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Kristen Bell says she and Dax Shepard have ‘gotten on each other’s last nerve’ during coronavirus quarantine

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Hollywood super couple Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are finding quarantine to be a little tough.

In a video chat with Entertainment Tonight, Bell, 39, discussed her experience being isolated with Shepard, 45, and their two kiddos.

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“We’ve gotten on each other’s last nerve these last couple days,” admitted Bell. “We’re doing much better now because were laughing about it. But when we were not laughing about it for the first couple of days, that’s the hard spot.”

Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
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Bell then shared her thoughts on why quarantining with loved ones can be so tough.

“I love spending time with him and he loves spending time with me but I think what is different about this quarantine time is you have so much more time to think about the other persona and their actions and sort of replay what they said or attach a meaning to something that they did and that I could do without,” she explained.

Furthermore, Bell added: “Nobody really needs time for that. That’s useless.”

Bell also discussed having to make adjustments in regards to her kids — Lincoln, 7, and Delta, 5 — and the schedule she tried to keep once the quarantine began.

“The biggest lesson I learned in the beginning was I wrote out the color-coded schedule — when our academic time would be and when our art time would be,” Bell said. “By day five, I was making everybody miserable. The kids hated that I was trying to adhere to the schedule. So about a week ago, I woke them up and I said, ‘This is your most important mission ever. Get up.'”

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Bell then encouraged her daughters to rip up the schedule, explaining that the kids “felt so good.”

“I said the learning lesson here is that if you make a plan and it’s not working, you pivot,” said the “Frozen II” star.

As for what the family’s been up to while in isolation, Bell said they’ve been “reconnecting with each other,” which she called “the most valuable lesson.”

“[The kids] can read the clock now, but other than that, we’ve just been doing sticker books and talking. We’ve watched the whole ‘Harry Potter’ series…” the actress detailed. “My oldest turned seven last week, and I had ordered some decorations prior to this all happening, prior to everything getting shut down. We were able to put up a ‘Harry Potter’ banner. And all the Hogwarts house banners all over the windows. She was pretty thrilled about that. We all wore our ‘Harry Potter’ tattoos.”

Bell’s daughters sweetly chose to donate their own money to No Kids Hungry, a charity that focuses on feeding hungry children, amid the global pandemic.

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“I think [their donation] was, like, $9.72 but the thought to me exploded my heart,” said Bell. “They knew that there was a need and know how lucky we are and wanted to help.”

Wayne Brady clarifies quarantine remarks, says he isn’t living with ex-wife, her boyfriend

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Wayne Brady is clearing the air.

Brady, 47, recently opened up about his routine during the coronavirus quarantine and he revealed that he’d been self-isolating with his daughter Maile, his ex-wife Mandie Taketa and her boyfriend Jason.

Now, the comedian has explained that they aren’t all living in the same home.

“I think this has been blown up into something that maybe it isn’t,” Brady told People. “I think that the picture is I’m living in one house with my ex-wife, and her boyfriend and my daughter and that’s not the case.”

Wayne Brady. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
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He explained that his ex-wife lives only a few houses away from him, so they spend time together between the two homes.

“We aren’t going over to anybody else’s house, we aren’t going out to supermarkets, so we have an extended bubble of just our homes,” the actor explained. “So we are the core four. So I think that does make a good sitcom, which I’ll write, but no, we are not sleeping in the same bed.”

While Brady and Taketa aren’t living together during quarantine, he did reveal that they’ve shared a home since their 2007 divorce.

“What’s interesting is for a time last year, we did live under the same roof for a second, and it was absolutely awesome,” Brady said, noting that his home was being refurbished at the time.

“If that would have been the way that we are living right now, then that would have been fine because we can do that. I love my ex-wife, she’s my best friend, and her boyfriend Jason is my boy, and my daughter’s my daughter,” stated Brady. “…Some people’s new normal is my everyday Wednesday.”

Earlier this week, Brady told Access Hollywood that he and his ex-wife co-parent “as best friends,” leading to their unique quarantine situation.

