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Joe Exotic Is Pissed Trump Didn't Pardon Him Because He's 'Too Gay'
The Netflix star isn't too happy that he didn't get one of Trump's final presidential pardons...
Joe Exotic, star of Netflix's hit docuseries Tiger King, is still in prison, no thanks to Donald J. Trump.
If you remember from the series that took the world by storm last year, Exotic is currently serving a 22-year sentence after hiring a hitman to murder his archnemesis, Carole Baskin, along with 17 counts of animal cruelty.
In one of his last acts as president, Trump pardoned 73 people for their various crimes (including former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and rapper Lil Wayne) and granted clemency for 70 others. Exotic's name did not appear on the list, and with Trump leaving Washington D.C. today, it seems the mullet-wearing anti-hero has lost all hope of leaving prison any time soon.
\u201cI was too innocent and too GAY to deserve a Pardon from Trump. I only mattered to Don Jr. when he needed to make a comment about me to boost his social media post. Boy were we all stupid to believe he actually stood for Equal Justice? His corrupt friends all come first.\u201d— Joe Exotic (@Joe Exotic) 1611167692
"I was too innocent and too GAY to deserve a Pardon from Trump," Exoctic tweeted. "I only mattered to Don Jr. when he needed to make a comment about me to boost his social media post. Boy were we all stupid to believe he actually stood for Equal Justice? His corrupt friends all come first."
Exotic is referring to a Sirius XM Radio interview last year where Trump Jr. said the charges against the mullet-wearing personality were "aggressive." He "watched the show, but it was like, I don’t know exactly what he was guilty of or wasn’t. It doesn’t seem like he was totally innocent of anything. But when they’re saying, 'We’re putting this guy away for 30 years,' I’m saying that seems sort of aggressive."
In September, Exotic's lawyers filed a pardon application claiming their client had been "railroaded and betrayed" by enemies and that "he will likely die in prison" from health complications.
According to The Sun, Exotic's lawyers were so sure that he was going to be pardoned yesterday that they booked a limo that was waiting outside the FMC Prison in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as a hair and makeup team.
\u201cThis is the stretch Limo standing by at #JoeExotic Fort Worth Lawyers office. I\u2019m told they\u2019re waiting on a call from the White House confirming the presidential pardon before heading to pick him up at the prison. @CBSDFW\u201d— Ken Molestina (@Ken Molestina) 1611092122
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Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
