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Netflix’s Tiger King docuseries was an immediate hit, and now celebrities are endorsing a federal bill that would safeguard the types of big cats that are seen in the show. Filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite and the Animal Legal Defense Fund co-wrote the Big Cat Public Safety Act, which has since been supported by Joaquin Phoenix, Iggy […]
Florida authorities recently announced they were looking for new leads on the disappearance of Tiger King star Carole Baskin’s husband, Jack “Don” Lewis. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, in an interview with TMZ, has now said that he thinks its possible Lewis was killed in a hit planned by multiple people. “I’m extremely suspicious, but not just […]
Netflix has made good on the rumored additional episode of its hit docuseries Tiger King. The after show, titled Tiger King and I, is set to premiere on April 12. Hosted by Joel McHale, the bonus episode will feature new interviews with John Reinke, Joshua Dial, John Finlay, Saff, Erik Cowie, Rick Kirkman, and Jeff […]
Donald Trump says that he will “take a look” into whether he should pardon Joe Exotic. “I know nothing about it. He has 22 years for what? What did he do?,” Trump asked about the Tiger King star. “He allegedly hired someone to murder an animal rights activist but he said he didn’t do that,” New York […]
The aptly titled Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness has—as expected—amassed a startlingly strong number of viewers on Netflix. Early Wednesday, Nielsen released estimates for the understandably popular docuseries’ first 10 days of release, with its Mar. 20-29 total coming in at 34.3 million unique viewers. As Variety noted in their report, that’s enough to […]
Joe Exotic’s ex-husband, John Finlay, has his eye on two A-list actors to portray him if Tiger King is ever adapted into a film. Finlay told People that his sights are set on none other than Channing Tatum. “He’s always had a special place in my heart,” Finlay said about Tatum. “He did a shout-out to my distant […]
Tiger King isn’t over just yet. A bonus episode from the docuseries/cultural sensation is set to hit Netflix next week, according to zoo owner Jeff Lowe. Los Angeles Dodgers player Justin Turner posted a video of Lowe and his wife Lauren sharing the news. “Netflix is adding one more episode. It will be on next week. […]
The first season of Tiger King ends with Joe Exotic finding himself incarcerated for murder-for-hire charges and his Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park under new ownership. But what happened to Exotic’s animals? Kent Drotar, the public relations director of the Wild Animal Sanctuary, has told People that 39 tigers and three black bears from Exotic’s […]
Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka Joe Exotic, has been transferred to a prison medical center. As pointed out by the New York Post, inmate records confirm the 57-year-old Tiger King star is currently at the Forth Worth Federal Medical Center, which is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The records do not indicate when or why Joe Exotic was […]
In the wake of the unearthed clip showing Joe Exotic complaining that he cannot say the N-word because he’s white, Tiger King director Rebecca Chaiklin confirms what we could’ve assumed all along. “Yes. Joe is a racist, I would say categorically,” Chaiklin told The Hollywood Reporter. “He said things when we were filming that were very unsettling.” When asked why they chose […]
