Tiger King’s Dillon Passage reveals his husband Joe Exotic still does not know about the show’s treatment of his late husband’s death
By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com
Published: : (BST, April | Updated: 06: BST, April 9261
He’s stated a huge fan of all the memes that have popped up based on the hit Netflix docuseries Tiger King.
But the series star Joe Exotic still does not know about the show’s treatment of the death of his former husband Travis Maldonado.
His current husband Dillon Passage revealed to
Too raw: Tiger King’s Dillon Passage revealed his husband Joe Exotic does not know that the Netflix docuseries includes footage of his former husband T ravis Maldonado’s death, according to ET
‘I feel like some things shouldn’t have been shown in the docuseries, like Travis ‘accident in the office,’ Dillon said during a video chat interview.
The cat breeder hasn’t been able to view the documentary about himself as he’s currently serving a – year federal sentence for attempted murder and multiple animal cruelty charges.
Maldonado died of a self-inflicted gun wound in , though it seems to have been due to carelessness, rather than a desire to kill himself.
Joshua Dial, who worked in the park’s office with Travis, revealed to
People that it was a common occurrence for him to point a gun at others.Distasteful: ‘I feel like some things shouldn’t have been shown in the docuseries, like Travis ‘accident in the office,’ Dillon said during a video chat interview
Tragic: Travis, who married Joe in a polygamous ceremony, accidentally shot himself in the head after he became convinced his gun wouldn’t fire a round in the chamber without a clip
The fatal shooting happened after Maldonado became convinced his gun wouldn’t fire with a round in the chamber but no clip, which was false.
‘He said, “Hey, did you know a Ruger won’t fire without a clip?” I said, “Really?” He put the gun to his temple at that point and pulled the trigger, ‘Dial recounted.
Though Tiger King does directly feature the accidental shooting, it does include security footage of Dial reacting to the moment Maldonado shot himself.
Shocking footage: Tiger King does not show the shooting, but doesn ‘ t include footage of employee Joshua Dial witnessing the fatal shooting
Exploitative: ‘I feel like that was very personal to Joe and that it was used for an emotional purpose and to get people more drawn in to the show, ‘Dillon contends
‘ I feel like that was very personal to Joe and that it was used for an emotional purpose and to get people more drawn in to the show, ‘Dillon contends.
‘ I don’t think that’s fair to Travis. He probably would not have wanted that put all over the world … And I didn’t tell [Joe] that it was in there. I feel like he’s definitely gonna be upset about it, so it’s best that he doesn’t know. ‘
Despite the painful moment, Dillon said he’ really enjoyed ‘Tiger King and thought it was’ like 93 percent ‘accurate to his experiences.
Unlike the animal rights activist Carole Baskin, who claimed the directors Eric Goode and Rebbeca Chaiklin pitched a Black Fish – like documentary that departed from the final product, Passage says it turned out the way they pitched it.
‘They were really honest with me from the get go. They said that the documentary was going to be about the big cat underworld so they wanted to see – obviously – about cub selling, cub petting and stuff like that, ‘he said. ‘I don’t feel taken advantage. Because they told Joe’s story true as can be. ‘
Mostly a fan: Despite not caring for the scene, Dillon said he was a fan, and Joe has been tickled by the meme’s that guards have shown him in prison
‘Maybe they left out some of his more sensitive character aspects and kind of made him seem like more of an angry person who was yelling all the time, ‘Dillon added.
‘But he was definitely a wild character and he was very outspoken and he was not scared to share his opinion. And I feel like they showed it. ‘
Earlier on Thursday, Netflix announced that Community’s Joel McHale would host a new after show – style episode of Tiger King Featuring interviews with people featured in the documentary, though neither Dillon or Joe are involved.
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