DJariya

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Wow, I am shocked by this news. I know this forum is mostly over competition shows, but Boss appeared on the show years ago and was awesome. He and his wife did dance videos together and were great. I guess he was also on Ellen's show. This is tragic. I feel for his wife and kids that this happened before Christmas. Just shows you don't know the hell some people are going through.

Count Dooku

Every episode for 8 years from 2014 until the end, so yeah.

PerryD

Wow, he was great. Terrible news.

Draven

He even hosted "Ellen" when she was out and became an EP, I think. That's very sad - just goes to show that you never know who is suffering, even people who seem to be at the top of their career or personal life.

fujishig

Wasn't he a judge on the latest season too (the one where Matthew Morrison was ousted and the other host was JoJo Siwa)?

I agree he was awesome as a contestant.

DJariya

Ellen’s statement

bluesix

This is so shocking and a perfect example of how suicide happens to the people you would never expect.

This guy was such a fun happy soul and always projected positive energy. He was the only thing that made the most recent season of SYTCD bearable. I have watched his career from his early beginnings as a dancer to his hosting and DJing.
Watching his public persona it's just unimaginable that he would be going through the kind of dark depression feelings that lead people to do this.

clckworang

This is much of what I was going to say. I used to watch SYTYCD. I think I stopped when they did that brief pivot to juniors. Twitch was one of the standout contestants from all the seasons of the show. He always seemed like such a grounded, positive, happy guy, and the life that we all could see seemed to also reflect that. Such sad news. It really makes you wonder what was going through his mind. I wonder how much the Ellen show ending had an impact. If he was clinically depressed, the consistency of that job might have really helped stabilize him. Damn. Just sad.

PerryD

There is an instagram from just 4 days ago where he's dancing with his kids. Regarding him hiding his depression, I can guarantee that his wife knew that he was severely depressed, and why she immediately called the police when he left the house.

DJariya

The fact that he chose to rent a motel room and die alone shows that he must have really felt hopeless and despondent.

I can’t imagine what his family and close friends are going through that Boss chose to not come to them for help. Granted, I don’t really understand depression and how it screws with your head.

OldBoy

Mental health is such a big issue. You never know. So hard to spot warning signs sometimes. I used to watch Ellen and he was a fixture. Really sad.

JeffTheAlpaca

RIP it seemed like he had everything and a life most people would envy.

Sucks he had to do this and the people in his life could not get him out of that state and cheer him up and recognize all the good things he had in life and all the friends and fans he had.

Coral

Depression isn't as simple as that.

DWilson

tWitch and Allison had featured roles on Disney's "Hip-Hop Nutcracker" (along with other SYTYCD alumni) which debuted at Thanksgiving. I was impressed that he'd taken what might have been a somewhat limited career and was nicely expanding on it. I was absolutely stunned by the news.

Patman

RIP, Twitch.

JeffTheAlpaca

It looked like he was in shape and maybe with exercise and dancing you would think that would boost the endorphins and get out of the blues

I wonder if he got treatment or went to see somebody?