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This news is the cat’s pajamas. Tiger King ’s Joe Exotic announced he has once again married, tying the knot with a fellow prison inmate. “Never been more proud of someone,” Joe wrote on X , formerly Twitter, April 21.
“Meet my husband Jorge Flores Maldonado .” The announcement was accompanied by an image of Joe (born Joseph Maldonado-Passage ) and Jorge, né Jorge Marquez , dressed in matching suits, including white baseball caps and boutonnieres, in front of a green screen background of a sunny park and flower arch. The 62-year-old’s nuptials come six months after he shared the news of his engagement to Jorge in October, at the time writing of his fiancé , “He is so amazing and is from Mexico.
” Joe added on X of his relationship with Jorge, 33, “Now, the quest of getting married in prison and getting him asylum or we be leaving America when we both get out. Either way, I wish I would have met him long ago.” While the Netflix series subject has found happiness in his Florida prison where he is currently serving a 21-year-sentence, Joe has said he is looking to overturn his conviction for the attempted murder-for-hire of his rival Carole Baskin , long proclaiming his innocence.
In fact, when one X user wished him luck on his case in response to Joe’s wedding news, Joe responded, “On appeal and should win.” The former big cat owner was previously married to Travis Maldonado —their relationship being featured in Tiger King —before Travis died from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound in October 2017. Joe then married Dillon Passage , also featured in the documentary, just months later.
Their relationship, however, ended shortly after Joe began his prison sentence in 2021, with Dillon confirming the split in a since-deleted Instagram post. “To answer the main question the public wants to know, yes, Joe and I are seeking a divorce,” he wrote at the time. “This wasn't an easy decision to make but Joe and I both understand that this situation isn't fair to either of us.
It's something that neither of us were expecting but we are going to take it day by day.” Dillon—who has since gotten engaged to John Devarti —added of Joe, “I will continue to have Joe in my life. And do my best to support him while he undergoes further legal battles to better his situation.
” For more celebrities who have tied the knot this year, keep reading. Melissa Rivers & Steve Mitchel Joan Rivers ' daughter officially tied the knot with the Los Angeles-based attorney in a Wyomming ceremony in March, just months after the couple's house burned down in the Los Angeles wildfires. “We were going to cancel,” Melissa—who got engaged to Steve in November 2023—told People in an article published March 20.
“I was tapping out, like ‘I just can’t do this.’ And that’s when my friends stepped in and said, ‘We are doing this’ because a number of people who are coming lost their homes too, and they were like, ‘Thank God we have this to look forward to.’” And good thing, as the television host described their special day as "perfect.
" Gabby Windey & Robby Hoffman In March, the Traitors star shared that she and the comedian got married in a private Las Vegas ceremony earlier this year. "It was the best," Gabby told Cosmopolitan in an interview published March 5. "In a weird way, it was giving Bachelor because there were roses everywhere.
I never envisioned my wedding as a kid or anything, but that's part of what made this feel so right. Actually being there and feeling it, it was so us." Justine Lupe & Tyson Mason The Nobody Wants This star tied the knot with the Detention actor at a Los Angeles courthouse on Feb.
18. In tow were the couple's baby girl Ellis , as well as their dog Lil. St.
Vincent While accepting the 2025 Grammy award for Best Rock Song, the "Broken Man" singer (real name Annie Clark ) revealed she got hitched. "Thank you to my beautiful wife Leah , our beautiful daughter," she shared, adding that "this record was obviously a labor of love." Michael Zegen & Jennifer Damiano Meet the marvelous newlyweds! The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel actor and the Broadway star tied the knot at a New York ceremony in January, according to theater publicist Chelsea Nachman . Stephanie Rice & Mark Lassey The Olympic swimmer married the pastor at a ceremony in Perth, Australia, on Jan. 10.
"The day was everything we dreamed it would be—overflowing with love, joy, and the tangible presence of God," she wrote on Instagram . "It felt like heaven touched earth." Angelo Massagli & Caitlin Hale The former School of Rock costars—who met as kids on the Jack Black movie, before reconnecting as adults pursuing careers outside of acting—tied the knot at a Jan.
4 ceremony attended by their castmates. Briana Cuoco & Brian Logan Dales Kaley Cuoco officiated her sister's New Year's Eve wedding at the Cathedral of St. Vibiana in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, the Big Bang Theory alum and fiancé Tom Pelphrey 's daughter Matilda served as a flower girl..
