Joe Exotic may be a larger-than-life character in “Tiger King,” but even he’s not immune to COVID-19. As you know, he’s currently serving 22 years for a murder-for-hire plot against his archenemy, Carole Baskin.
According to Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, the directors of the Netflix docuseries, the man also known as Joe Maldanado-Passage – who was recently transferred from a county jail to a federal penitentiary in Texas – is in isolation. Because there was a coronavirus outbreak at the county jail, they isolated him after the transfer.
At this point, it’s not known if Joe tested positive for it because he’s currently cut off from phones.
ONE MORE THNG! If “Tiger King” makes it to Hollywood – and apparently there are already talks about it – Joe knows whom he’d want to play him. His choices are Brad Pitt or “Joe Dirt” star David Spade.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
