Rob Lowe latest to join Tiger King craze with comedic photo
Rob Lowe has joined Tiger King’s roster of celebrity fans.
The West Wing actor dressed up as the hit Netflix show’s star, Joe Exotic, in a photo shared to Instagram.
Dubbing himself Rob Exotic, the 56-year-old quipped that he and screenwriter Ryan Murphy were working on their own version of the “insane story”.
A post shared by Rob Lowe (@roblowe) on Apr 5, 2020 at 3:35pm PDT
He told his 1.5 million followers: “Rob Exotic. UPDATE: Ryan Murphy and I will be developing our version of this insane story. Stay tuned!”
The docu-series has become a phenomenon since it launched on Netflix, and Chrissy Teigen, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jared Leto are among its celebrity fans.
The series follows eccentric exotic animal park owner Joe Exotic, real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage, and other big cat breeders in the US, as well as the industry’s bizarre underworld.
Exotic, who was jailed for attempting to hire a hitman to kill animal rights campaigner Carole Baskin, has been the break-out star of the show.
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 26, 2020
Leto has also been captivated by Exotic, photoshopping his own face on to the same picture and hosting a Tiger King viewing party on social media.
See ya at 6PM PDT on Twitter 🐯🤴#JaredLetoCinemaClub #tigerking
A post shared by JARED LETO (@jaredleto) on Mar 26, 2020 at 9:41am PDT
He also shared a string of photos of himself dressed up as Exotic in his trademark outlandish outfits, complete with a cuddly tiger.
A post shared by JARED LETO (@jaredleto) on Mar 27, 2020 at 11:46am PDT
Rainn Wilson, one of the stars of the US version of The Office, shared an altered photo of his character, Dwight Schrute, superimposed on to Exotic’s face.
He captioned it: “Dwight Exotic.”
A post shared by Rainn Wilson (@rainnwilson) on Mar 30, 2020 at 11:25am PDT
Paltrow revealed herself to be a fan of the show, commenting on a fan theory about Baskin on Instagram.
One nation, united by Don Lewis. #CommentsByCelebs
A post shared by Comments By Celebs (@commentsbycelebs) on Mar 30, 2020 at 10:24pm PDT
Big Little Lies star Zoe Kravitz shared her passion for the show when she posted photos of star Doc Antle on stage with Britney Spears during her famous performance with a snake at the 2001 MTV VMAs.
A post shared by Zoë Kravitz (@zoeisabellakravitz) on Mar 30, 2020 at 10:10am PDT
She wrote: “Well friends. i think this might be the end of the ‘this is important’ series. because nothing will ever be more important, than this … it’s been real. it’s been important … thank you and goodbye.”
– Tiger King is streaming on Netflix now.