Ellen DeGeneres shared a heartfelt tribute to her late and DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss on Thursday.
The musician and dancer, who died by suicide on Tuesday at age 40, was at his finest within the candy video posted to DeGeneres’ social media accounts.
The clip initially aired within the closing week of the 64-year-old comic’s eponymous daytime talks how as a tribute to her longtime collaborator.
She opened the video with a section filmed within the studio with Boss.
Honoring him: Ellen DeGeneres, 64, paid tribute on Thursday to her late her late pal, DJ, dancer and co-executive producer Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss in a loving video that unique aired on her discuss present
Firstly, DeGeneres stated she wished to provide particular consideration to Boss, reasonably than displaying one other compilation of clips from her superstar company.
‘I am imagined to be throwing to a montage proper now of a few of our favourite superstar moments, however I am not gonna do this,’ she started.
‘Over a decade in the past, I met somebody who modified my life — and our present. And I am speaking about you tWitch. Come right here,’ she stated as a seemingly stunned and bashful Boss walked over to her visitor chair from his DJ sales space along with the stage.
They shared a candy hug, after which she handed him a preparatory tissue. ‘It is gonna get ya,’ she stated.
Saying goodbye: Boss, who died by suicide on Tuesday at age 40, appeared within the clip, which aired within the closing week of DeGeneres’ discuss present
Shock: ‘Over a decade in the past, I met somebody who modified my life — and our present. And I am speaking about you tWitch. Come right here,’ she stated as a seemingly stunned and bashful Boss walked over to her visitor chair from his DJ sales space along with the stage
Household: ‘So, I really like you a lot, and it has been an emotional week,’ she stated, earlier than noting that his mom and finest pal have been within the viewers and saying it was only a ‘coincidence’
‘So, I really like you a lot, and it has been an emotional week,’ she stated, earlier than noting that his mom and finest pal have been within the viewers and saying it was only a ‘coincidence’ that the tribute coincided with them visiting.
In a halting, emotional speech, she talked about the ‘little tiny moments’ the 2 would share backstage, the place they may sing and dance collectively.
‘You at all times make me smile and snicker,’ she stated, earlier than slicing to the unique video.
The video aired through the present included an interview Ellen gave wherein she spoke about what tWitch meant to her.
‘Properly, I do not need to say goodbye,’ was all she may say as her eyes welled up with tears.
Onerous phrases: The video aired through the present included an interview Ellen gave wherein she spoke about what tWitch meant to her. ‘Properly, I do not need to say goodbye,’ was all she may say as her eyes welled up with tears
Dance contest: She reduce to season eight of her discuss present, when she wished to placed on a dance for her viewers, so the producers of So You Suppose You Can Dance put her in contact with Boss, who was a former contestant and runner-up on the present from 2008
Onerous work: ‘It was like a crash course in attending to know one another,’ she stated over footage of the 2 working towards their dance steps
She reduce to season eight of her discuss present, when she wished to placed on a dance for her viewers, so the producers of So You Suppose You Can Dance put her in contact with Boss, who was a former contestant and runner-up on the present from 2008.
‘It was like a crash course in attending to know one another,’ she stated over footage of the 2 working towards their dance steps.
She added that he was ‘so affected person with me.’
After the 2 pulled off their dance efficiently, he returned later as a visitor DJ and dancer, and Boss later grew to become her official co-host and co-executive producer beginning in 2014.
Within the household: After the 2 pulled off their dance efficiently, he returned later as a visitor DJ and dancer, and Boss later grew to become her official co-host and co-executive producer beginning in 2014
Having amusing: In a single joyous clip, Boss introduced his younger son Maddox, now six, onto the stage and held him within the air as they wore matching outfits. ‘That is a cute little son of a tWitch, I will let you know that,’ Ellen joked
In a single joyous clip, Boss introduced his younger son Maddox, now six, onto the stage and held him within the air as they wore matching outfits.
‘That is a cute little son of a tWitch, I will let you know that,’ Ellen joked.
One notably hilarious clip confirmed Boss blindfolded with a wide-eyed masks as he needed to eat some chocolate sweet hands-free whereas attempting to explain it to an also-blindfolded Allison Janney.
The musician did not seem as please in a humorous clip from a section wherein Ellen needed to maintain him down as he received his legs waxed on digital camera.
‘At any time when he is not right here for no matter cause, it is simply completely different,’ Ellen stated again in her interview, noting that she would at all times look over to him for reactions whereas filming.
‘We have now this connection, and he makes me snicker,’ she stated. ‘I really like you tWitch.’
Ouch! The musician did not seem as please in a humorous clip from a section wherein Ellen needed to maintain him down as he received his legs waxed on digital camera
Candy: DeGeneres added that the 2 would say they liked one another ‘day-after-day after we say goodbye.’ ‘He says, “Love you a lot,” and I say, “Love you.” So he is by no means gonna be out of my life. He is at all times part of my life,’ she added
DeGeneres added that the 2 would say they liked one another ‘day-after-day after we say goodbye.’
‘He says, “Love you a lot,” and I say, “Love you.” So he is by no means gonna be out of my life. He is at all times part of my life,’ she added.
The video concluded by returning to the footage of Ellen serenading Boss on stage.
‘I really like you,’ she stated as she held his hand, earlier than a stagehand introduced the DJ with a framed black-and-white picture of the 2 photographed from behind as they walked off stage with their arms wrapped round one another.
‘I really like you want loopy,’ she reiterated.
Saying goodbye: The video concluded by returning to the footage of Ellen serenading Boss on stage. ‘I really like you,’ she stated as she held his hand as a stagehand gave him a photograph of the 2 strolling off stage
Shifting: ‘I got here her to bounce one time,’ he stated with tears in his eyes. ‘And now I’ve gained a household. I’ve gotten married. We have had extra youngsters on the present. ‘Whether or not I used to be an actual DJ or not, I at all times felt at dwelling’
Boss tried to say ‘I really like you’ again, however his voice received too choked up.
‘I really like the household that we have gained right here. And one thing that I will at all times keep in mind is that you just gave me a spot the place I can simply be myself.
‘I got here her to bounce one time,’ he continued. ‘And now I’ve gained a household. I’ve gotten married. We have had extra youngsters on the present.
‘Whether or not I used to be an actual DJ or not, I at all times felt at dwelling. And I thanks for that Ellen,’ he stated with emotion rippling via his voice, earlier than including due to the present’s crew.
‘We love you a lot. You are a faux DJ, however an actual good man,’ DeGeneres concluded, which received a hearty snicker out of Boss.
Boss died on Tuesday after capturing himself within the head in his room on the Oak Tree Inn in Encino, California.
The tragedy got here solely three days after the dancer celebrated his ninth wedding ceremony anniversary together with his spouse Allison.
Along with his spouse, Boss is survived by his son Maddox, six; daughter Zaia, three; and stepdaughter Weslie, 14.
Heartbreaking: Boss died Tuesday after capturing himself within the head in his room on the Oak Tree Inn in Encino, California. The tragedy got here solely three days after the dancer celebrated his ninth wedding ceremony anniversary together with his spouse Allison (pictured)
Left behind: Along with his spouse, Boss is survived by his son Maddox, six; daughter Zaia, three; and stepdaughter Weslie, 14
