Joe Exotic's husband deported by ICE

Remember how last time Trump won he ordered a chauffeur to pull up to the prison because he was sure Trump would pardon him? This guys loves the leopard buffet.

He's gay and married to an immigrant and still voted trump? I knew magaheads were dense but this is neutron star level density!
- still voted trump
  He's in prison isn't he? He didn't vote
  
  Wait. I'm French so this made my brain fry.
  In the US prisoners have their constitutional rights removed?
  
  voted trump/supports trump, same thing
- “BuT i’M oNe Of ThE gOoD oNeS!”

Hahaha, you think a gay dude's getting one of Trump's golden tickets for US citizenship? I mean come on, has he even raped any women? Remember, trans ones don't count!
- i absolutely hate this, and at the same time, you're entirely on point here. it's beginning to feel a lot like sex crimes are a rite of passage to the new regime, bonus points if it's a hate crime directed at a trans person
  
  What do you mean "sex crimes"? There's about to be no such thing by the end of the next 4 years. Women won't be able to report crimes
  
  I'm honestly surprised they haven't lowered the age of consent to 12 whilst accusing transpeople of being pedos at the same time somehow.
- If you have 5 million, surely you'd just use that to live in a different country?
- I think trans ones count if you fuck em over instead of just merely fucking them....
  Just saying, my bf wishes he could fuck me as hard as the US Government does
  
  my bf wishes he could fuck me as hard as the US Government does
  Brand new sentence
- Hahaha, you think a gay dude’s getting one of Trump’s golden tickets for US citizenship?
  Very possibly, if you can get him in the same room as Trump and he does a good enough job of brown nosing.
  The Donald is a notorious queen, loves Broadway, loves gay culture and appropriates it with abandon, and would happily make a pageant of granting clemency to Joe Exotic's husband if he was in his 2020 celebrity heyday rather than the dustbin of Netflix history.
  I mean come on, has he even raped any women?
  Given the guy's history... I'm not counting it out.
  
  I've never seen him partake in gay culture or appropriate it even
- I mean come on, has he even raped any women? Remember, trans ones don't count!
  Does this mean trans-rape is 21st century lynching?

There's going to be so many fat leopards.
- I don’t think Joe can vote from prison.
  
  In some states you can't vote once you leave it either, for felonies. States like Missouri or Mississippi require extra steps like a pardon to get your voting rights back
- Leopards Ate My Husband
- Big cats ate them face

It's an older meme, but it checks out.
- I can definetely still hear this one!

These people never seem to realize that maybe he was the baddie after all and instead try leaning into it even harder in some attempt to appease him. It's frustrating how frequently this happens.
- Wenn das der Führer wüsste!
- https://i.imgur.com/0R12fGN.mp4 are they the baddies?

Why would Carol Baskin do this?

Wait he's actually gay? I never knew that
How do you deport a husband anyway, doesn't marriage guarantee citizenship?
- doesn't marriage guarantee citizenship?
  Not really in practice. There are other stories of spouses married to US citizens and being the parent to US babies. These guys are literally ripping families apart. They did it the first time and they are doing it now.
  There is a 'path' but the hoops you would have to jump through mean you'll self deport and be away from your family for a very long time(by design). The immigration system is backed up after all. Plus what ever stable job you had will be gone after the ~~months to~~ years long wait.
  
  Even 20+ years ago, it was a struggle. I had a boss who had married someone from Guatemala (I think, or maybe Peru? it's been a decade since I talked to him) while he was in the military overseas, and ended up having a child with her. When he came back, it took TWO YEARS, the wife and child left behind in south america the entire time, to get them approved to come and live back in the states.
  edit: 20+ years ago, not 15. I forgot how long it had been since I worked for him.
- You cannot change your status if you weren't "inspected on arrival" (have a visa) and you're banned from re-entering the country to be "inspected" for a decade after you leave. So if you overstay your visa you could change to permanent residence since you were "inspected" but if you never had a visa in the first place there's no pathway to legal residence even if you're married to an American citizen and have American citizen children.
- Did you not watch the show? It was a major focal point
  
  Considering reality TV was, is, and will continue to be nothing worth anyone's time, no.
  All I knew was that he used to be married to some chick named Carol Baskin, but she tried to kill him or something? Telephone games played via pop culture osmosis in which I'm only half-listening.
- "Service guarantees citizenship."
- Yeah turns out being an absolute maniac isn't reserved for straight people

Is Kid Rock dropping an album with Justin Bieber?

i thought a tiger would eat his face, but eventually turned out to be a leopard

This is my favourite one so far. Fuck Joe Exotic.

