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Candiace Dillard blasts tWitch’s widow for revealing his addiction issues


Candiace Dillard is fuming over Allison Holker’s decision to reveal her late husband Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ addiction issues.

“I’m not even gonna say it. But this white woman is doing everything BUT protecting her Black children and her Black husband’s legacy,” the “Real Housewives of Potomac” alum posted on X Tuesday.

Dillard, 38, argued that Holker “could’ve kept this in her therapist’s office,” adding, “SMH.”

The former Bravolebrity’s upload was accompanied by a link to Holker’s interview with People, which had just been published.

Candiace Dillard is fuming over Allison Holker’s decision to reveal her late husband Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ addiction issues. Getty Images
“This white woman is doing everything BUT protecting her Black children and her Black husband’s legacy,” the “RHOP” alum posted on X Tuesday. Getty Images

Holker, 36, told the magazine she found a “cornucopia” of drugs — including mushrooms, pills and “other substances” she had to “look up” on her phone — hidden inside shoeboxes shortly after Boss’ December 2022 death by suicide at the age of 40.

“I was with one of my really dear friends, and we were cleaning out the closet and picking out an outfit for him for the funeral,” the “So You Think You Can Dance” alum recalled.

“It was a really triggering moment for me because there were a lot of things I discovered in our closet that I did not know existed. It was very alarming to me to learn that there was so much happening that I had no clue [about].”

While “it was a really scary moment” to “figure that out,” Holker said it also helped her “process” what the fellow “SYTYCD” alum was going through.

Dillard argued that Holker “could’ve kept this in her therapist’s office,” adding, “SMH.” Getty Images
Holker told People she found a “cornucopia” of drugs — including mushrooms, pills and “other substances” she had to “look up” on her phone — hidden inside shoeboxes shortly after Boss’ December 2022 death by suicide. FOX Image Collection via Getty Images

“He was hiding so much, and there must have been a lot of shame in that,” hypothesized the mom of three, who shared daughter Weslie, 16 (whom Boss adopted), son Maddox, 8, and daughter Zaia, 5, with the former “Ellen DeGeneres Show” DJ.

Holker thought she and Boss had “very honest” communication, noting that she knew he smoked marijuana and drank alcohol in their guesthouse after the kids went to bed.

“That was his alone time. It was his time to recharge, and that was OK,” she told People, going on to claim that Boss alluded to being sexually abused by a male figure during his childhood in several of his journal entries.

“He was hiding so much, and there must have been a lot of shame in that,” hypothesized the mom of three. TODAY
Holker shared daughter Weslie, 16 (whom Boss adopted), son Maddox, 8, and daughter Zaia, 5, with the former “Ellen DeGeneres Show” DJ. Instagram/@allisonholker

“He was wrestling with a lot inside himself, and he was trying to self-medicate and cope with all those feelings because he didn’t want to put it on anyone because he loved everyone so much,” she shared.

“He didn’t want other people to take on his pain.”

Holker acknowledged that Boss was acting withdrawn, showering less frequently and smoking morning and night leading up to his death, but he was apparently “very careful about his wording” with her.

She explained that reading his journal entries after his passing helped her “feel a lot of empathy towards him and sadness for all the pain that he was holding.”

Holker thought she and Boss had “very honest” communication, noting that she knew he smoked marijuana and drank alcohol in their guesthouse after the kids went to bed. Instagram/@allisonholker
She went on to claim that the fellow “SYTYCD” alum alluded to being sexually abused by a male figure during his childhood in several of his journal entries. Instagram/@allisonholker

Holker — who will go into more detail in her forthcoming memoir, “This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light” — insisted she was publicizing Boss’ struggles in the hope that “people dealing with the same thing will help themselves out of the shadows and [know] you’re going to be OK.”

Boss took his life via a gunshot wound to the head inside a motel room close to his family’s Los Angeles home.

He was laid to rest the following month.


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