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Posted: 2022-12-15T12:05:10Z | Updated: 2022-12-15T12:32:57Z

A video showing an executive producer of The Ellen DeGeneres Show urging DJ Stephen tWitch Boss and staffers to take care of their mental health appeared on Instagram Wednesday. (Watch the video below.)

The clip from May of this year is intended to encourage others who may be troubled to seek help in the wake of Bosss death by suicide . Boss, DeGeneres longtime sidekick and an accomplished dancer, was a married father of three children. He was 40.

Andy Lassner, with Boss standing near him, told cast and crew members they were enduring a profound life change as Ellen wrapped after 19 seasons. The end of the popular daytime show came as it was plagued by accusations of a toxic work culture .

Keep each other close, dont keep in the pain, talk to someone anyone, Lassner said.

The clip was shared by Johanna Fuentes, a former communications executive at Warner Bros., which distributed the talk show. She called Boss an immense talent and echoed Lassners words in the caption. Talk to someone. Anyone.

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