Tiger King star Joe Exotic is tying the knot!
Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, announced the news on Twitter, sharing an image of him and his new fiancé whom he met while in prison.
"Meet Jorge Marquez he is 33. He is so amazing and is from Mexico," he wrote.
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Joe Exotic announced his engagement to Jorge Marquez. (Twitter: Joe Exotic)"Now, the quest of getting married in prison and getting him asylum or we be leaving America when we both get out.
"Either way, I wish I would have met him long ago."
Exotic became a household name back in 2020 when the American true crime documentary Tiger King was released on Netflix.
In the docu-series, fans were also introduced to Exotic's husband at the time, Dillon Passage.
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The pair were together for three years, before announcing their seperation in 2021.
"To answer the main question the public wants to know, yes, Joe and I are seeking a divorce," Passage wrote in an Instagram statement at the time.
He went on to explain that although it wasn't an easy decision to make, the couple had agreed their current situation wasn't "fair to either of us."
"It's something that neither of us were expecting but we are going to take it day by day," he added.
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Exotic became a household name in 2020 when the docu-series Tiger King was released. (Netflix)"We are on good terms still and I hope it can stay that way. I will continue to have Joe in my life and do my best to support him while he undergoes further legal battles to better his situation."
Prior to his marriage to Passage, Exotic was married to Travis Maldonado, who accidentally shot himself and died.
The former zoo keeper is currently serving a 21-year prison sentence after being convicted over his murder-to-hire plot against animal rights activist, Carole Baskin.
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