Imprisoned ‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic engaged to fellow inmate: ‘Wish I would have met him long ago’

Time to cell-ebrate.

“Tiger King” star Joe Exotic – who is serving a 21-year federal prison sentence – revealed he’s engaged to a fellow inmate he hopes to wed behind bars in December. 

“Meet Jorge Marquez he is 33. He is so amazing and is from Mexico,” the Netflix star, 61, posted to his X account on Monday with a picture of him and his jailbird.

“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.”

The convicted felon announced on his X account that he’s engaged to a fellow inmate. joe_exotic/X

This will be his third marriage. 

The convicted felon, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, married Dillon Passage in December 2017 just two months after Exotic’s previous husband, Travis Maldonado, died in a self-inflicted, accidental shooting.

The reality star is seen in “Tiger King,” the wildly popular 2020 docuseries that revolved around exploits at his Oklahoma zoo. Netflix US/AFP via Getty Images

The docuseries stars separated in 2020 and filed for divorce the next year.

“We love each other very much, spend every minute of the day together,” Exotic told Entertainment Weekly of his new beau.

Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka Joe Exotic, in his 2018 mugshot after his arrest. Santa Rosa County Jail/ MEGA

“I’ve been through some s–t in my days. I buried two husbands, the third one ran off with $2.6 million bucks from Netflix and left my ass here, but Jorge is a very amazing young man.”

Exotic told the outlet he filed for their wedding license and hopes the prison warden allows them to wed on Dec. 12.

Tiger King star Joe Exotic rocks a longer mullet in his new prison booking photo. Santa Rosa County Sheriff / MEGA

The former zookeeper is currently incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, serving a 21-year sentence for scheming to hire a hitman to murder nemesis Carole Baskin and violating federal wildlife laws.

Joe Exotic was convicted for scheming to hire a hitman to murder nemesis Carole Baskin. Mirrorpix / MEGA

Exotic gained worldwide fame from the Netflix 2020 docuseries “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” which showcased his work and personal life as he looked after exotic big cats at his G.W. Zoo in Wynnewood, Oklahoma.

He was also convicted of violating federal wildlife laws. Schreibvogel/LC Coroner/Splash

He was arrested in September 2018, in the midst of filming the popular Netflix show, after federal prosecutors said he offered $10,000 to an undercover FBI agent during a December 2017 meeting to kill the Big Cat Rescue founder.

Exotic’s sentence was reduced by one year in January 2022, bringing him to a 21-year term.