Netflix's wild docu-series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness has become a worldwide obsession, and new details emerge about the outlandish people featured seemingly every day.
Just yesterday, Dillon Passage (Joe Exotic's fourth husband) had a chat with Andy Cohen to set some things straight and opened up about his speedy marriage to the zookeeper.
Exotic, of course, is currently serving a 22-year sentence for hiring a hitman to kill his archenemy, Carole Baskin, along with 17 counts of animal cruelty. Passage says he remains loyal to Exoctic and they still speak daily, but he was recently moved into quarantine because of coronavirus.
"We speak three to four times every day, but since he has been moved to this new facility, they are putting him on, like, COVID-19 isolation because of the previous jail he was at, there were cases, and so I have yet to speak to him since he has been moved," Passage said.
Throughout the interview, Cohen asks Passage all sorts of invasive and inappropriate questions about their sex life, including if Joe is a top or a bottom, if he is dominant in bed, and if he kept the Prince Albert padlock in when they were having sex. He even goes so far to inquire, "Were there tigers in the room when you were having sex?"
Passage dodged the uncomfortable questions with grace, but he did reveal how he and Joe Exoctic met: on Grindr.
The two connected on the app just weeks after Exotic's husband Travis Maldonado accidentally shot and killed himself.
"Me and my cousin went down to Safari Bar, which was a restaurant bar he had about a half a mile away from the zoo, and he sang to me." If you're wondering what song, it was "This Old Town" and according to Passage, Exotic has a "pretty decent" singing voice despite the fact that he isn't actually singing his songs in the documentary. (You read that right! Musicians Vince Johnson and Danny Clinton wrote and recorded them for his reality show and, without their consent or proper accreditation, Joe lipsynced over the songs like it was him singing them.)
But back to Passage—he and Exotic were married just two weeks later. While he admits they might've "jumped the gun" by getting married so quickly, the 24-year-old seems to truly care for Exotic, citing that the 57-year-old helped him get out of a dark place and helped him overcome a prescription drug addiction. For Passage, being with Joe was like "my own little rehab" and taking care of his own animals at the zoo gave him a purpose.
"He was just super sweet to me and came off very genuine and a good down-to-earth guy," he explained. "I do love Joe. He was there for me at my darkest times and I'm not just gonna dip out and abandon him when he needs me the most."
Cohen also asks Passage about the documentary's claim that Exotic's last two husbands were actually straight. Passage refutes that graciously, saying that Travis "didn't necessarily need to be gay to have a connection with Joe. Joe saved his life. He had a really strong connection with Joe and he loved him."
