Stephen “tWitch” Boss had a gorgeous moment with one of his mega fans on The Ellen Show.
Boss, 40, who died earlier this month, became a household name as the DJ on the talk show hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres.
In the video shared to the show’s Instagram page, Boss is seen introducing Zaza, a then four-year-old dancing sensation from Kentucky.
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“Our next guest is 40 pounds of cuteness. I saw her on Instagram this summer and I just had to meet her,” Boss said in the introduction while on hosting duties.
The video then cut to the moment the budding dance star screams in excitement when she was told by an Ellen producer that she would be on the show and interviewed by Boss himself.
The sassy tot then made a grand entrance in front of the live studio audience where she managed to steal the show and planted herself in the host’s chair, leaving Boss to sit in the guest chair.
“I’m so excited. I love your dance moves,” Zaza told Boss. She also told of her experience of being on her first ever plane ride as she had traveled to Los Angeles.
The pair then had an adorable exchange, in which she taught Boss some of her signature moves.
“I said ‘I am bad and boujee and I’m acting like I’m cute, and I’m so’,” Zaza declared as she clicked her tongue confidently.
She then impressed the crowd with a dance performance to Chance the Rapper’s “Hot Shower.”
The segment ended with Boss gifting the child a huge doll house she “always wanted.”
Fans flocked to the comment section to celebrate the beautiful moment and commemorate the late dancer.
“I am still in shock about this beautiful man and thinking about his loved ones ?,” wrote one fan.
Musician Elvie Shane added: “This is how people like tWitch should be remembered after succumbing to mental illness. Not the way they left us, but what they left us with. Beautiful memories.”
And a third wrote: “This one put me in my feels. I hope you’re okay Ellen!! He was a true gem.
Boss died by suicide and was found dead in the room of a short-term rental apartment block on Tuesday, December 13.
During his time on The Ellen Show, Boss would regularly perform dances with DeGeneres, his wife Allison Holker Boss and their children.
They shared Maddox, 6, and Zaia, 3, and Boss adopted Allison’s daughter from a previous relationship, Weslie, 14.
Boss started his showbusiness career on MTV’s The Wade Robson Project and later came runner-up on Star Search.
He then shot to fame on So You Think You Can Dance in 2008, where he came second and returned two years later to compete in the All-Stars series. It was in this series he met Holker and the two went on to get married in 2013.
The dancer joined the Ellen show in 2014 and was promoted to co-executive producer in 2020.
Boss joined the judging panel on So You Think You Can Dance in 2022.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text “988” to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.
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