Candice Dillard says Allison Holker didn’t protect TWitch’s legacy

“The Real Housewives of Potomac” alum. Candace Dillard Unsatisfied with the amount of Steven “Twitch” Boss’s widow, Allison Holkerhe said about it in a recent interview.

Holker said she discovered her late husband’s drug addiction when she found a large amount of substances hidden inside his shoeboxes.

This discovery saddened Holker, who had never known about tWitch, had been married to her for nine years, and was experiencing a lot she didn’t know about.

tWitch died by suicide in December 2022. He was 40 years old.

On Tuesday, Dillard commented on a post by People magazine On X about Holker’s interview in which she revealed how she discovered tWitch’s drug addiction.

The TV personality was upset that Holker revealed too much about her late husband and felt she was not protecting their children or his legacy.

Dillard books“I wouldn’t even say it. But this white woman is doing everything but protecting her black children and her black husband’s legacy. She could have kept this in her therapist’s office. SMH.”

One fan responded to Dillard’s post by saying Holker may have used her interview to raise awareness about mental illness or substance abuse.

fan books“I wouldn’t but could it be that her intention is to make people aware of mental illness/substance abuse, recognize the signs and eliminate the stigma? I just hope his family runs it first. Not that it makes it any easier for any of them.”

However, Dillard He replied In response to the fan’s comment, stating that Holker should have reported her revelations to a black-owned news outlet.

She wrote: “She (Holker) could have easily taken this story to Essence or Ebony where she would have taken care to share such an intimate, tragic story of a black man’s plight against himself.”

Dillard’s comments come after Holker was interviewed by… People magazine, A shocking discovery is made About her deceased husband during one of the most difficult days of her life.

She said she found an “abundance” of drugs, including pills, mushrooms and “other substances” which she had to search for on her phone. The drugs were hidden inside tWitch shoeboxes.

“I was with one of my dear friends, and we were cleaning out the closet and picking out clothes for him for the funeral,” Holker recalls.

She added: “It was a really exciting moment for me because there were a lot of things that I discovered in our closet that I didn’t know existed. It was very upsetting for me to learn that there were a lot of events that I had no idea about.” (on).”

Holker said finding out what she had discovered was a “really scary moment” in her life. However, it helped her understand that tWitch “was going through a lot and was hiding a lot, and there must have been a lot of shame in that.”

According to Holker, she and tWitch communicated honestly with each other, including regarding his marijuana use. However, as she leafed through his memoirs after his death in her quest for clarity and closure, she discovered He kept painful secrets away from her.

“He was wrestling with a lot inside himself, and he was trying to self-medicate and get through all those feelings because he didn’t want to put them on anyone because he loved everyone so much,” she said.

Holker also shared that tWitch alluded to being sexually abused by a man during his childhood, adding: “He didn’t want others to bear his pain.”

Although Holker felt betrayed after revealing tWitch’s secrets, she gained new insight over time.

“Reading Stephen’s diaries, and even going back to the books he read and the things he was highlighting and lining up, really gave me a better perspective on where he was in life and the kind of things he was going through,” she said. “It made me feel a lot of empathy for him and sadness for all the pain he was in.” “He carries it.”

Holker’s interview comes ahead of the release of her memoir, “This Far,” scheduled for release on February 4. The book details her healing journey following the death of her husband.

During the interview, she expressed her desire to save just one person struggling in silence by sharing tWitch’s suffering.

“It was really hard to put all the pieces together. Through some of the discussions, even with friends and things that were said, through reading his diaries… you realize that he went through a lot as a child and never faced that,” she said. “.

“It’s hard to think that he’s never opened up to someone and wanted to confront them, and come out the other side. I really hope people who are dealing with the same thing can help themselves come out of the shadows and (know you),” Holker added. ‘You’ll be fine.’

tWitch shares three children, Wesley, 16, Maddox, 8, and Zaya, 5, with Holker.