Can we really expect a pardon for the Tiger King?

Currently serving time in prison for hiring a hitman to murder is cat-obsessed, (alleged) husband-killing rival, Carole Baskin, Joe Exotic is once again campaigning for an early release from his 22-year sentence. After failing to get Donald Trump’s attention, the gun-toting mullet aficionado is now reaching out to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to pardon him on medical grounds so he can seek treatment for prostate cancer.

Taking to Twitter he made the following claims:

“John Phillips has received my medical records from FMC Fort Worth and my PSA count came back very high for prostate cancer.”

“The prison has approved testing to verify what stage it is in.”

“My body is tired, I have lost a tremendous amount of weight, the mouth sores are out of control, I throw up more than I eat.”

“I don’t want anyone’s pity, what I need is when John Phillips gets the evidence he is working on, I need the world to help him get President Biden, VP Harris and the Attorney General to listen to the evidence.”

“And see that it’s not just city cops out of control with corruption, but his very own Department of Justice and make this right and sign that pardon that Trump left behind so I can go home and get proper medical care and proper food.”

With Nicholas Cage rumoured to have been cast to play him in a CBS drama series, it feels like the Tiger King hype hasn’t quite died just yet, and staying in the news cycle is probably Exotic’s best chance of getting out of prison. He’s currently 58 years old and it’s hard to imagine he’d be living a rich and nutritious life on the inside… That said, putting some distance between him and crystal meth is probably a good thing…

He later updated his tweet with the news that he’s scheduled to see an oncologist and urologist in June. Stay tuned…

Update: I have an appointment on the 27th with the oncologist and June 1 with the urologist. Now they report a biopsy will also be scheduled on a tumor on my right side below my ribs. Also scheduling a colonoscopy and endoscopy to find everything. pic.twitter.com/3MoODOnlet

— Joe Exotic (@joe_exotic) May 15, 2021