Tiger King star Joe Exotic is engaged to fellow inmate as he issues loved-up announcement

Joe Exotic, star of Netflix, Tiger King is engaged to a fellow inmate

Tiger King star, Joe Exotic, is engaged to a fellow inmate he met during his 21 year prison stretch.

The controversial character, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, took to X/Twitter on October 28 to announce the news. In the post, he formally introduced his partner, who is a fellow inmate, before sharing that they’re figuring out their plans to get married.

“Meet Jorge Marquez, he is 33. He is so amazing and is from Mexico. Now, the quest of getting married in prison and getting him asylum, or we be leaving America when we both get out,” Maldonado-Passage wrote. “Either way, I wish I would have met him long ago.”

Joe Exotic has been married twice. In 2021, his ex-husband, Dillon Passage, confirmed he was divorcing the Netflix star after three years of marriage.

“Yes, Joe and I are seeking a divorce," he penned at the time. “This wasn’t an easy decision to make but Joe and I both understand that this situation isn’t fair to either of us. It’s something that neither of us were expecting but we are going to take it day by day.”

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