The 2020 Covid-19 lockdown period produced a number of unlikely celebrities, one of whom was Joe Exotic. Upon the release of The Tiger King on Netflix (in March 2020), Joe Exotic was two months into a 22-year sentence for the attempted murder of his rival, Carole Baskin.
Since then, developed a cult following that includes the likes of fellow celebrities such as Cardi B--who once started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for him.
For now, Joe Exotic remains at Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, where he recently responded to a VladTV article about the heat wave in his region and how it has devasted the inmates who share his confines.
The former zoo owner wrote "#freejoeexotic" under the original post on VladTV's Instagram page, and he followed that by sharing the post via IG stories with a caption that included his information so that his supporters could add money to his books.
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