The star of a documentary series that gripped viewers worldwide during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic is now in his own state of quarantine in Texas. Joseph Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic of the Netflix series Tiger King,

“Tiger King” star Joe Exotic has been placed in quarantine. Joe, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was isolated after being infected with scabies, his legal team told The Dallas Morning News. Per the Mayo Clinic, scabies is a “contagious skin rash caused by a mite that burrows under the skin and lays eggs.”

Tiger King’s Joe Exotic, who is incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, was recently placed in quarantine after being infected with

Joe Exotic has raised the alarm about being infected with a parasitic infection ravaging the Federal Medical Center Fort Worth.

In an exclusive interview, Tiger King star Joe Exotic revealed details about his ailing prison nightmare and new cancer diagnosis.

DALLAS — "Tiger King’s" Joe Exotic, who is incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, was recently placed in quarantine after being infected with a contagious skin condition called scabies,