Incarcerated Tiger King star, Joe Exotic, claims an immune disorder he was born with will mean he is “dead in 2-3 months”. Exotic, real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage, made the revelation in a 3-page letter obtained by TMZ.
“As most people know I was born with CVID [common variable immune deficiency], not Covid-19, and hemogamaglobinanemia [sic] and required blood infusions every 4 weeks,” Exotic revealed.
However, Exotic claims he has not received a blood transfusion since January, causing his health to go downhill.
“I’m loosing [sic] weight, sores won’t heal, I’ll be dead in 2-3 months. It’s like I have been sent to death row.”
It appears that Exotic’s mental health has also taken a turn for the worse.
“My soul is dead, I struggle everyday to hold on to what little hope I can find,” he wrote.
In his letter, Exotic also urged fans to continue lobbying Donald Trump for his release.
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“Now I ask you to ask President Trump to keep his word and look into making this wrong a right and grant me a miricle [sic],” he wrote.
Exotic also used his letter to ask Kim Kardashian and Cardi B for support. The Netflix star also labelled those who have been sending him photos of his partner, Dillon Passage, “not cool”.
“It’s not cool, not funny and is not healthy for me, if he has moved on he should tell me. If he hasn’t I am begging to support me, sad to be dumped like a dog in a shelter but that’s how it feels,” he wrote.
Exotic is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence after a judge found him guilty of murder for hire and animal abuse.
Exotic’s feud with fellow zoo owner, Carole Baskin, was the subject of the 2020 Netflix documentary series, Tiger King. Despite Exotic’s incarceration, the feud between the two has continued, with Baskin most recently seizing control of the site on which Exotic’s zoo was built.
Check out ‘I Saw A Tiger’ by Joe Exotic:
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