I did not know I needed Tiger King Part Two but I guess I did!! I was glued in to that entire call! Thank you so much for posting and you asked him so many great questions! I’m torn about him as well. I’m not sure how I feel about breeding caged tigers. But he makes compelling arguments for legal changes that may have unfairly targeted him while permitting his competitors to run business as usual. Excellent work here that deserved the light of day and is ever more timely with recent pardon activity.
Em, excellent writing as always… but he’s not getting Pardoned. Shockingly I think DJT will find that a bad look. Somehow the inexistent Epstein files are just fine, and pardoning that weird family this week… no one notices at scale. But if he pardoned Joe it would be a cultural moment that he doesn’t want. I have no idea but sadly I don’t see it happening.
I’m still really torn on Joe, I went to hair school/worked/was friends with Jeff Lowe’s daughters (I think he bought Joe’s zoo?) and the whole exotic animal industry is such a horror show. Jeff started a flea market/tiger “sanctuary” right next to the massive Naval Air Base in Beaufort SC that got shut down for multiple animal abuse charges, sold tiger cubs to people that shouldn’t even own a fish tank, he pretty much got ran out of town and bought Joe’s place in Oklahoma (again, I think 😂) because he’s just a steaming pile of shit. Obviously Joe isn’t Jeff Lowe but I can’t imagine that he’s any better of a person.
In Joe’s defense, if Trump can pardon the Chrisleys and Kodak Black then he has every right to be pissed off. At least he has his husband’s butthole painting to console him (I’m sorry I had to 😂).
You know what hell yeah free that man. He’s done enough time. He’s more of a loveable rouge than a dangerous criminal, Joe’s actually quite smart and he seems to be very aware of what’s happening culturally considering he’s in prison. His biggest downfall in life seems to be he’s a hopeless romantic who falls in love at the drop of a bar of soap.
Same. I've never seen it but have heard enough references to get the jist of it. Still pretty interesting to head. Emilie, I tried to read/listen last night but the "play" button for the AI wasn't enabled. I saw it was on there this morning. Thanks for including the feature. Sometimes I listen to the AI read like a podcast to take in your substacks.
Can we upload the video as a reel on insta and blow it up? Tag kim k
I did not know I needed Tiger King Part Two but I guess I did!! I was glued in to that entire call! Thank you so much for posting and you asked him so many great questions! I’m torn about him as well. I’m not sure how I feel about breeding caged tigers. But he makes compelling arguments for legal changes that may have unfairly targeted him while permitting his competitors to run business as usual. Excellent work here that deserved the light of day and is ever more timely with recent pardon activity.
Em, excellent writing as always… but he’s not getting Pardoned. Shockingly I think DJT will find that a bad look. Somehow the inexistent Epstein files are just fine, and pardoning that weird family this week… no one notices at scale. But if he pardoned Joe it would be a cultural moment that he doesn’t want. I have no idea but sadly I don’t see it happening.
Another subject that was all you and I thought that it was Apartment.
Joe is so lovable and there is so much evidence against him being held as a prisoner. WE NEED HIM OUT ASAP. Great phone call btw.
I’m still really torn on Joe, I went to hair school/worked/was friends with Jeff Lowe’s daughters (I think he bought Joe’s zoo?) and the whole exotic animal industry is such a horror show. Jeff started a flea market/tiger “sanctuary” right next to the massive Naval Air Base in Beaufort SC that got shut down for multiple animal abuse charges, sold tiger cubs to people that shouldn’t even own a fish tank, he pretty much got ran out of town and bought Joe’s place in Oklahoma (again, I think 😂) because he’s just a steaming pile of shit. Obviously Joe isn’t Jeff Lowe but I can’t imagine that he’s any better of a person.
In Joe’s defense, if Trump can pardon the Chrisleys and Kodak Black then he has every right to be pissed off. At least he has his husband’s butthole painting to console him (I’m sorry I had to 😂).
You know what hell yeah free that man. He’s done enough time. He’s more of a loveable rouge than a dangerous criminal, Joe’s actually quite smart and he seems to be very aware of what’s happening culturally considering he’s in prison. His biggest downfall in life seems to be he’s a hopeless romantic who falls in love at the drop of a bar of soap.
Never watched Tiger King but find this coverage interesting.
Same. I've never seen it but have heard enough references to get the jist of it. Still pretty interesting to head. Emilie, I tried to read/listen last night but the "play" button for the AI wasn't enabled. I saw it was on there this morning. Thanks for including the feature. Sometimes I listen to the AI read like a podcast to take in your substacks.
I hope he gets a pardon. Maybe he just shouldn’t be allowed to have access to animals… lol
And I’d love to hear others’ takes.