“Our quarantining is a little different, we quarantine between both of our homes and I’ve got a big back yard and lots of land, so we both share this land and this space,” Brady explained. “Mandie, her boyfriend Jason, my daughter Maile, we are a family, so we’re like this new, nuclear family…”

‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic transferred to prison medical center after coronavirus isolation

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Joseph Maldonado-Passage, the star of “Tiger King” better known as Joe Exotic, has been transferred to a prison medical center.

The transfer comes after Maldonado-Passage was put in “a COVID-19 isolation,” as his husband Dillon Passage put it, because he was possibly exposed during a stay at a different prison.

The New York Post has obtained the prison records that indicate Maldonado-Passage has been moved to the Federal Medical Center Forth Worth operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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Maldonado-Passage is currently serving his 22-year-sentence for his involvement in a murder-for-hire plot against Carole Baskin, his rival within the world of zookeeping, and specifically, large cats.

Joseph Maldonado-Passage seen in a Santa Rosa County Jail booking photo.
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Exotic also reportedly has filed a $94 million lawsuit against several government agencies and his former business partner from prison.

People magazine reported the filing, citing court documents, that the former roadside zookeeper is seeking nearly $74 million in loss of personal property, 18 years of research, and the full care of 200 generic tigers and crossbreeds, which he claimed he conducted at the boarding rate of $60 per day, per animal.

Furthermore, Maldonado-Passage is asking for $15 million for false arrest, false imprisonment, selective enforcement and the death of his mother, Shirley, per People.

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In addition, the complaint — filed against the U.S. Department of Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other government agents — accuses the cohort of violating his civil rights, according to the outlet.

Maldonado-Passage claims in the Oklahoma court filing, in which he represents himself and also refers to himself in the third person, that he was targeted by the named government groups when tigers were added to the list of endangered species, which he alleges opened the door for them to file charges against him in order to push their alleged “animal rights agenda.”

Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin, who Maldonado-Passage is accused of hiring someone to kill.
(Netflix)

Maldonado-Passage also alleges in the filing that a wildlife agent “knowingly accepted statements he knew were false, allowing his witnesses to lie under oath. Misleading a grand jury and not seeking the truth to further an animal rights agenda. False arrest, entrapment, false imprisonment, all contributing to my mother’s death.”

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Meanwhile, Jeffrey Lowe, a Las Vegas businessman and Maldonado-Passage’s former business partner, is also accused by the imprisoned country singer of making false statements to federal agents and allegedly being at the forefront of a plot to steal Maldonado-Passage’s zoo from under his nose.

Fox News’ Julius Young contributed to this report.

Matthew Broderick’s sister claims she got preferential coronavirus treatment: ‘I feel evil for saying that’

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Matthew Broderick’s sister, Rector Janet Broderick, is opening up about her experience obtaining coronavirus care.

Janet recently spoke to New York Magazine’s Intelligencer, where she opened up about her scary encounter with the novel virus that put her in the intensive care unit.

After suffering symptoms, Janet said she went to the hospital, where it took five hours to obtain a coronavirus test, which was administered before her symptoms worsened, including a high fever and low level of oxygen.

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Matthew Broderick and his sister Reverend Janet Broderick. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images)

While she said she’s now “totally getting better,” she felt she was “close to death” while in the ICU, even planning her own funeral and video chatting with her children.

Janet claimed her diligent hospital care may be due to her being the sister of Matthew Broderick, star of stage and screen.

Asked by the outlet: “Did you get preferential treatment being a religious leader and Matthew Broderick’s sister?” Janet responded: “Yes, but I feel evil for saying that.”

“I think I’m absolute living proof that this system is completely corrupt,” Janet stated, before further claiming: “My GP didn’t know I was Matthew Broderick’s sister and didn’t care very much. But as soon as I got ahold of the guy at the hospital who knew who Matthew was, I was given the name of the head of the emergency room.”

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Janet explained that she believes the people she works with would not have been given the name of the head of the emergency room at all — or would be ignored if they had.

“I think there is no question and it breaks my heart,” she said of receiving preferential treatment. “My God, I hope this causes us to take some kind of look at how we are handling medicine in this country. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful thing?”

