90 Year Old American Actress That Still Lives With 14 Lions & Tigers Puts Joe Exotic And His "Tiger King" Status To Shame

Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager

May 16, 2023 1:00 AM EDT

If you didn't watch the 6 unhinged episodes of Tiger King during the dark ages (the time of which we will not speak its name), you're missing out. You met "Joe Exotic", self-proclaimed Tiger King, who got into a bunch of legal trouble and started drama among the big cat-lover community. But one incredibly famous woman was left out of this dramatic tale, are her name is Tippi Hedren.

90 year-old grandmother of Dakota Johnson, Tippi Hedren, was an American actress and animal rights activist, best known for her roles in the films "The Birds" (1963) and "Marnie" (1964). She was also the subject of director Alfred Hitchcock's obsessive interest and was cast in several of his films. She fell in love with big cats after filming two movies in Africa and began rescuing them in 1972. In 1983 she founded the Roar Foundation, the mission of which "is to educate the public about the dangers of private ownership of exotic animals."

These pictures that have resurfaced show that she would let the tigers and lions actively roam around her home, which she later admitted was "stupid beyond belief". At least someone here has brain cells! Anyway, seeing these pictures of lions and tigers in a kitchen is pretty wild (no pun intended). You've seen them before in zoos, or in cages, but something about seeing them climbing through a kitchen window makes you understand just truly how big and beautiful they really are.

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We also have trouble keeping our cats off the counter! However, with ours, we can just shoo them off, not really sure if you can do that with this kitty. Also, we don't really want to argue with him, so if he wants to be on the counter, I guess we're letting him on the counter!
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Oh, no big deal, just casually cuddling in bed with my pet lion. Excuse us, WHAT? Firstly, why would you let a lion under the blankets, secondly, he looks very snuggly but we're not sure it's the best idea to let it in the bed in general. This picture is crazy!
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