The drama between the late Stephen βtWitchβ Bossβ family and his widow Allison Holker isnβt showing signs of slowing down. And thatβs all thanks to a new interview that just dropped this week.
Sitting down for their first ever televised chat, Bossβ mother Connie Boss Alexander and his brother Dre Rose spoke to Gayle King for CBS Mornings on Tuesday. They aired out their feelings in the aftermath of Bossβ death, and revealed why their relationship with Holker remains tense.
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A big reason for that lies in the fact that they were allegedly asked to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) shortly after Boss died and were threatened with not being able to participate in his funeral and other arrangements if they didnβt. Holkerβs reasoning for the NDA stemmed from an allegation that Bossβ grandfather sold a story to a publication not too long after the βEllenβ deejay passed away.
βIf you know my dad, he is the most respected, the most integrity, [he] would never do that,β Alexander said. She later clarified that a member of the press did call her father for a comment following the death, but that all he said was the family was grieving.
In return, Alexander and Bossβ brother signed a βrevised versionβ of the NDA that allowed for them to see his body before he got cremated.
βTo make me sign a document, to see the child that I brought into the world, I canβt even put into words what that feels like,β Alexander said.
Another reason for the family estrangement may also lie in the shocking allegation that Rose made to King, in regards to how his late brother felt in his marriage to Holker and their dynamic.
Speaking to the fact that private journal entries of Boss made their way into Holkerβs recently released memoir β including an allegation that Boss may have suffered sexual abuse by a family member when he was growing upΒ β Rose entertained the idea that there may have been things going on in his brotherβs life that he didnβt share. But in a surprising move, Rose explained that his brother felt βsilencedβ in his marriage and that he couldnβt speak on certain issues with his wife.
βI think there are things that she knows that we didnβt know, but also know that there are things about him that she didnβt know,β he said. He later added, βin my opinion, our conversation that he had with me, he felt silenced, like he couldnβt get it out.β
Holker has since responded to the interview, n a statement to CBS:
βConnie has and will continue to be a positive and loving figure in [Allison and Stephenβs son] Maddox and [daughter] Zaiaβs lives. From Grandparentβs Day at school to family lunches, ice cream dates and [Stephenβs brother] Cameronβs video game meetups with Maddox, we hope to continue these traditions over the years and work together to keep Stephenβs memory alive.β
In response to Holkerβs book, Alexander responded in a statement of her own. βAt the time of sitting down with Gayle, my intention was to be honest yet graceful toward Allison as I struggled to make sense of her actions since my beloved Stephenβs passing. Devastated does not begin to describe my pain. My only hope is that she finds peace and healing, and puts an end to inflicting pain.β
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