Janet believes she received preferential treatment because of her relation to Matthew Broderick. (Reuters)

Preferential or not, it seems the care Janet received was helpful.

“On day two in the ICU, I woke up from this fog, and I knew it was over and I was out of danger,” she recalled. “My oxygen had gone up to about 95 percent, and I had no fever at all. The headache had left.”

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She added: “I can’t explain this virus, but it’s not like any feeling or any illness I’ve ever had before in my life.”

Even the infectious disease doctor that Janet spoke with was unsure of how she made her recovery, but she attributes it to her faith and the faith of those in her life.

“I must have had 200 people praying for me that night…” she said. “That’s the thing about being in a community like the church, just being part of a whole and knowing that you are connected. It seems to be very healthy, truly healthy.”

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The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

John Mayer on ex Jessica Simpson’s tell-all book: ‘I’ve heard some bits’

John Mayer doesn’t have much interest in picking up Jessica Simpson‘s book.

Mayer and Simpson dated after the latter’s divorce from Nick Lachey, which means that he makes an appearance in Simpson’s new tell-all memoir “Open Book.” Per People magazine, the pair met in 2005 and started seeing each other the following year.

While chatting with Andy Cohen recently, the 42-year-old singer-songwriter discussed the book.

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“I’ve heard about it,” Mayer said, per Entertainment Tonight. “I’ve heard some bits.”

John Mayer and Jessica Simpson at the Stereo in New York City, New York in 2007.
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The book takes a deep dive into the relationship between Simpson, 39, and Mayer, detailing her insecurities in the relationship and the infamous 2010 Playboy interview in which Mayer referred to Simpson as “sexual napalm.”

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Speaking to Cohen, 51, Mayer said: “As Pee-wee Herman says in ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’ before the movie of his life is about to play out at the end, he’s not watching the movie, and the reason he’s not watching the movie, he says, ‘I don’t have to watch it, Dottie, I lived it.’ And I think that’s prescient here.”

In January, Simpson told People magazine that she was “floored and embarrassed” by Mayer’s comments to Playboy.

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“A woman and how they are in bed is not something that is ever talked about,” she said. “It was shocking.”

Simpson said she found his comments to be out of character, but ultimately very telling.

John Mayer said he’s ‘heard some bits’ of ex Jessica Simpson’s tell-all memoir, which details their relationship.
(Reuters)

“He was the most loyal person on the planet and when I read that he wasn’t, that was it for me,” she said. “I erased his number. He made it easy for me to walk away.”

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Mayer would tell The New York Times in 2017 that his comments were “far out of touch.”

Prince William, Kate Middleton call frontline doctors, nurses at hospitals fighting coronavirus

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Prince William and Kate Middleton made their royal rounds this week while staying socially distant in their day-to-day efforts to support those fighting in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic.

The royal couple made a phone call on Wednesday to Queen’s Hospital Burton, the workplace where Amged El-Hawrani, 55, the first doctor in the United Kingdom to die from COVID-19, diligently worked to treat those who had contracted the novel virus.

El-Hawrani — an ear, nose and throat consultant — died last week, and William and Middleton wasted no time reaching out to the hospital to share their deepest condolences and thanked the health care professionals on the call for their bravery and hard work during the outbreak.

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“We’d just like to say from the two of us how proud we are of all of you and how amazingly you are all doing under extreme circumstances,” William told doctors and nurses at the Burton hospital, according to a statement from Kensington Palace.

“I know all of you see this as your job and that you get on with it, but this is a different level and you are doing an incredible job. The whole country is proud of you so thank you for everything you’re doing and all the hours you are putting in.”

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In a snippet of conversations had between the pair and hospital staff from another hospital, University Hospital Monklands in North Lanarkshire, Middleton empathized with the predicament they have since found themselves in.

“You’re stretched in all sorts of ways looking after the patients in your care under such extreme circumstances,” she said. “But you also need to be able to make sure you support yourselves and each other. It must be so hard but I’m glad to hear that you’re currently getting all the support you need.”

