Netflix ‘Tiger King’ spoilers find that in episode 2 of Tiger King we meet Doc Antle. Doc Antle is this guy who runs the T.I.G.E.R.S. preserve. According to Mario Tabraue’s wife, Maria Tabraue , Doc has only 3 wives. When Joe Exotic was questioned about it, he said that Doc had four or five girlfriends, Reinke said that he didn’t care how many wives he had, but Saff said that Doc Antle has nine wives and after seeing this whole thing, I kind of believe Saff.
Now, what people choose to do with their private lives is largely their own thing, but Doc said some things that were kind of questionable, to say the least. He said that operating the preserve takes a great big cohesive family unit. I don’t know about you, but I don’t know too many bosses that refer to what would be their employees as ‘a family unit’. Most Bosses tend to just give their employees a list of duties, pay them, and aside from maybe some witty back and forth banter they don’t refer to them as family. Usually, because they have their own families, outside of work. But not Doc Antle!
Netflix ‘Tiger King’ Spoilers: Is Doc Antle Running A Sex Cult?
The T.I.G.E.R.S. preserve has an apprenticeship program, in which teenagers go to live on the preserve. His first lure–excuse me–apprentice was China, who came to live on the preserve as a 17-year-old. I’m sure it was just kismet that she ended up as his ‘girlfriend-partner’ as he put it. The next girlfriend-partner is Rajnee, a ‘little Italian lady’, because let’s face it, people just love to be referred to by their nationality, has spent 20 years on the reserve with him. The third girlfriend-partner is called Moksha, and she has spent 16 years with Doc Antle. What bothered me is that he gave them qualifying descriptors, like Rajnee, was the ‘little Italian lady’ and Moksha was ‘the girl with the big teeth’. Almost like he couldn’t tell them apart unless he focused on some part about them that was inherently different or flawed. I would hate to know that’s how my partner picked me out of a lineup, just sayin’.
Doc Antle runs a tight ship, he says that every morning he makes sure that the animals are cared for first before anyone else and that it’s caused conflict between him and his children and his wives before. I must admit I kind of feel for the women and children in this situation, imagine if your child had been up sick all night and you’ve got your husband, the man who is supposed to support you, yelling at you about when you’re going to feed the tigers! Excuse me, what? Sorry but in this case, the kid wins, my man. As for the tiger, I hear sticking your hand in the cage will provide them with an excellent source of protein!
When asked if he lived in the house with any of the wives, he responded with “You can’t get into my complex lifestyle. It’s not for prime time.” Just what on earth is that supposed to mean, buddy?! I mean, how complex can it possibly be? If Kody from sister wives can manage to have four wives and showcase it on prime time TV every Sunday then certainly you can give us a shorthand version! Unless it’s that freaky, in which case… why Doc Antle. You dawg you!
Netflix ‘Tiger King’ Spoilers: He Does Have The Attitude And Charisma
Then we meet one of the former, shall we say ‘assistants’ at the T.I.G.E.R.S preserve, her name was Barbara Fischer and she was drawn in by the idea of this animal-loving utopia where everyone was vegan and since she was these things already, she thought why not? So she sold all of her belongings in 1999 and convinced her Dad to drive her down. Apparently her Dad had done some checking up on Doc Antle because his parting words to Barbara was, “Don’t fall in love with your boss.” Which like any young girl, she seemed to take with a grain of salt.
Doc Antle, or Bhagavan, which literally means lord (although Doc claims that it means ‘friend of God’, sure, okay buddy) says that his place is a Shangri-La, where everything is always neutral and happy and going well. His own son, Kody, refers to him as ‘master of the Universe’ which kind of makes me side-eye things and wonder what kind of tell-alls these children are going to write later. Which, honestly? I’m totally here for it.
But maybe they won’t have to because it looks like Barbara has the market cornered on tell-alls. She describes their living situation as completely different than what Doc does. She says that he makes his girlfriend-partners live in horse stalls where there are cockroaches everywhere and that he tells that that they are bad people and only by listening to him will they ever get to be great people. Smell kinda cult-y up in here to you yet? Because it does to me!
Apparently in order to really be listening to Doc and completely on his wavelength, then you have to be sleeping with him. Another slightly cult-y thing that I smell. Barbara said that she did not partake of Bhagavan’s ‘offerings’ but that she was thinking about it, just to, you know, jockey for position. She also said that Doc has a type of woman that he likes, and that is virginal. He has a thing about becoming a woman’s first, and being her ‘shaktipat’ which is a concept that when a guru touches you, you receive enlightment… apparently that can only be done with his groin. I guess other parts of him are not enlighted, I don’t know.
The one thing that Doc Antle’s establishment does have that most cults don’t is the ability to be able to leave. After all, when Barbara left she was able to go on about her normal life and no one harassed her or anything and from what we can tell Doc Antle never forced himself upon her or anything, so I guess there’s that. However what he says about taking care of the animals is that a person really has to want it because it’s going to supercede all your wants and desires and it’s going to go on 365 days a year, 7 days a week, for your whole life because he has Tigers to feed. We’re back to smelling cult-y again! And these people only get paid $100 a week… what, no hazard pay? I think I’ll pass. Does this sound like a weird, tiger-worshipping sex cult to you? You decide.
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