Carole Baskin says she is not returning for season two of “Tiger King” due to numerous reasons.
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Baskin says she told producers to delete her contact after she was approached to do a second season of the Netflix hit series ‘Tiger King.’ She claims that producers duped her into believing that she would be seen as the heroine of the show but it was the complete opposite once it became a global phenomenon. The show discussed her first marriage to Don Lewis and his disappearance in 1997 which is still being investigated by his family.
“The first three months [after ‘Tiger King’ aired] my phone rang incessantly with people screaming obscenities. After that it slowed down, I didn’t take it personally but it really affected my husband [Howard Baskin] and daughter. If someone said something about someone you love, you would want to protect them,” she told Page Six in an exclusive.
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She added that the show’s popularity increased during the quarantine and Joe Exotic’s accusations made her infamous. Additionally, she believes if the show was released now, the feedback would’ve been completely different.
“Had it aired right now, it would have been a different experience. . . it was still cleverly edited and had things that weren’t true, but I don’t think there would have been a global vitriol and outpouring because people were so scared at the time.”