After John Finaly would marry Joe Exotic and his new boyfriend Travis in a three way ceremony
despite the facts that he identified as a straight man.
After
John Finlay would appear in the Netflix Documentary Tiger King: Murder, Madness & Mayhem.
After John Finlay would become immortalized as a meme.
Tiger King is the best docuseries since Pumping Iron. It has everything, Tigers, Lions, Murder,
a Gay Redneck Throuple, a 1 armed lesbian, alligator arson, mullets, pizza made from
expired walmart meat, a zoo based sex cult, a crazy cat lady and country songs about tigers
and gay love. I mean what else could you ask for?
I did find out researching this video that Joe Exotic is lip singing in them videos...
but we ain't here to talk about Joe we are here to talk about his second husband Joe
Finlay. On first glance his Instagram didn't offer much.
Today John Finlay looks like an entirely different person with a full set of dentures but he
told the press that the producers of Tiger King had updated photos of him with his new
teeth but they chose not to use them.
He also clarified that his toothless smile wasn't the sole result of a meth addiction
like the doc would have you believe. John admitted to TMZ that meth was his drug of
choice but his teeth had been messed up long before that due to a genetic disorder. He's
also been off drugs for 6 years now and is happily married to a woman and is a father
to a young girl. I found out a ton of stuff you won't find in the series so here we go.
What's going on guys? It's your boy Michael McCrudden back at it again with a follow up
Where Are They Now on John Finlay from Tiger Kings. We recently did the same on Joe Exotic
and that video got a lot of attention. Tons of requests came in for additional characters
from the show so we dropped a video on Carol Baskin and I'm thinking of doing a Before
They Were Gone on Don Lewis. As always you guys gotta let me know who is next in the
comments down below. Text me at my new number – 416 846 4986. I've been chatting with
a ton of ya, aright, now let's get into this video.
We couldn't find a baby photo for John Finlay but he started working at the zoo when he
was 19 in June of 2003 making him 36 at the time of this recording and born in 1984. I
got a feeling he was born in the summer cause he definitely has them summer teeth, some
are here and some are there....
There is literally nothing out there about John's life before meeting Joe Exotic. He
shared that he had girlfriends all throughout high school, when he graduated he got the
gig with Joe at G. W. Zoo and moved in with him and the two entered into a 16 year relationship.
He worked there as a welder, general maintenance, animal handler and for his efforts he didn't
get paid a dime.
Joe did pay for his multiple tattoo that honoured Joe. John was there through a lots of ups
and downs in business. He went on the road with Joe for the Mall stops where he was a
magician. He witnessed the zoo explode in size to over a thousand animals of all shapes
and sizes. He was there for the opening of the pizzeria and Joe's TV studio and of course
became the muse for Joe's Lip Singing Love songs.
It was admitted in the doc by both Joe and John that meth had been a problem for both
of them at some point in time.
Over his time working at the G.W. Zoo John teeth started to fall out something he blames
on a genetic disorder. At the zoo John's favourite animals were the alligators and the G.W. Zoo
actually bought the gators that arrived to Michael Jackson prior to his death. Considering
these were John's favorite animals it probably hit him really hard when the whole
lot of them were boiled to death in the TV Studio fire.
Travis arrived at the zoo in 2013 initially working as a camera man. Joe Exotic took a
liking to the young kid and asked John if they could add another member to their relationship.
The next year all three were married in a wedding John Finlay has since explained was
never legally binding.
Him and Travis never really got a long.
John has since stated that the pink shirts were Joe's idea. Joe and John's relationship
began to deteriorate and he was having an affair with the zoo secretary. John told the
Texas Monthly that Joe had been obsessive and controlling in their marriage and that
Joe had "ruined his life." It was a messy breakup. Finlay attacked Joe in the back parking
lot. He was arrested and charged with assault and battery and he was done with the Zoo by
2017 or 2018.
From there John Finlay was out on his own, his first bit of business was to cover up
his pelvis tattoo which read "PRIVATELY OWNED BY JOE EXOTIC." Eventually he would get his
teeth fixed with a new set of dentures. Over on Instagram he's shown off picks flashing
his new pearly whites.
John is now living in Dallas and now works as a welder and his nickname is Gator. He
still spends his free time fishing and enjoys handling alligators
and crocodiles.
He's engaged to a woman named Stormey Sanders and it appears the two have a little girl
together. Speaking on his fiancée he stated:
"She is my wife, more then I could have ever hoped to find, my soul mate and true love.
I’m happier then I could have ever hoped to be."
He's also revealed that the producers behind Tiger Kings instructed him to conduct his
interviews topless to show off his tattoos. They also knew about his new teeth but chose
not to feature them in the show. There doesn't seem to be any bad blood between John and
Carole Baskin with him telling David Spade that he visited her Big Cat Rescue sanctuary
a number of times since breaking things off with Joe.
John doesn't speak to Joe Exotic and wants no contact with him, with the show being such
a success you gotta imagine there will be some sort of follow up.
If you wanna keep up with John you can follow him on Facebook on the page The Truth About
John Finlay a page that has shot up to 70K followers since
this series was released.