Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ Mom Says His Suicide Was A ‘Complete Shock’ In First Interview Since His Death

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In her archetypal interrogation since Stephen “tWitch” Boss‘ decease successful Dec. 2022, the precocious TV personality’s mom, Connie Alexander Boss, spoke to PEOPLE about her son’s suicide connected Jun. 28. “I’d been sick, truthful helium texted to inquire however I was feeling,” the arrogant parent said of her and Stephen’s past substance conversation. “That was the past clip we talked. To the grade that Stephen whitethorn person been successful a Black slump — no, not Stephen. He was truthful successful tune with analyzing and trying to marque himself better, speechmaking self-help books, truthful this came arsenic a implicit shock.”

Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss’ mom, Connie, reacted to her son’s decease six months later. (Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)

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Connie, who is simply a parent to 3 sons (including the precocious 40-year-old), added that clip often feels warped erstwhile reasoning of Stephen. “Sometimes it feels similar it was conscionable yesterday, and past different times it feels similar it’s been truthful agelong since I’ve seen him,” she said. The metropolis supervisor went connected to stock wherever she finds “peace” successful the plethora of grief. “When I deliberation astir him, I effort not to dwell connected however helium left this earth,” Connie explained. “This is not wholly the end. That is wherever my bid comes from.”

Stephen’s parent went connected to stock that she primitively thought that, “something had happened to him,” alternatively than him taking his ain life. Connie said that termination “was not my archetypal thought — that it had been his hand. I truly thought thing had happened to him.” In addition, she recalled the infinitesimal that she was told that the precocious father-of-three had died. “I went to my parents’ location and walked in. They were conscionable lasting determination looking astatine me, and I said, ‘Have you heard something?'”, she told the outlet. “All I retrieve proceeding was, ‘Connie, he’s gone.’ And I retrieve screaming oregon falling to my knees. The remainder of the time is much of a blur.”

Toward the extremity of Connie’s interrogation with PEOPLE, she shared that tin sometimes inactive “hear” her son. “You find yourself successful a batch of introspection, a batch of looking back. Did I miss something? Did helium mean thing erstwhile helium said this?” she said. “At this point, I’m successful realization, I guess. When I aftermath up successful the morning, it does deed maine that, oh my God, helium truly is not physically here. But past successful my caput I tin perceive him say, ‘Hey, Mom. I’m OK.'” Connie revealed that Stephen’s past substance connection to her work “I emotion you, Mom,” to which she replied, “I emotion you more.”

Her lad was astir known for appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show as the erstwhile show’s DJ and sidekick to comedian Ellen DeGeneres. On Dec. 13, 2022, Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant Borihana told HollywoodLife that constabulary responded to an ambulance telephone to a section motel successful transportation to his death. “The decedent’s decease was ruled a suicide and nary foul play was involved. The assemblage was handed implicit to the LA County Coroner,” the constabulary said astatine the time. The pursuing day, it was revealed that Stephen died from a self-inflicted “gunshot coiled to the head”, according to the coroner’s study from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.

As galore know, tWitch was joined to Allison Holker, 35, and the erstwhile mates welcomed 3 kids together. Their household includes Weslie, 14, Maddox, 7, and Zaia, 3. Most recently, connected Jun. 18, the 35-year-old took to Instagram to stock a throwback photo with her precocious hubby and children. “We emotion you Stephen everlastingly and always,” she penned successful the bittersweet caption.

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