Allison Holker responded after her late husband Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ family and friends slammed her for airing out details of his drug addiction ahead of her new memoir.

The widow, 36, blasted her husband as a drug user in an interview with People on Tuesday, January 7, claiming she allegedly found a “cornucopia” of drugs hidden in his shoeboxes before his funeral. The revelation came as she promoted her upcoming memoir, This Far: My Story of Love, Loss and Embracing the Light.

Many of Boss’ family and friends voiced their frustrations about Allison speaking out, with fellow dancer Kelly Gibson writing, “This whole thing made me sad. He’s gone. Why tear apart this name? This paycheck was not worth disgracing his name” in the comments of People’s post.

“I’ll always love you. Just trying to help people feel safe to ask for help and support,” Allison wrote back. To reinforce her stance, she reposted several Instagram Stories of supportive statements on her account. “Sharing this powerful message to remind us all how important it is to have open conversations about mental health,” read a message from a social media user.

Courtney Ann Platt, who appeared on So You Think You Can Dance alongside Allison, also spoke out about the situation and called it “the most tacky, classless, opportunistic act,” in a statement posted on Instagram earlier that day.

“We all had to sign some weird NDA to attend his funeral (even his own mother who you’ve treated like garbage this entire time and let’s just remember you wouldn’t have even had a husband if it wasn’t for her) not to share anything or ruin his name as if that was on anyone’s mind in the first place,” she wrote in a lengthy message. “Here you go and write a book with all the dirty laundry smearing his name and attempting to dim the bright loyal, loving, light that was your husband, my friend.”

She slammed her former friend for “publishing a book shamelessly sharing the pages” of the former The Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ’s journal.

“Yes, he took his own life which is a fact all of us still can’t fathom and he was clearly having mental health issues, hurting so deeply and this is your example of empathy? Of your love?” the message continued. “This smear campaign for a buck is absolutely not what he would have ever wanted. No matter how bad he was hurting. Not for second. You’re a living, breathing bulldozer.”

Allison revealed intimate details of Boss’ December 2022 death in an interview with People published earlier that day. She revealed that she went through Stephen’s journals following his death, where he alluded to being the victim of childhood sexual abuse by a male figure.

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

In Touch previously confirmed Boss – who was famous for his charming personality, died by suicide on December 13, 2022. After failing to check out from a California hotel room, hotel staff discovered Boss in the shower unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound to the head.