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Doc Antle From Tiger King Was Included in Britney Spears's Iconic 2001 VMAs Performance
If you thought everyone's latest obsession, , couldn't get any wilder, how about we throw in a connection to Britney Spears?That's right: There's a direct line from the pop queen to this viral true-crime show about the world of big cat parks—and, more specifically, Doc Antle, the founder and owner of The Institute for Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S.) in South Carolina.We all remember famous performance of at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, which prominently featured a large python snake and, yes, a tiger. Guess who that tiger's handler was? One Doc Antle with long, dark hair.
