The series has captivated tens of millions of viewers stuck at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Netflix announced Thursday that Tiger King fans would be getting a special treat with an additional episode to be hosted by Community’s Joel McHale.
The new episode is set to hit the streaming service on Sunday, April 12.
Coming soon: Netflix announced Thursday that Tiger King fans would be getting a special treat with an additional episode on April 12 to be hosted by Community’s Joel McHale
Netflix announced the upcoming episode with a tweet featuring Joel, who was wearing his best Joe Exotic costume while showcasing his abs.
He had two different scarves of cheetah and leopard print material over his shoulders and neck and he held on to his belted jeans throughout the clip.
McHale called the episode an ‘after show,’ so it’s presumably in a talk show format, similar to Talking Dead.
‘I talked to a lot of people involved in the project — Jeff and Lauren Lowe, Saff, Erik Cowie, John Finlay, John Reinke and Rick Kirkham — to see what’s happened in their lives since the release of the series,’ he said.
Playing the part: Netflix announced the upcoming episode with a tweet featuring Joel, who was wearing his best Joe Exotic costume while showcasing his abs
Getting the goods: ‘I talked to a lot of people involved in the project — Jeff and Lauren Lowe, Saff, Erik Cowie, John Finlay, John Reinke and Rick Kirkham — to see what’s happened in their lives since the release of the series,’ he said
Tiger King is a seven-part crime documentary following the exploits of Joe Exotic (Joseph Maldonado-Passage).
He owned an exotic animal park in Oklahoma and claimed to be the most prolific breeder of tigers in the United States.
The takes a stunning turn when the already outrageous breeder is convicted of trying to hire an FBI agent to kill Carole Baskin, an animal rights activist and his primary nemesis.
The series debuted to stunning numbers for Netflix, with more than 34 million people tuning in during the first 10 days, according to Nielsen estimates from Variety.
That makes the series more popular than Stranger Things season two was in its first 10 days, and within striking distance of Stranger Things season three.
Controversial: Tiger King is a seven-part crime documentary following Joe Exotic (Joseph Maldonado-Passage), a prolific tiger breeder who went to federal prison for attempted murder and multiple animal cruelty charges
Still going strong: Among Joel’s guests will be Saff Saffery, the former manager at Joe’s park who had to have his arm amputated after a brutal attack
Among Joel’s guests will be Saff Saffery, the former manager at the zoo who was shown being brutally attacked after sticking his arm in a cage.
He chose to forego two years of reconstructive surgeries and instead opted to have his shredded arm amputated in order to get back to working with the big cats sooner.
Fans will also hear from John Finlay, who married Joe in a non-binding polygamous ceremony a year before same-sex marriage became legal in the US.
Jeff and Lauren Lowe enter the documentary as Mephistophelean characters and unabashed swingers who invest in the park after Joe Exotic revealed his financial woes.
Close contact: Viewers will also hear from John Finlay, who married Joe in a polygamous ceremony
Non-binding: The marriage wasn’t ultimately legal, as it took place a year before same-sex marriage became legal in the US
Shady characters: Jeff and Lauren Lowe enter the documentary as Mephistophelean characters and unabashed swingers who invest in the park after Joe Exotic revealed his financial woes; shown April 5
Notably absent from the after show are Joe Exotic, who’s serving a 22-year federal sentence for attempted murder and multiple animal cruelty charges, and his antagonist Carole Baskin.
Joe was recently placed into Covid-19 isolation in prison after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for the illness.
As for Carole, Tiger King’s treatment of the animal rights activist led some viewers to blame her for the disappearance of her husband Don Lewis in 1997.
Some conspiracy theorists online have gone as far as to suggest that she killed him, destroyed his body in a meat grinder and then fed him to their tigers.
She lambasted the series as having ‘the sole goal of being as salacious and sensational as possible to draw viewers’ in a strongly worded post on her own Big Cat Rescue website.
She also claimed that her former husband had been suffering symptoms of dementia in the months leading up to his disappearance.
The big game: Notably absent from the after show are Joe Exotic, who’s serving a 22-year federal sentence for attempted murder and multiple animal cruelty charges; pictured with Shaquille O’Neal
Carole Baskin, an animal rights activist and Joe’s nemesis, lambasted the show and its treatment of her, so it’s not surprising that she won’t be appearing