Allison Holker Breaks Silence Amid Backlash From tWitch’s Family

Holker, greatest identified for her appearances on “So You Assume You Can Dance,” stays steadfast in her mission to help others navigating trauma and grief following Boss’s premature passing in December 2022.

Nonetheless, her latest interview about her late husband has stirred controversy amongst his members of the family, together with his cousin, Darielle, who has taken to social media to precise her frustrations publicly.

In a latest interview with People Magazine, Holker opened up about her deeply private memoir titled “This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Gentle,” set to be launched on February 8. The guide chronicles her emotional journey by way of grief whereas providing a message of hope and resilience to these dealing with related struggles.

Holker revealed that she had been engaged on the memoir for years however paused the challenge within the aftermath of Boss’s dying. Now, she feels able to share her story with the world. Nonetheless, the choice to share intimate particulars of Boss’s life, together with references to his psychological well being struggles, has sparked controversy.

tWitch’s cousin, Darielle, shared a post on X, the social media platform previously often called Twitter, to precise, “I am so bored with maintaining my f-cking mouth shut bro. You probably did our household so mf soiled.”

In a separate post, Darielle alleged that Holker required her and tWitch’s household to signal a non-disclosure settlement (NDA) to attend his funeral and has since prevented them from seeing his kids. “Yeah idgaf about an NDA. This loopy girl made me and his precise household signal an NDA simply to even attend the funeral,” she wrote. “She’s been making an attempt to tarnish his legacy and refuses to let the Boss household see the youngsters. Solely to use and LIE on my cousin. Hell no.”

Former “So You Assume You Can Dance” contestant Courtney Ann Platt additionally publicly criticized Holker in an emotional Instagram put up, calling the memoir “cheesy, classless, and opportunistic” and calling Holker a “bulldozer.”

“That is by far probably the most cheesy, classless, opportunistic act I’ve ever seen in my complete life,” Platt wrote. “You are a residing, respiratory bulldozer. Follow your personal demons. Disgrace on you, Allison, disgrace in your money-hungry group. Let my pal relaxation in peace.”

Including to the strain, Boss’s brother, Dré Rose, expressed disappointment over what he described as an absence of communication between Holker and Boss’s household. “Now we have observed a disturbing lack of communication and inclusion in regards to the kids’s actions and well-being,” he shared in an announcement. “It’s disheartening that their interactions with their grandmother, and the broader household, have been noticeably restricted.”

Whereas Holker has circuitously addressed Platt or Rose’s feedback, she responded to a fellow dancer, Kelly Gibson, who expressed unhappiness over the general public backlash. “This entire factor made me unhappy. He’s gone. Why tear aside this identify? This paycheck was not value disgracing his identify,” Gibson commented on Folks‘s Instagram put up.

Holker replied, “I’ll at all times love you. Simply making an attempt to assist folks really feel secure to ask for assist and help.”

Because the backlash started, Holker has additionally shared supportive messages from followers and psychological well being advocates on her Instagram Tales. One put up learn, “Sharing this highly effective message to remind us all how vital it’s to have open conversations about psychological well being.”

As Allison Holker, his spouse of 9 years, prepares to launch her deeply private memoir, she has shared uncooked and emotional revelations concerning the weeks following her husband’s passing.

In her latest interview with Folks, the 36-year-old dancer and tv persona recounted a heartbreaking discovery she made whereas making ready for tWitch’s funeral alongside a detailed pal.

“I used to be with one among my actually expensive buddies, and we had been cleansing out the closet and selecting out an outfit for him for the funeral,” Holker revealed. “It was a very triggering second for me as a result of there have been plenty of issues I found in our closet that I didn’t know existed. It was very alarming to me to be taught that there was a lot taking place that I had no clue [about].”

“It was a very scary second in my life to determine that out,” Holker stated candidly. “Nevertheless it additionally helped me course of that he was going by way of a lot, and he was hiding a lot. There should have been plenty of disgrace in that.”