Alison Holker, Twitch's daughter Wesley, defends her mother amid book drama

Allison HolkarMeanwhile his daughter Wesley comes to his defense The ongoing social media drama about him this far Description of memoirs Stephen “tWitch” is the boss' Alleged addiction and mental health struggles.

“My stepdad has been gone for two years and I'm still getting hateful comments,” 16-year-old Wesley said on Friday, Jan. 10. Instagram Video “It's just complicated and for no reason. It's not just a social media gig; This is literally my life. I am so sick of receiving hateful comments and seeing my mom literally hate herself for losing the person she loves and has siblings with. This is their father – this is when they're going to grow up and they're going to see all this on social media, which is very painful.”

Holkar, 36, was married to Bose from 2013 to 2022, when she Died by suicide at the age of 40. In addition to Wesley, they have son Maddox, 8, and daughter Jaya, 5. (According to Wesley, she was never legally adopted by Boss, although he said he “literally raised her”)

“I understand that my relationship with Stephen seems complicated, but this man has raised me my whole life — since I was 1,” Wesley explained. “I have a biological father (and) I have a relationship with him, but Stephen is the one who raised me. He literally raised me and it's painful to watch… so many new stories. It's much more complicated and I don't know how to explain it well.”

She added, “This is my dad, this is not a joke to me. For 13 years, my parents were together, and for 13 years he was the person I would go to for everything. He was the person I wanted to cry to. He woke me up every morning, we had breakfast and he was the one person I saw when he got home from work. We lived within the same four walls and now I hate him leaving – and I understand it No. It's painful.”

Holkar's upcoming memoir, slated to release later this year, has created waves among the boss's family and friends after people published an interview Regarding her book with Holkar, many of her family members condemned her Dancing with the Stars alum for writing about Boss's alleged addiction struggles and publishing his personal journals. Holker, meanwhile, has Condemned the allegations And said his “sole purpose” is to raise awareness for similar substance abuse and mental health issues. He also said he plans to donate all book proceeds to a non-profit organization set up in Boss's honor

“I see people saying it's not my place because I'm not his biological daughter, but he never thought of me as anything other than his daughter — and I think that's who he was,” Wesley said of her decision to speak out. Given the online backlash and criticism of the mother. “Nobody's sitting here trying to beat him up, like he was a good man.”

He continued, “I'm still trying to be respectful to everyone. I just finished, for example, his family, Everyone is heading now – and these are big players in my life and big players in my siblings' lives and my mom's life. These are all people I grew up with. And now to see them … it's good, I don't know. I'm trying to be respectful but it's complicated because I talk to Stephen's mom at least once a week.”

According to Wesley, he used to see Boss's family “once or twice a year” while he was alive.

“But, you have to understand that they live in another state and we literally live in another state,” he explained. “It's not, we're neighbors. It's not like that, we could see them whenever we wanted, and now my mother is constantly trying to make children a part of her life. I don't try, but that's just the way I am.”

Wesley now claims he feels “disrespected by them” and no longer wants to be in touch.

“They said on social media that 'blood is thicker than water' and it directly (hurts) me and my mother,” he alleged. “And if you don't see me as Stephen's daughter, that's great, take that as you will. I know for a fact that he has never seen it and it is literally just harmless. .

Bose's family also claimed that Holkar made everyone sign a non-disclosure agreement before appearing His 2022 funeral service.

“You all love to argue about the NDA,” explained Wesley. “But in one day, we had an open casket, like, a viewing for Stephen. We had a funeral, and then we had a week, and my mom asked me to sign an NDA while I was looking at Stephen's body because God forbid someone went out there and took a picture of Stephen and put it on the internet or shared it with someone else, the kind of thing that NDAs are for. Either. It's not like you can never talk about Stephen.”

Wesley added, “I'm upset because NDAs are so important, and if you disagree, that's great. I am thankful for my mother that everyone signed the NDA and she kept that rule.”

According to Kishori, Holkar was apparently “lenient” with his NDA request.

“He realizes at the end of the day, like, this is a family,” Wesley said. “So you all want to disrespect him (even though) he's still nice, he's still kind, he's still forgiving, but you have to know, Stephen was still present at our events when he was alive, they had to sign NDAs. But now, as my mom gives the paper, it's different and it's just annoying. Like, it was supposed to be beautiful for that whole day, and instead, it was less than that. We were going to say our goodbyes, and instead, people were yelling at each other and yelling at my mom and like, it's a day that's been taken away from her – she can't remember it being the day we all wanted it to be because her family It was making it differently.”

Wesley also claims that Holkar is “money hungry” or looking for “more fame”.

“My mother is not like that. Trust me when I say my mom is fine — she doesn't need (the money),” Wesley said. “It's just disappointing. … My mother did her best (with her family). He's tried as long as he can, but it's a turning point where it's like, it stops, it's out, just like, now trying to maintain a relationship is like you're burning bridges and it's literally okay.”

Wesley urged his followers to “leave the family alone”.

“I'm not the kind of person to sit here and cry. I'm not going to get emotional here. But well, couldn't you just leave the family alone when someone was gone? She said, “Like, oh my gosh, you just have to add that for, like, I don't know, and it's just frustrating because if you say you hold him in such high regard, like, that's the kind of family dynamic we have. It wasn't and everything you want to do on social media, like, I'm going to grow up watching it like my siblings are going to grow up watching it. It's also, they have to form their own opinion about who their father was and we just talk about him in such a nice light. say I loved him. I have nothing negative to say about him.”

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