See Stars Dressed as Joe Exotic and the Cast of 'Tiger King' — Including Jared Leto, Sylvester Stallone and More!
By Marisa Petrarca
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Hey, all you cool cats and kittens! It's safe to say that the Tiger King craze hasn't gone unnoticed by the stars (Kim Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen binge-watched the docuseries). But there are some who've taken their love for the Netflix hit to the next level by dressing up as the eclectic cast for their social media followers.
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The first to serve up smiles on the 'gram was Jared Leto. The Suicide Squad actor fully committed to impersonating the infamous Joe Exotic by wearing an unbuttoned gold glitter Western-inspired shirt styled with a cowboy hat, sporty red sweatpants and a stuffed animal tiger. He managed to make the ensemble look chic and aptly captioned the pics, "#JaredLetoTigerKing."
After Leto nearly broke the Internet with his costume, Sylvester Stallone and his family decided to give the 48-year-old actor a run for his money. The Rocky alum teamed up with his wife, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, three daughters and the family pup to dress up as the entire cast of Tiger King. Unsurprisingly, the photos were epic.
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Each member of the family posted a photo from the iconic photoshoot to Instagram. Jennifer dressed up as Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin and iconically dressed up their dog as a big cat. She captioned the fam photo, "Quarantine has made us go Tiger King!🦁🦁🦁#tigerking."
As the nation continues to self-quarantine at home during the COVID-19 outbreak, this has proved to be the perfect time for people to experiment with TikTok dances or recruit family members to create Tiger King-themed costumes, just 'cause.
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Keep scrolling to see all the celebs who've dressed up as Joe Exotic or another member of the G.W. Zoo for fun.
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See Stars Dressed as Joe Exotic and the Cast of 'Tiger King' — Including Jared Leto, Sylvester Stallone and More!
Hey, all you cool cats and kittens! It's safe to say that the Tiger King craze hasn't gone unnoticed by the stars (Kim Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen binge-watched the docuseries). But there are some who've taken their love for the Netflix hit to the next level by dressing up as the eclectic cast for their social media followers. [ami-related id="1760271" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/stars-with-tiger-king-connections-britney-spears-beyonce-more/" title="Britney Spears, Beyonce, Michael Jackson and More Stars With Connections to 'Tiger King'" target="_blank" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Stars-With-Connections-to-Tiger-King.jpg"] The first to serve up smiles on the 'gram was Jared Leto. The Suicide Squad actor fully committed to impersonating the infamous Joe Exotic by wearing an unbuttoned gold glitter Western-inspired shirt styled with a cowboy hat, sporty red sweatpants and a stuffed animal tiger. He managed to make the ensemble look chic and aptly captioned the pics, "#JaredLetoTigerKing." After Leto nearly broke the Internet with his costume, Sylvester Stallone and his family decided to give the 48-year-old actor a run for his money. The Rocky alum teamed up with his wife, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, three daughters and the family pup to dress up as the entire cast of Tiger King. Unsurprisingly, the photos were epic. [ami-related id="1761970" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/14-documentaries-to-stream-if-you-loved-tiger-king/" title="Shocked by 'Tiger King'? 14 More Documentaries to Stream Now" target="_blank" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Documentaries-to-Stream-Just-as-Good-as-Tiger-King.jpg"] Each member of the family posted a photo from the iconic photoshoot to Instagram. Jennifer dressed up as Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin and iconically dressed up their dog as a big cat. She captioned the fam photo, "Quarantine has made us go Tiger King!🦁🦁🦁#tigerking." As the nation continues to self-quarantine at home during the COVID-19 outbreak, this has proved to be the perfect time for people to experiment with TikTok dances or recruit family members to create Tiger King-themed costumes, just 'cause. [ami-related id="1693615" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/pictures/celebrity-hair-changes-of-2020-haircuts-hair-color-extensions/" title="The Best Celebrity Hair Transformations of 2020: Miley Cyrus, Barbie Ferreira, Jada Pinkett Smith and More!" target="_blank" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JoJo-Siwa-Addresses-Her-Ponytail-and-Bow-Promo.jpg"] Keep scrolling to see all the celebs who've dressed up as Joe Exotic or another member of the G.W. Zoo for fun.
