Joe Exotic (Tiger King)

Zoo operator, murder-for-hire

Contemporary weird famous 175 sayings

Sayings by Joe Exotic (Tiger King)

I can almost promise you some of you will be urinated on. If that happens, we have T-shirts in the gift shop that says, 'I got peed on by a tiger.'

Pre-2020 — Warning to zoo audience, as seen in Tiger King.
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I've had some kinky sex. I have tried drugs through the younger years of my life.

2016 or earlier — Campaign video / self-description, as seen in Tiger King.
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I consider that bitch to be one of the biggest terrorists in the exotic animal world.

Pre-2020 — Referring to Carole Baskin.
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You want to be transgender then pay for the surgery, the government is not going to.

2024 — Social media post / presidential campaign statement from prison.
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Smile everyone! Life could be worse. You could have a crotch like Carole does.

Pre-2020 — Facebook post.
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And it didn't matter how stupid he had to get... or if I was sittin' there concentrating as hard as I could... on the computer to write a letter to a senator or congressman or something else, he'd come and rub them balls in my face.

Pre-2020 — Eulogy for his husband Travis.
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GUESS WHAT MOTHER F***ER.

Pre-2020 — General exclamation, used in the documentary.
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Jeff conned everyone because he's jealous. He's a little man with a little dick… and a limp and he's bald and he's got to pay everyone to have sex with him.

Pre-2020 — Accusation against Jeff Lowe, as seen in Tiger King.
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This is my little town. I'm the mayor, the prosecutor, the cop, and executioner.

Pre-2020 — Describing his control over his zoo domain, as seen in Tiger King.
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I had to throw a potato from the living room to the dining room just to run out the door.

Pre-2020 — Anecdote from Tiger King.
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Just about everyone you helped has turned on you and the only one who supported you (Me), you left in prison.

2024 — X (Twitter) post to Donald Trump from prison.
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As a gay man I am ashamed of those of you who represent my life style. Get your s— together.

2023 — Tweet from prison.
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You LGBTQ people in todays [sic] movement need to clean up your act, dress appropriate, act civilized and be respectful and you would gain so much more respect then doing this s— in public and thinking your cute.

2023 — Tweet from prison.
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I had the most beautiful, privately owned zoo in the world… Anybody who ever complained about my cages being too small... All they had to do is donate money to build a bigger cage.

2023 — Interview from prison.
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I don't know why the hell I'm gay. I fight it every day and have for 57 years.

2023 — Interview from prison.
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The only time I've ever smoked weed was right after Travis died.

2023 — Interview from prison, recounting a story.
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I saw a tiger, and the tiger saw a man.

Pre-2020 — General statement, possibly from the documentary.
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That lady profits over $1.5m, suckin' on your heartstrings about shit on the internet that ain't even true.

Pre-2020 — Referring to Carole Baskin.
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One day I went out to open up the mailbox and it just exploded with snakes.

Pre-2020 — Anecdote from his life.
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Does it feel good to stand on my stage with 500-pound tigers and everybody envy you? Absolutely.

Pre-2020 — Describing his experience as a showman.
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