Tiger King star John Finlay reveals his new set of teeth as he claims Netflix unfairly depicted him: ‘It’s all about the ratings… not the people they hurt’
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness has become America’s newest obsession since it premiered last Friday on Netflix.
One of the true crime documentary series’ most memorable faces is that of Joe Exotic’s now ex-husband, John Finlay.
This week the star took to social media to show off his new teeth, which he says are actually not that new.
Say cheese: Tiger King star John Finlay recently revealed his new set of teeth, which has earned quite the reaction from the series’ quickly growing fanbase
Hidden smile: He actually got his new chompers in July of 2019, but he claimed that Netflix actively decided not to include them in the limited series
Finlay got his new chompers in July of 2019, but he claimed that Netflix actively decided not to include them in the limited series.
He wrote on his Facebook group The Truth About John Finlay: ‘Yes I have my teeth fixed.
‘The producers of the Netflix series had video and pictures of this, but chose not to show it. It’s all about the ratings for them, not the people they hurt.’
He started the page to correct what he feels Netflix got wrong with the seven-part series, which documented his and Joe Exotic’s polygamist marriage with Travis Maldonado.
Fact or fiction? He recently started a Facebook page to correct what he feels Netflix got wrong with the seven-part series, which documented his and Joe Exotic’s polygamist marriage with Travis Maldonado
Starting over: He currently lives with his fiancée Stormey in central Oklahoma, where he works as a welder
Fellow subjects Carole Baskin and Joe Exotic have also taken issue with their depictions.
Finlay also clarified to TMZ that his teeth loss was not due to meth abuse but genetic issues.
Although he admitted that he’d done meth in the past, but claimed he had been clean for six years.
He currently lives with his fiancée Stormey in central Oklahoma, where he works as a welder.
The seven-episode docu-series, which premiered on the streaming platform on March 20, follows the true story of a man who goes by Joe Exotic, a tiger breeder who ran an exotic animal park in Oklahoma.
Joe’s life has been ‘you can make this up’ wild, from his three-way wedding to two different men to his years-long feud with Carole Baskin, which culminated in a 22-year prison sentence after he was found guilty of hiring an undercover FBI agent to murder her.
Stranger than fiction: Tiger King tells the wild but true story of big cat enthusiast Joe Exotic’s murder-for-hire plot against animal activist Carole Baskin
Who is Joe Exotic from Netflix’s hit docu-series Tiger King?
Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, 56, is also known by the nickname ‘Joe Exotic,’ and is the subject of Netflix’s new documentary Tiger King.
He once was the owner of Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma.
He was known for his colorful personality, and in 2016 he ran as a write-in candidate for president, even appearing on John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight to promote himself.
They do: Joe had a three-way wedding with Travis Moldonado and John Finlay in 2014; he was married to five men total
In 2017, he ran as a Libertarian candidate for Oklahoma governor.
Joe had been married four times in all, to a total of five men.
His longest marriage was to Brian Rhyne from 1986 to 2001, followed by his union with J. C. Hartpence.
He then had a three-way wedding with Travis Moldonado and John Finlay in 2014, but in 2017, a then 23-year-old Moldonado died after authorities say he accidentally fatally shot himself in the head.
Mug shot: Joe Exotic is currently in a federal prison
His final marriage was to Dillon Passage in December 2017, and they were together when Joe was arrest in 2018.
In April of 2019, Joe was found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot targeting the CEO of Big Cat Rescue, Carole Baskin.
The jury heard evidence that he paid a man $3,000 to travel to Florida to kill Baskin, with a promise to pay more after she was dead. He was upset that Baskin, an outspoken critic of his, had won a million-dollar civil judgment against him.
After his initial attempt failed, he offered $10,000 to an undercover FBI agent to kill Baskin during a meeting that was recorded and played for the jury. In the recording, he told the agent: ‘Just like follow her into a mall parking lot and just cap her and drive off.’
Joe was also convicted for killing five tigers, selling tiger cubs, and falsifying wildlife records.
In January of this year, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
After the sentence, he released a statement via Facebook saying he planned to appeal.
He said: ‘I still maintain my innocence and looking forward in the upcoming days to my attorneys filing my appeal and moving onto the next step in this nightmare.’
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