Sunday saw the addition of The Tiger King and I to Netflix, an eighth episode to the streamer’s wildly popular Tiger King docuseries. Hosted by comedian Joel McHale, the episode was filmed and produced entirely remote, featuring the Community alum interviewing those people involved in the series. It didn’t take long for fans of the original seven episodes to notice McHale’s grating tone and, at times, dehumanizing questions. As such, McHale himself quickly become a trending topic on Twitter as the masses couldn’t help but to roast the comedian.
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Featuring the ensemble cast of Tiger King, McHale ended up interviewing most everyone involved with two major exceptions. Joe Exotic — the eccentric personality the whole series is based on — or Carole Baskin weren’t featured in the series. Baskin had said last week through a representative that she wouldn’t be partaking in any additional opportunities with the Netflix show. Prior to the statement, Baskin wrote a lengthy blog post where she aired her grievances with how the series producers portrayed her in the documentary.
“When the directors of the Netflix documentary Tiger King came to us five years ago they said they wanted to make the big cat version of Blackfish that would expose the misery caused by the rampant breeding of big cat cubs for cub petting exploitation and the awful life the cats lead in roadside zoos and back yards if they survive,” she said. “There are not words for how disappointing it is to see that the docuseries not only does not do any of that but has had the sole goal of being as salacious and sensational as possible to draw viewers.”
See what the Tiger King bingers are saying of McHale’s guest-hosting spot below:
Yikes
Why did @netflix ruin #TigerKing by putting Joel Mchale in it? Do they not understand comedy?…oh right, it’s Netflix. pic.twitter.com/5e7rhXe25g
— Elvin Tejada (@The_TwitTweeter) April 13, 2020
Ruined
Joel McHale ruined the bonus Tiger King episode. ☹️ also I hope josh dial gets the mental help he needs and CLEARLY cried out for in his interview @netflix !!!
— Emilie Sobel (@emiliesobel) April 13, 2020
Trash Jokes
Why the fuck is Joel Mchale doing these interviews?? His questions are trash. His jokes are even worse. This had potential, but he SUCKS 😒
— Lyr (@lyrbaby) April 13, 2020
Worst Decision
Joel mchale was probably the worst decision they could have made
— eric ferguson (@EricFerguson820) April 13, 2020
Joe Dirt Did It Better
The eighth episode of Tiger King is Joel McHale Skyping with the cast?
— Cory Williams (@thelionfire) April 13, 2020
Bro, @DavidSpade has been doing this for a couple of weeks and he is actually funny.
Check out @LightsOut for a much better eighth episode.
Ruined It All
Joel McHale you have ruined Tiger King #TigerKing #JoelMcHale #Episode8 #CondescendingHairPlugs #JoeExotic #CaroleBaskin
— TV Theorist (@theorist_tv) April 13, 2020
Total Mockery
Joel McHale ruined this new episode of #TigerKing. His mocking of the people he interviewed wasn’t entertaining; it was annoying and unnecessary. I wanted so much more out of this touted new episode.
— KM (@MrsKMedford) April 12, 2020
Whoops
Netflix said “new Tiger King episode” but declined to mention the Joel McHale of it all….. pic.twitter.com/QEymPfy1Uo
— adumb (@adamessinger) April 13, 2020
Major Cringe
Joel McHale is so cringe it hurts. #TigerKing pic.twitter.com/dTNyhdFBzw
— Ray Nimmo (@Ray_Nimmo) April 12, 2020
Relevancy Matters
Not even bothering with that extra episode of Tiger King. It’s just Joel McHale desperately needing to insert himself into a trending conversation to stay relevant. pic.twitter.com/g5KLawEBb3
— Indah (@indahsuria_) April 12, 2020
*****
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness is now streaming on Netflix.
Cover photo by Jessica Brooks/ABC via Getty Images
