Ahead of the holidays, the former talk show host and Boss's longtime friend asked her followers to honor the late dancer this holiday season in an emotional Instagram video shared on Dec. 23. "I just wanted to say, the past 11 days have been really tough for everyone," she began. "Everyone is in pain and trying to make sense of it, and we'll never make sense of it. And the holidays are hard, I think, anyway."
DeGeneres continued, "But to honor tWitch, I think the best thing that we can do is to laugh and hug each other, play games, and dance and sing. That's the way we honor him, is we do the things that he loved to do, which is dancing. He loved music, he loved games, so we do that. I know it seems hard, it seems impossible, but that's how we honor him; hug each other, and tell each other we love each other, and let people know we're there for them, and check in on people."
She concluded her video by wishing everyone happy holidays and commenting on what a light Boss was in the world. "I know it's not a happy holiday, but he was pure light, as everybody in the comments said. If you knew him, you knew that," she said. "If you didn't know him, you saw it. Let's honor him and think about him and send love to one another."
Previously, on Dec. 14, DeGeneres paid tribute to Boss on Instagram writing, "I'm heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light. He was my family, and I loved him with all my heart. I will miss him. Please send your love and support to Allison and his beautiful children - Weslie, Maddox, and Zaia."
