Ellen DeGeneres Says It’s ‘Impossible’ To Make Sense Of tWitch’s Death

Ellen DeGeneres has broken her silence about Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ death, this time on video.

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The former talk-show host and best friend of tWitch reflected on the past 11 days since he took his own life.

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“Hey everybody, um, I just wanted to say the past 11 days have been really tough for everyone,” Ellen said.

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“Everyone is in pain, and trying to make sense of it and we’ll never make sense of it,” she admitted.

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Ellen then went on to explain how everyone across the world who watch tWitch or met him in person can “honor him.”

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“I think the best thing we can do is to laugh, hug each other and play games, and dance and sing.”

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tWtich joined “The Ellen Show” in 2014 and was a staple on the show until it’s very last episode in 2022.

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Ellen promoted tWitch to executive producer of her long-running daytime talk show in 2020.

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“And I know it seems hard, it seems impossible. But that’s how we honor him,” she concluded.

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