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According to McHale, the new episode will be an “after show,” titled The Tiger King and I, in which he’ll interview some of the players from the main series to see what’s happened in their lives since it aired. Among those taking part will be Lowe and his wife Lauren, longtime GW Zoo manager John Reinke, Joe Exotic associate Joshua Dial, his ex-husband John Finlay, GW Zoo employees Kelci “Saff” Saffery and Eric Cowie, and Rick Kirkham, the deadpan ex-reality TV producer who worked with Exotic to develop a reality show (which never materialized).
Presumably not taking part in the show will be Exotic himself, as he is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for allegedly hiring a hitman to kill Baskin. Speaking of Baskin, it’s also doubtful that she’ll be involved, as she has loudly and publicly denounced the filmmakers behind Tiger King for basically slandering her, and allowing all of those unreliable, untrustworthy people to talk about how she maybe fed her husband to tigers.
It also looks like “Doc” Antle, who is still quite busy running The Institute for Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (or T.I.G.E.R.S.) down in Florida. Considering the insanely wild ride that was Tiger King, though, it’s certain that McHale’s subjects will have a heck of a lot to say. In a video announcing the episode drop, McHale promised that the after show will be “eye-opening, and hopefully funny.” We have no doubt that it’ll be both.
Written by: Looper
