Joe Exotic Hopes Bowen Yang’s ‘SNL’ Impression Leads to Trump Pardon

Joe Exotic is not offended one bit by Bowen Yang‘s impersonation of him on “Saturday Night Live” … in actual fact, he is hoping to make use of the publicity to his benefit.

The “Tiger King” star tells TMZ … he is given Bowen’s impression his stamp of approval, praising the comic for his correct take. Not solely does Joe suppose ‘SNL’ nailed his look — applauding the mullet and the mustache — he feels Bowen got here very near matching his voice.

He notes Bowen did a significantly better job at impersonating him than John Cameron Mitchell did in Peacock’s “Joe vs Carole.”

Per Joe, he was initially asleep when the sketch — the place Bowen, as Joe, asks to turn into Donald Trump‘s new Federal Fish and Wildlife director — aired in real-time. He says he was alerted to the bit when his fellow inmates started screaming and hollering for him to return and watch.

Whereas Joe says he was utterly surprised by the ‘SNL’ spoof, he admits he does have a giant ask of President-elect Trump … he is hoping to get a pardon from DT and is hoping the eye could assist him obtain this — on high of his real request to be appointed to the cupboard.

In accordance with Joe, his prisoner counselor even informed him the “world is talking about me” because of the sketch.

Although, it is Trump nominee for lawyer common, Matt Gaetz, who Joe thinks may truly assist him out … as the previous congressman stated in 2022 he’d pardon Joe if he ever turned president.