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Joe Exotic
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By Jarrod Thalheimer
iger King’s Joe Exotic has lots to teach about life and love…but only when you know how to look.
It was bound to happen. When hundreds of millions of people found themselves locked down with little to do other than eat and binge Netflix 24/7, the likelihood that some weird phenomena would take hold was pretty high. That the first, unofficial mascot of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown turned out to be a self-described “gay, guncarrying redneck with a mullet” simply speaks to the unbelievably bizarre circumstance we find ourselves in.
Shockingly, the man born Joseph Schreibvogel actually does have something worthwhile to share. No, it’s not about personal style (his hair!), fashion (those clothes!), relationships (seriously?), or even animal husbandry (good lord, no…). What Joe Exotic has shared about his life is exactly the sort of things the rest of us should never, ever do. Curious? You bet your Carole Baskin tiger-printed leggings you are. 98
ALWAYS SHARE PRIVATE MOMENTS IN ABSURDLY PUBLIC SETTINGS From the horrifically inappropriate memories he recounted during Travis Maldonado’s memorial to his routine offer of cash to almost anyone who would “dispose” of his main irritant Baskin, Joe Exotic proves once and for all that having a proper, balanced filter is the key to not having the kind of life he does. In the most direct way, knowing the difference between what you should say in public vs. what is totally off limits not only gives you a better shot at keeping your own relationships together, but it might just keep you out of jail too.
