‘Ellen’ Producer Andy Lassner Defends tWitch’s Friends’ Tributes: They ‘Are Not Trying to Make This Tragedy About Themselves’
usmagazine.comAndy Lassner is defending the flood of tributes to Stephen “tWitch” Boss after his death on Tuesday, December 13.“So many people on social media are posting pictures of themselves with Twitch,” the former Ellen DeGeneres Show producer, 55, shared via Instagram on Friday, December 16. “Talking about their close friendships with him.
Talking about the texts they exchanged with him just last week. Talking about the conversation they once had with him. The thing is – it’s all true.
It’s all real.”Lassner continued, “Those who knew him are not trying to make this tragedy about themselves. They are just trying to convey to you who Twitch was.”The Colombia native worked with Boss on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where the late dancer first appeared as a guest DJ in 2013.
He went on to appear as the in-house DJ the following year and was promoted to executive producer in 2020, often filling in for Ellen DeGeneres as the guest host.“He made everything about you,” Lassner continued in his tribute on Friday. “He made you feel like the most important person in the world.
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