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Fans hoping to see more of Carole Baskin in the follow-up to NetflixтАЩs тАЬTiger KingтАЭ docuseries are in for some disappointment.
While appearing on тАЬBehind The Velvet Rope with David YontefтАЭ, Baskin makes it clear she has no interest in the series producers who would тАЬlike to clear the airтАЭ with the Big Cat Rescue owner in season 2.
тАЬI told them to lose my number. My husband said, you know, whatever you do with a тАШTiger King 2тАЩ, thatтАЩll tell us whether or not youтАЩre really going to tell the truth,тАЭ Baskin explains. The show became a global pop culture phenomenon as it tracked the sordid details of the big cat trade and its eccentric players including Baskin and Joe Exotic. Baskin has been outspoken in her criticism of the series since its release, alleging the producers duped her into making a different series than she had signed up for.
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Baskin says the producers have reached out to several personalities who appeared in тАЬTiger KingтАЭ for follow-up interviews, alleging they were forced to sign new contracts forbidding them from discussing тАЬTiger KingтАЭ with anyone outside of the Netflix production.
тАЬI think what they were trying to do is, they realized, this is just my belief, that this was such a successful runaway hit, they didnтАЩt want anybody actually talking to these people to get to the truth. They wanted to maintain the narrative that they have already put out there. And so we just refused to even talk to them,тАЭ she claims.
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However, despite her personal opinion on the finished series, Baskin says she doesnтАЩt have regrets about her participation and would do it all over again if offered the chance due to the spotlight thrust on the Big Cat Public Safety Act.
тАЬI would have. And the reason I would have is because I really think that this has opened a door to getting this federal bill passed. We are further along than weтАЩve ever been with Big Cat Public Safety Act. We have 178 members of Congress that have already signed up in the house. And I think weтАЩre 21 members of the Senate who have signed up saying that theyтАЩll support the bill,тАЭ she explains. тАЬAll we need is a hearing in both chambers and we are done. It ends the cub petting and it phases out private ownership. People who have those animals can keep them, they just canтАЩt buy or breed more.тАЭ
She continues: тАЬAnd so if thatтАЩs what it took to get to this point, then it was worth it. If you ask my husband or my daughter, that question, they would have a very different answer though.тАЭ
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Though Baskin may not be interested in the тАЬTiger KingтАЭ follow-up, she seems to have no problem with a fictionalized telling of her story. Though Amazon has scrapped its series starring Nicolas Cage as Joe Exotic, one project is currently in the works with Kate McKinnon as Baskin.
тАЬKate McKinnon, she is gorgeous and sheтАЩs so talented, but you know, she could play the 16-year-old me. She canтАЩt play the 60-year-old me,тАЭ Baskin says. тАЬI think the person that would be most believable as me would be Meryl Streep. You know, sheтАЩs just kind of a no-nonsense kind of a person. And I think that that suits my personality and sheтАЩs my age.тАЭ
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