Joe Exotic really seems to be leaning into leopards these days.

I doubt that Joe Exotic has been married at any time in 2025
Exotic is gay and has referred to numerous partners as his husband despite them not being legally married.
It seems they were not married as of 1st November 2024
We filed our official papers for the marriage license from the prison yesterday, so we’re just waiting for approval. He has picked out December 12 as the date we’re hoping to get this approved by.
- Fine, but they can refer to each other as husbands if they like
  
  Well, yeah, but I believe the implication is that if they were legally married then Exotic's husband should be a US citizen and shouldn't have been deported.
  
  Note that might have legal consequences: if they expressed that in a court session it might be considered perjury or contempt of court. In general, people don't like being mislead, so using sentences that are easy to misinterpret when you could have used a more straightforward sentence will probably lead to trouble.
  Some consequences of "represent[ing] to others that the parties are married" can be considered quite negative: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/no-home-or-kids-together-but-couple-still-spouses-appeal-court-rules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage_in_the_United_States
  
  You know what? No. "Husband" "Wife" and "Spouse" have a legal meaning that has ramifications in tax and contract law, so I can only assume (especially from someone of his ethical caliber) that using such language is attempted fraud.
- Perhaps they weren't legally married but had some kinda tiger ceremony followed by a sweaty handshake..
- Marriage isn't a legal construct. The government doesn't have the right to own people's relationships. They can say they do, it doesn't make it true.
  
  Sorry guys, I agree with this take. The tricky part is the legal stuff tied to "single" or "married", etc but we shouldn't have distinguished based on that anyway.
  
  Traditionally marriage is about property rights, for the spouses and children. As such it was effectively a contract, and this is very much in what the government is for, since they will be the ones enforcing the contract if the parties disagree.
  In the modern USA especially, a whole package of benefits is tied to being married, from health care to pensions and so on. Again, the government literally must be involved.
  All of this is probably the main reason that people pushed so hard for gay marriage. Not having access to all of that was real discrimination.
  I would love for marriage to move from being a special thing to being like any other contract, but it would take decades of work to begin to untangle it from the current model.

Should a took em both. Hate to have couples separated
- That would require letting Joe Exotic out of prison.
  Just let the guy rot, then when he's served his time, send him to whatever country his meth head husband is from.
- You mean Shoulda(Should've) not should a.
  
  Yeah well sometimes I don't bother to correct heliboards autocorrect

Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving piece of shit. Zero sympathy.

Good! NO MORE IMMIGRANTS! But if he had $5Million I would also be ok with him coming back because RICH PEOPLE are BETTER then ME!

“I am never gonna financially recover from this situation.”

The faces are extra tasty.

If he can get $5 million, does that mean he financially recovered from this?

good ol' create problem, sell solution

Yeah, doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it.
Trump was exceedingly, vulgarly, and graphically clear that a vote for him was a vote the policy of heavy-handed and widespread immigration crackdowns.
- Except for Nicky Jam. She was hot.

even my myopic ass could have seen this one coming. this admin was never going to support him

Who?
- Joe Exotic is the guy from the Tiger King documentary that went viral during lockdowns. He's a gay republican presidential candidate, a (former) zoo owner, a tiger breeder and illegal seller, and currently in jail for attempting to have a rival zoo owner murdered.
  
  I'm still proud of the fact that I haven't seen Tiger King to this day.
  
  Basic Florida Man

Ernst Röhm.

tiger eats face too.
joke aside, I think this plays right into trumps hand, and establishing the narrative quite well: mass deportation is happening across the board, and you may get some mercy only if you beg the king.

Awwwww

Aren't people married to citizens also citizens? Not officially married?
- No, marriage to a U.S. citizen does not automatically make someone a U.S. citizen. Marriage to a U.S. citizen makes the spouse eligible for U.S. lawful permanent residence through a process with a lot of paperwork and waiting. After 3 years of lawful permanent residence they become eligible for citizenship if the couple remains married.
  
  but mah sitcomes :P ok ty.