Warning: Huge Spoilers Ahead!
No one could have predicted the success that Tiger King becameāit was the most tweeted about show in the country this week with celebrities like Chrissy Teigan, Kim Kardashian, and Jared Leto commenting about it.
If you find yourself wondering what happened to Carole, Doc, and company after the show, here’s an update on what’s they’ve been up to.
John Finlay
Joe’s ex-husband, who had relationships with many women at the animal park, ended his marriage with Joe Exotic in 2014. You’ll be glad to know he’s had his teeth fixed and is working as a welder, living with his fiancee Stormey. He even started a Facebook page to write about what he didn’t like about the series.
Carole Baskin
Joe’s nemesis called the show “salacious and sensational” and she refuted being involved in the death of her late husband Don Lewis. She’s currently living with her third husband, Howard Baskin, at the Big Cat Rescue facility and shes still advocating to stop breeding cats and keeping them in cages.
Bhagavan “Doc” Antle
The owner of the Institute for Greatly Endangered and Rare Species of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina said he was “disappointed” in the series and that the producers were paying participants. Two of his children work at the institute.
Rick Kirkham
The producer shooting Joe Exotic’s reality TV series began as a crime reporter and he smoked crack while on Inside Edition. He currently lives in Norway with his new wife and is working on a documentary project about a man with an exciting double life.
Joe Exotic
The Tiger King is serving a 22-year sentence in Oklahoma’s Grade County Jail after being convicted of 17 counts of animal abuse and two counts of murder-for-hire. He fired a $94 million lawsuit, three days before the series was released, against the Federal Government and Jeff Lowe claiming that the government contributed to the death of his mother and that Lowe gave false statements to the feds.
Jeff Lowe
Jeff currently runs the Greater Wynnewood Zoo and he’s still married to his wife Lauren, who’s had at least another child since the series was filmed. He plans on getting a fresh start by opening a new zoo in Oklahoma.
