Household and buddies of the late Stephen "tWitch" Boss are talking out over his widow Allison Holker's tell-all memoir and its associated press, calling it a "smear marketing campaign."

The feedback on social media cropped up on Tuesday after a brand new interview with PEOPLE in help of her forthcoming memoir, This Far (out Feb. 4), through which Holker claimed that Boss — who took his personal life at age 40 in December 2022 — had hidden a "cornucopia" of medication, together with mushrooms, capsules and "different substances” she needed to "lookup," inside his shoeboxes, which she discovered after his passing.

“I used to be with one among my actually pricey buddies, and we had been cleansing out the closet and selecting out an outfit for him for the funeral,” Holker, 36, informed the outlet.

“It was a extremely triggering second for me as a result of there have been numerous issues I found in our closet that I didn’t know existed. It was very alarming to me to be taught that there was a lot taking place that I had no clue [about]. It was a extremely scary second in my life to determine that out, however it additionally helped me course of that he was going by way of a lot and he was hiding a lot, and there will need to have been numerous disgrace in that."

Household buddy Courtney Ann Platt shared a photograph of the story on her Instagram on Tuesday, with a prolonged caption slamming the memoir and the claims. "Anybody who is aware of me, is aware of I am going straight to supply throughout a battle and deal with my enterprise however since there’s clearly no disgrace in being so public, I haven’t mentioned a phrase in two years however right here I am going," she started.

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Platt, who mentioned she was there the day Holker and Boss received engaged and later once they received married, slammed the e-book and its press as "by far probably the most cheesy, classless, opportunistic act I’ve ever seen in my total life.”

She continued, "All of us needed to signal some bizarre NDA to attend his funeral (even his personal mom who you’ve handled like rubbish this complete time and let’s simply bear in mind you wouldn’t have even had a husband if it wasn’t for her) to not share something or break his identify as if that was on anybody’s thoughts within the first place and right here you go and write a e-book with all of the soiled laundry smearing his identify and making an attempt to dim the intense loyal, loving, mild that was your husband, my buddy."

Platt additionally took subject with "publishing a e-book shamelessly sharing the pages" of Boss’ journal. "What a joke. Sure, he took his personal life which is a reality all of us nonetheless can’t fathom and he was clearly having psychological well being points, hurting so deeply and that is your instance of empathy? Of your love?” she added.

Platt concluded, "This smear marketing campaign for a buck is totally not what he would have ever needed. Regardless of how dangerous he was hurting. Not for second. You’re a dwelling, respiration bulldozer. Follow your individual demons. Disgrace on you Allison, disgrace in your cash hungry workforce. Let my buddy Relaxation in Peace not your PR.”

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Boss' brother, Dré Rose, then shared a snap of Platt's put up on his Instagram Tales with the caption, "No lies informed…" Whereas he hasn't shared a put up of his personal, Rose has additionally reposted many different comparable tales from others slamming the memoir and its claims.

When reached by Leisure Weekly, a rep for Holker declined to remark, however in her interview with PEOPLE, she informed the outlet that she was sharing the tales in hopes of serving to others.

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"It was actually onerous to place all of the items collectively. By sure discussions, even with buddies and issues which were mentioned, studying by way of his journals … you notice he went by way of quite a bit as a toddler and by no means confronted it," she mentioned. "It's onerous to assume that he by no means opened as much as somebody and needed to face it, to get by way of on the opposite facet. I actually hope folks coping with the identical factor will assist themselves out of the shadows and [know] you're going to be okay."

On Tuesday, Holker shared the PEOPLE interview on her personal Instagram Tales, in addition to a number of messages in help of it. In a single, actress and dancer Jenna Dewan wrote, "Love you @allisonholker and sharing it will assist others attain out for assist."

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