Channing Tatum is honoring the reminiscence of Stephen "tWitch" Boss.

The Roofman star delivered a heartfelt speech concerning the late dancer on the inaugural Dance Corridor of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles on Wednesday, days earlier than the third anniversary of Boss' demise by suicide at age 40.

"I promised myself I wasn't going to cry," Tatum, who appeared in Magic Mike XXL alongside Boss, mentioned at first of his remarks, in accordance with PEOPLE. "I do that as a result of tWitch made me snicker on a regular basis. However to say that it’s an honor to sit down up right here and speak about that man is an understatement to say the least. I sat for some time, and I used to be like, 'What am I going to inform them?' As a result of numerous folks right here would possibly've recognized tWitch for much longer or extra intimate than I did. I started working with him, and I started working with him for period of time."

Tatum went on to recall the primary time he witnessed Boss dance, as a contestant on So You Suppose You Can Dance in 2008. "My mind simply couldn't wrap itself round how this large, huge, stunning man was shifting the best way he was," the 21 Bounce Avenue star mentioned. "I used to be a much bigger man, and I couldn't fathom shifting like that."

The Misplaced Metropolis star additionally mentioned he was flabbergasted by Boss' charisma. "Then he needed to go and open his silly mouth and be humorous as effectively," Tatum remembered. "That pissed me off. I used to be like, 'Maintain on a second.' After which he smiles at you and you then fall in love with him, after which that's simply tWitch."

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Later in his speech, Tatum remembered Boss' means to attraction anybody and everybody. "He made all of us fall in love with him," the actor mentioned. "He got here within the room simply, I don't know, he simply crammed it up. He crammed it up. He made you need to be higher at something that you just wished to be. He accepted you for who you had been, who you wished to be or wherever you had been going. He wished to assist and he wished to be there."

Tatum additionally mentioned he had "a person crush" on the dancer. "Possibly it was as a result of we're each from Alabama and I simply felt some type of kinship to him," he mentioned earlier than invoking the motto for College of Alabama's soccer staff. "Roll Tide, by the best way. I'm positive he yelled it again and is laughing at me proper now. It was an honor to know him. It was an honor to name him a pal, and I’ll see him once more."

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Boss performed Malik, a dancer affiliate of Tatum's Mike, in 2017's Magic Mike XXL, which was a sequel to 2015's Magic Mike. Tatum accomplished the trilogy in 2023 with Magic Mike's Final Dance.

Tatum beforehand mourned Boss shortly after his demise. "I’ve no phrases. There aren't any. My head or coronary heart can’t perceive this," he wrote on Instagram. "I'll see you once more my pal. Till then."

When you or somebody is contemplating suicide, contact the 988 Suicide and Disaster Lifeline by dialing 988, or textual content "STRENGTH" to the Disaster Textual content Line at 741741.

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