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Allison Holker, 36, has a new love in her life.
The dancer subtly announced their new relationship on Instagram by posting a photo of the two of them holding hands, including a heart symbol in the caption.
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The post comes a year and a half after she lost her husband, Stephen “Twitch” Boss, 40, to suicide.
In the comments section, Alison received messages of encouragement such as, “Alison, you deserve all the happiness and love ❤️🔥” and “I’m so happy for you! ❤️ We all need love so I’m glad you’re moving on ❤️.”
Additional comments included: “This is amazing for you” and “This has been a long time coming. I’m so proud of you for taking the step. 💛.”
Her celebrity friends also replied, with Ava DuVernay adding clapping emojis, and model Iskra Lawrence commenting, “So happy for you ❤️❤️.”
“Best wishes to you all,” Amanda Kloots, who lost her husband, Nick Cordero, to COVID-19 in 2020, wrote in the comments section.
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In June, Allison told People magazine that she was open to dating again.
“I’m just trying to accept it,” she said at the time. [growth] And let’s see what my next step is. [my] Career, [my] About options, and about dating.”
The star continued, “I think I’m someone who always says the phrase ‘romanticize life,’ and even though I’ve been through a lot, I still believe in living life to the fullest. There’s never been a moment where I haven’t said to myself, ‘I still want to live life to the fullest. I still want to have love, I still want to travel the world, I still want to see and experience new things with new people, new energy, friends, family, loved ones and kids.'”
In February, Holker spoke about her journey through grief. Essay For glamour.
She said: “I wish I could offer people guidance on how to get through what I’ve been through, but I don’t know. All I can do is just be in it and figure it out as I go, because that’s all I know. It’s the only thing I can control.”
Alison, who is mother to Wesley, 16, Maddox, eight, and Zaire, four, wrote that her children have helped her “rediscover joy and become more comfortable expressing her emotions,” adding that “being vulnerable, even in public, can be a beautiful thing.”
She also thinks it’s important to show she’s healing: “This is my first time really experiencing grief, so I’ve had to learn that life can still be lived and enjoyed,” she explains.
“There’s no hiding the fact that it’s been hard, but we’re OK. We’re still moving forward. And there’s still a lot to live for and a lot to experience. I’m doing it,” Holker reflected. Was “That’s what I’m doing.”
