Tiger King on Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic was jaw-dropping. It showed Exotic, real name Schreibvogel, airing his hatred of his rival Carole Baskin – the woman he was later found guilty of plotting to kill.
He talked about hiring a hitman to bump her off, warned of her impending doom and generally ran her down.Yet all of these quotes were edited out of Louis’ 2011 doc, America’s Most Dangerous Pets.
As was footage of the sick former zoo owner gleefully shooting a horse in the head – so much for his claims to be an “animal lover”.It seems no alarm bells went off when Joe spewed toxic threats.Instead, Louis warmed to the “endearing” craziness of this fast-talking, gun-toting crank in his fake cop uniform and was spellbound by his.
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