Joe Exotic.Photo: Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman/Imagn/USA Today Network/Sipa
Joseph Maldonado-Passageis bouncing back after his recent broken engagement.
TheTiger Kingstar has rekindled the flame with ex-boyfriend Seth after the two initially met online back in 2021.
“Joe is thankful that Seth is back in his life. They are both taking things slowly and just enjoying the time to reconnect,” Joe’s attorney told PEOPLE in a statement Wednesday.
After initially meeting, the two dated briefly after Seth won the online “Bachelor King” competition that Joe hosted following his separation from husbandDillon Passage, according to TMZ.
Until recently, Joe was engaged to John Graham, whom he met in prison. Upon his release from prison, though, Joe’s attorneyconfirmed to PEOPLEearlier this month that Graham “moved on.”
His attorney continued, “Joe will continue to have a close relationship with his son and some members of John’s family. He has nothing to say [that’s] bad about John Graham and wishes him well as he gets his life back.”
At that time, Joe’s rep noted that “a very special man” had “come back into his life to pick up where [they] left off.” The rep said Joe “just wants to be happy — and for God’s sake, to go home!'”
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Joe is currently serving time in prison for allegedly orchestrating a plot to murder his nemesis,Carole Baskin. He was originallysentenced to 22 yearsin January 2020 but wasre-sentenced to 21 yearsearlier this year.
Joe’s attorney’s told PEOPLE earlier this month that his legal team is “very busy with his criminal appeal.”
source: people.com
