Allison Holker Boss isn’t shying away from love. The dancer teased a new relationship on her Instagram on Aug. 28, by posting a photo of her shadow holding hands with a mystery man.
She didn’t tag anyone or name the person, simply captioning the photo with a red heart emoji. Holker Boss previously said romance hadn't been high on her list of priorities since , Stephen “tWitch” Boss, in December 2022. But the dancer wasn't ruling out the possibility of falling in love again.
In her soft launch post, many people made comments about how she deserved to find love again and how happy they were for her. She replied to a couple people with a red heart emoji. Earlier this year, Holker Boss shared her personal views on dating after losing a spouse while on the Jan.
18 episode of “The Viall Files.” “At the end of the day, I love life. So would I shy away from it? No.
Am I looking for it? I don’t know,” she said. The explained that the past year had been spent grieving the loss of her husband, who at the age of 40. “It was very hard for me to learn to like myself again and to learn to love myself again.
And then also, could I like someone else again? Could I love someone else again while I still like someone and love someone else?" she said. "It’s a very complex situation I’ve found myself in." The dancer admitted that it’s taken her a long time to accept the “complexities” of her situation, so she hasn’t focused on finding romance.
“I am just such a lover of life and experience and adventure, and I still find that the world is such a beautiful place, and there’s so much to be experienced. So to what kind of capacity, what that looks like — I don’t know,” she said. Grieving aside, Holker Boss said she has always believed in love and will be interested to see what life has in store for her.
“I had so many dark spaces I was in, that I had to be in for so many reasons, and I had to work through all these different processes of all these different things, but I have,” she said. “I’ve worked through them and we’ll see what happens.” Holker Boss, who in January, about juggling life as a working mother with three children and learning to prioritize fun again.
“I was making sure everyone was cared for, that everyone was getting everything they needed to get to the other side (of grief), but I wasn’t allowing the space for me to really have fun,” she said. At the time, Holker Boss said she realized that she could prioritize her children without sacrificing her own well-being. “It’s been a huge part of my healing journey,” she said.
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