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The country singer shared a video on Instagram of his family dressed as the Tiger King cast on October 30, 2020. Aldean portrayed Joe Exotic while his wife, Brittany Kerr, was one of Exotic's husbands. The couple's daughter, Navy, was Carole Baskin while their son, Memphis, wore a tiger costume.
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"Carole Baskin, Joe Exotic and our tigers," Kardashian captioned an Instagram photo on October 30, dressed as Baskin. Her friend Jonathan Cheban dressed up as Joe Exotic while her four kids North, 7, Saint, 4, Chicago, 2, and Psalm, 17 months, all wore tiger costumes.
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Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest
During the October 30 episode of Live With Kelly and Ryan, Ripa and Seacrest walked out onto stage as Baskin and Joe Exotic, respectively. "Hey all you cool cats and kittens," Ripa opened the show. Seacrest also attempted to do Joe Exotic's accent during the broadcast, making them both laugh.
The late-night host dressed up not exactly as Joe Exotic, but instead did an impression of Nicolas Cage — who's been cast to play the Tiger King — during an at-home episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 5, 2020.
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Rhea Durham and Grace Wahlberg
On April 16, 2020, Mark Wahlberg shared a video of his wife and daughter dancing to a TikTok song about Carole Baskin dressed up as Tiger King's Joe Exotic. "Could somebody please tell me what this is? I went downstairs to get a snack," he jokingly wrote in the accompanying caption.
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In an unexpected turn of events, the 51-year-old singer produced a Tiger King parody song called "Little Pieces," a funny take from Carole Baskin's perspective. She promoted the epic YouTube video on Instagram post and captioned it, "Tiger cubs, the song is here! Find it on SoundCloud. Video coming next week! 🐯 #LittlePieces."
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Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams
LOL! The couple hilariously dressed up as Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin. Hyland captioned the selfie of the pair in costume, "That bi*ch Carole Baskin killed her husband.🐯👑" Her fiancé took to the comments section of the post to write, "Hey all you cool cats and kittens, day 27 of quarantine and we're all losing it."
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Patrick Starr
The beauty vlogger transformed himself into Joe Exotic from Tiger King and shared a video of the process for his 4.45 million YouTube subscribers. With the help of a blonde wig, an animal-print top, a cowboy hat and some cosmetics, the makeup artist perfected the G.W. Zoo founder's signature look.
The reality star dressed up as Joe Exotic on April 6 and the finished result was seriously impressive. She wore a baseball cap, an eyebrow ring, faux goatee and hair extensions that resembled the G.W. Zoo founder's infamous mullet. For her ensemble, the Couples Therapy alum wore an eclectic shirt covered in cats, styled with distressed jeans and an edgy choker. Finally, Stodden dressed her little pups up as big cats and posed with them for photos.
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The 911 Lone Star actor snapped a selfie impersonating the infamous Joe Exotic and posing with his dog in the same way the G.W. Zoo founder previously posed with one of his big cats. He captioned the hilarious Instagram photo, "Rob Exotic. UPDATE: Ryan Murphy and I will be developing our version of this insane story. Stay tuned!"
The Stallone Family
Sylvester Stallone and his family transformed themselves into the cast of Tiger King. His wife and three daughters all took to Instagram on April 1 to share photos from the photoshoot. The Rocky alum and his daughters dressed as Erik, Jeff, John, and Joe, while his wife Jennifer impersonated Carole Baskin. Even their family pup got involved, dressed as one of Baskin's big cats!
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The actor was the first to dress up as Joe Exotic from the Tiger King docuseries. He posted a series of three pics to his Instagram feed on March 27, dressed in a glittery cowboy costume while posing with a stuffed tiger.