The couple founded Wildlife on Easy Street, an animal sanctuary near Tampa for big cats, in 1992. In January 1991, Baskin married her second husband, Don Lewis, and joined his real estate business. To make money, she began breeding show cats and used llamas for a lawn trimming business. Career Animals Ī tiger at Baskin's animal sanctuary Big Cat Rescue in 2012Īt the age of 17, Baskin worked at a Tampa, Florida, department store. She later purchased a Datsun truck and slept in the back with her pet cat. Baskin then hitchhiked back and forth between Florida and Bangor, Maine, sleeping under parked cars. She dropped out of high school and left home with a local roller rink employee.
At age 14, Baskin reports having been gang raped by three men who lived across the street from her house, claiming that she received no emotional support from her family. She expressed an interest in saving cats when she was nine, but she decided against pursuing a career in veterinary medicine after she learned that veterinarians euthanize animals. Early life Ĭarole Ann Stairs was born on June 6, 1961, on the Lackland Air Force Base in Bexar County, Texas. She and her husband Howard also appeared in the 2021 Louis Theroux documentary Shooting Joe Exotic. īaskin is also well known for her appearance on Dancing with the Stars, featuring her dancing to a cover of the song " Eye of the Tiger".
Her catchphrase, "Hey all you cool cats and kittens!", also became a meme as a result of Tiger King. Baskin denied these claims in a post on Big Cat Rescue's website.
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Following the release of the series, Baskin received abuse online due to the third episode of the series speculating that Baskin was involved in the disappearance of Don Lewis, her second husband. She has attracted the attention of local, national and international media outlets to the plight of captive big cats.īaskin drew public attention when she was featured in the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary series Tiger King, which follows Baskin's escalating feud with Oklahoma-based private zoo owner Joe Exotic. Cupp.Carole Ann Baskin (née Stairs, formerly known as Carole Murdock and Carole Lewis born June 6, 1961) is an American animal rights activist and CEO of Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit animal sanctuary based near Tampa, Florida. NBC has launched an Emmys campaign for the series, even hosting an FYC panel with Baskin and Lisa Vanderpump, moderated by CNN’s S.E. “There’s a human cost, not just a joyous celebration where we can send a note out to the cast and celebrate how well we’re doing.” The finale ratings were a series-high with a combined audience of 4.1 million viewers on Bravo, on-demand and Peacock within three days of its May 17 airing. “It’s hard,” producer Alex Baskin told me at the time. She wrote in an Instagram story, I ❤️ you and so does everyone else!!!” “He was like, ‘Don’t be mad at me!’ I was like, ‘Don’t be named Tom!’”Ĭuoco showed her support for Madix after the Season 10 finale of “VPR” aired in May. “I was immediately mad at him for like two weeks because his name is Tom,” she recalled. If she’s comfortable with it then I’m comfortable with it.”Īgain, Cuoco laughed, “I act like she’s my best friend.”Ĭuoco got so caught up in #Scandovol that she took out some of her feelings on her fiancé Tom Pelphrey.
Would I mind seeing her on the show? Absolutely not. She continued, “I don’t think Raquel is going to get a warm welcome back. “I’m Instagram friends with some of them.”ĭoes she want Sandoval and Leviss to return for another season? “They’re dead to me,” Cuoco said, before adding with a laugh, “I’m acting like it’s something that happened to me.”
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