A teary-eyed Ellen DeGeneres addressed fans of late dancer and DJ Stephen tWitch Boss in an emotional Instagram video on Friday, calling on them to honor him by doing the things that he loved to do. (See the clip below.)

The comedian, who worked alongside Boss on The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2014 until its conclusion this year, acknowledged the difficult days since his death earlier this month .

Everyone is in pain and trying to make sense of it, and well never make sense of it, DeGeneres said in the video, adding that the holidays are hard.

She continued: To honor tWitch I think the best thing that we can do is to laugh, hug each other, play games and dance and sing. Thats the way we honor him, is we do the things that he loved to do, which is dancing, he loved music, he loved games, so we do that.

The former talk show host recognized that the task seems hard.

But thats how we honor him. And hug each other. And tell each other we love each other and let people know were there for them. And check in on people, she said.