“CBS MORNINGS” EXCLUSIVE: The family of Stephen “tWitch” Boss is speaking for the first time since the dancer and TV personality’s 2022 death by suicide. In a preview of an exclusive interview with co-host Gayle King, Boss’ mother, Connie Boss Alexander, and his younger brother, Dre Rose, discuss the beloved DJ’s relationship with his widow, Allison Holker, and express concern amid promotion of her new memoir.

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TRANSCRIPT OF PREVIEW

DRE ROSE: I think people deserve the ability to share their story. I get that. But to how it was presented and how it was on the cover of a magazine and there was a public, you know, launch or campaign about it, we shouldn’t have to find out about that on in the media. We’re a family.

GAYLE KING: And that’s how you found out about it?

ROSE: Correct.

KING: A big public campaign.

ROSE: Mm-hmm.

KING: Do either of you have any interest in reading the journals?

CONNIE BOSS ALEXANDER: I think so, just to feel closer to him, ‘cause these are his thoughts.

KING: Mm-hmm.

BOSS ALEXANDER: Um, maybe get a clearer understanding ...

KING: –standing.

BOSS ALEXANDER: ... of, you know, he’s my son.

KING: Yeah.

BOSS ALEXANDER: You know, of who he was and what he was thinking from time to time. So yeah, I think I would.

KING: What, what, what about you, Dre?

ROSE: I would love to see all of the journals in its entirety. I think those journals will tell you a lot. I think there’s things in those journals that are good and bad, but I also believe there’s journals about his personal life, his marital life that are in there.

ROSE: I feel, believe that there’s been a cherry-picking of things from the journal to reveal or share. And if we’re just gonna be completely honest, talk about it all.

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