If you were to ask me (which nobody did), Joe Exotic's 15 minutes of fame look like they're pretty close to expiring. That would mean his options are limited and he better try to muster as much misguided support as he can to generate publicity for his bid to get out of prison. Just ask Steven Avery or Brendan Dassey about how long people continue to care about their own sense of righteousness once their Netflix viewing habits change.
And for people who aren't Joe Exotic, you'd better capitalize off his name now before he becomes the next *thinks for 20 seconds about some person people dressed up as for Halloween before completely forgetting about* Ken Bone. Judging by the 31,000+ Joe Exotic shirts on eBay (wtf?) a lot of people are going that route. But none of them quite have the, say, authenticity of this ugly as hell pink sequined shirt Joe was seen on camera wearing during the second episode of the docuseries:
That shirt, gaudy as it is, is allegedly up for bids on eBay. Though we have no reason to doubt it's real, we can't quite confirm. Spend your stimulus bucks at your own risk.
The shirt's current owner, Vincent Baran, told TMZ he found the piece of clothing a few weeks ago while browsing the internet. The place that was selling it was the Greater Wynnewood (G.W.) Zoo (which, you probably could've guessed, is Joe's old zoo). The shirts weren't free, but they were significantly cheaper than the current top bid. Baran said they were asking for $100 for each piece of Joe's clothes. When the below screenshot was snapped, the eBay bid was up to $765. It rose to $785 a few minutes later and may very well be higher by the time you're reading this:
With a sales description like this, who wouldn't top the highest bid?
This shirt is guaranteed authentic and is a very rare piece. The zoo has sold off the shirts worn by his backup helpers from the various shows performed at the zoo, but this is the only one of the bunch that was WORN by Joe Exotic himself.
There may still be time for you to get in here, with the auction set to close midday Friday, April 17. With money growing on trees in this current economy, as well as even more booming future projections thanks to the coronavirus, you'd be real stupid not to buy.
