Allison Holker’s new memoir about her recovery from husband Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ suicide in 2022 isn’t going over well with some family and friends.

The So you think you can dance judge book, Up to this point: My story of love, loss and the embrace of lightdoesn’t come out until February 4th, but revelations she’s made about it Ellen DeGeneres Show Producer and DJ in a People magazine cover story have left his mother, Connie Boss Alexander, “completely horrified.” And she’s not the only one.

Holker has defended herself, saying her “sole intention in writing the book” was to “help other people.”

What did Holker reveal about her late husband?

In Holker’s interview with People, she talked about how she discovered her husband’s “drug addiction” while looking for an outfit for his funeral. She claimed she discovered a “cornucopia” of drugs, including mushrooms, pills and “other substances that I had to look up on my phone”. She said it was an alarming moment for her when she found out he was hiding so much and said he must have felt “great shame”.

She also said that Boss’s diary contained entries about her surviving childhood sexual abuse, which she was unaware of. She also shared his final words, which he told her daughter Weslie, now 16.

The outlet also ran an excerpt from the book that detailed how Holker “ran down the hallway screaming” when police told her they had found her husband’s body in a hotel.

Who speaks out against Holker?

Boss’ mother, his brother Dré Rose and his girlfriend Courtney Ann Platt are among the main critics.

Chief Alexander said the “family is absolutely appalled by the misleading and hurtful allegations about my son.” She said the “untruths about Stephen crossed every line of decency” and that he and his surviving children “did not deserve this.”

She continued: “For the past two years I have kept quiet and stayed away from the public to protect my family. My main focus was healing and trying to stay connected to my grandchildren. But as I read these horrific claims about my baby, our beloved Stephen, I realized I could no longer remain silent. Our family will ensure his name and memory are protected, and we are committed to defending his honor.”

That came after Platt performed So you think you can dance accused Holker alongside Holker of starting a “smear campaign for a dollar” and that it was “by far the tackiest, most classless and opportunistic act I have ever seen in my entire life.”

Platt said she also remained silent, but no longer. She claimed Holker made everyone who attended Boss’s funeral, including his mother, sign “some weird NDA” or nondisclosure agreement, “and then you write a book with all the dirty laundry.”

Platt asked Holker: “This is how you protect his children from further humiliation, hurt and despair? This is what you want them to remember about him? You’ve moved on, you’re living your life, you’re on every carpet you can reach… and you… do this? Get a diary, a therapist, a friend… but when you publish a book, shamelessly share the pages of your husband’s diary? People magazine? What a joke.”

She called Holker “a living, breathing bulldozer” and added, “Shame on you Allison, shame on your money-grabbing team.”

Rose shared Platt’s post on Instagram Stories and wrote, “No lies told…” as well as Boss Alexander’s family statement. He also posted comments on social media denouncing Holker (including one in which she was “a disgrace and a despicable human being to do this to a grieving family”) and commented about Holker in another post : “My family is praying that you get help.”

Other dancers in her circle, including Kelly Gibson, Comfort Fedoke and Chelsie Hightower, were critical of Holker’s book; Meanwhile, Jenna Dewan praised Holker’s candor and said the memoir would help other people.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Producer Andy Lassner didn’t address the drama, but posted on Instagram that “Boss was easy.” Kindness and joy in movement. This is how I remember him every day. He will be deeply missed.”

How did Holker react to the criticism?

Holker addressed the drama in a lengthy Instagram Stories post on January 8th.

“I want to make it clear that my only intention in writing the book is to share my own story and part of my life with Stephen in order to help other people,” began Holker, who also has Maddox, 8, and Zaia, 5. told. with boss. “Just like you, I never really knew what happened, and even if I try to put the pieces together, I’ll never really know. If you decide to read the book, I hope you will see that my intention is to celebrate the love and life I shared with Stephen and our three wonderful children, but also the more complex aspects of both of our lives. “

She continued: “I hope that by sharing our full story I might be able to help someone else who sees themselves or a loved one in Stephen.” By sharing, I hope they might be able to spot some… warning signs , which I missed before it’s too late. … I believe that if Stephen could choose, he would choose to have his story told if it means saving even one life.”

Holker, who went public in September with her tech CEO boyfriend Adam Edmunds, added that proceeds from this book will fund the Move with Kindness foundation she founded for Boss, which focuses on mental health awareness Health focused.

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, call 911 or call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-8255 or text the Crisis Text Line at 741741.