.”
Weslie further praised Holker, 36, for choosing to ask family members and friends to sign NDAs before providing the service.
“NDAs are so important, and if you don’t agree with them, that’s great,” she added. “I’m thankful that my mom made sure everyone signed an NDA and she made that rule.
According to Weslie, her mother was ultimately “lenient” with the NDA request, which allegedly allowed Boss’s loved ones to attend the funeral.
“At the end of the day, he understands that this is family,” Weslie said. “So you all want to disrespect her (while) she’s still kind, still kind, still forgiving, but you have to know that even when Stephen was alive, people who attended our events had to sign an NDA. But now, because my mom is filing the paper , it’s different.”
She added: “The whole day was supposed to be beautiful and instead it was less so. We wanted to say goodbye and instead, people were shouting at each other and beating my mom and like, that’s a day taken away from her. He doesn’t remember it as the day we all wanted it to be because his family did it differently.’
Boss is survived by his parents, siblings, Holker and their children. In addition to Weslie, the two dancers shared Maddox, 8, and Zaia, 5. (Weslie, Holker’s daughter from a previous relationship, claimed Friday that Boss never legally adopted her, despite having “literally raised her” since she was a toddler.)
Holker recently wrote to her So far a memoir about her life and marriage to Boss, prompting criticism online that she publicly married revealed Boss’s struggle with addiction and excerpted entries from his personal diary. Boss’s family members and other friends condemned Holker for allegedly trying to cash in on his death, but she denied the claims, explaining that she just wanted to continue to shine the spotlight on the prevalence and dangers of substance abuse and mental health problems.
Weslie also slammed accusations that her mother was “hungry for money” or wanted “more fame”.
“My mom is not like that. Trust me when I say my mom is good — she doesn’t need (the money),” Weslie stated. “It’s disappointing. … My mom tried (with his family). She tried as long as she could, but this is the kind of tipping point where it’s like, this is over, it’s over, just like, when you’re trying to maintain a relationship, now it’s like you’re all burning bridges and literally it’s okay.”