The pair reportedly placed their conference calls from their home in Norfolk, Anmer Hall, where they’re currently holed up with their three children.

During the call with Queen’s Hospital, Alice Bloxhom, a sister on the COVID-19 cohort ward, told Town & Country: “Until recently our ward was an Acute Care of the Elderly ward, but now we are caring for patients with COVID-19. This has been a difficult time for all the patients we care for and for the staff working in a very different environment.”

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She continued: “It was a pleasure to talk to the Duke and Duchess and to be able to explain some of the challenges we face for our patients. Everyone at the hospital appreciates the support they gave us on the call.”

Meanwhile, Donna Marie McGroarty, an infectious diseases charge nurse from the Monklands Hospital, said the phone call was “totally unexpected and a real morale boost.”

“It has been a tough time for all our staff. However, the support we have received from colleagues and the community has been overwhelming,” she said.

On Monday, it was revealed that William’s father, Prince Charles, who is first in line to the British throne, was no longer in self-isolation after contracting the virus.

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“Clarence House has confirmed today that, having consulted with his doctor, The Prince of Wales is now out of self-isolation,” a representative told Fox News in an emailed statement.

His wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, 72, tested negative. However, Reuters reported that Camilla will remain in self-isolation away from Charles until the end of the week in case she, too, starts to develop symptoms.

Fox News’ Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this report.

Celebrities who have died from coronavirus

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While many stars are recovering from coronavirus (COVID-19) as citizens around the world endure this unprecedented pandemic, others have sadly not been as fortunate.

We’ve lost a number of talented musicians, actors, and writers who have succumbed to the virus or complications caused by the virus.

Read below to learn more about some of the entertainers who’ve died over the past few weeks from coronavirus.

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Adam Schlesinger

Fountains of Wayne co-frontman Adam Schlesinger died following a battle with coronavirus.

Adam Schlesinger died on April 1 following a battle with coronavirus.
(Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

The Emmy- and Grammy-winning musician and songwriter, who was also known for his work on the TV show “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” died on April 1 at a hospital in upstate New York, his longtime lawyer Josh Grier told The Associated Press. He was in his early 50s.

Andrew Jack

Andrew Jack, known for his work as a dialect coach on “Lord of the Rings” and as an actor on “Star Wars,” died on March 31 from complications due to the novel coronavirus. He was 76.

Andrew Jack died just outside London in April from complications due to the novel coronavirus. He was 76.
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His rep, Jill McCullough, confirmed the news to the Evening Standard, stating that he died in a hospital outside of London and his family was not able to be with him in the U.K. because they are quarantined in Australia.

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Alan Merrill

Alan Merrill, known for co-writing the Joan Jett hit song “I Love Rock and Roll,” died on March 29 in New York due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 69.

Alan Merrill died on March 29 in New York due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 69.
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Joe Diffie

Country star Joe Diffie died at the age of 61 following a battle with coronavirus.

Grammy-winning country star Joe Diffie died in March at the age of 61 following a battle with coronavirus.
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“GRAMMY-winning country music legend Joe Diffie passed away on Sunday, March 29, from complications of coronavirus (COVID-19),” a statement from Diffie’s rep read. “His family respects their privacy at this time.”

Ken Shimura

Ken Shimura, a popular comedian in Japan, died on March 29 after contracting the coronavirus, becoming the country’s first known celebrity victim of the disease. He was 70.

Japanese comedian Ken Shimura in Tokyo. Shimura died of the COVID-19 pneumonia, a first known celebrity victim of the virus in Japan. He was 70.
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He was diagnosed with pneumonia after contracting COVID-19. Shimura was hospitalized on March 20 after developing a fever and breathing troubles and was put on a ventilator. He reportedly tested positive for the virus on March 23.

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Terrence McNally

One of America’s great playwrights, whose prolific career included winning multiple Tony Awards, died of complications from the coronavirus.

Terrence McNally, known for the plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Master Class” and the musicals “Ragtime” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” was 81.

Playwright Terrence McNally died Tuesday, March 24, 2020, of complications from the coronavirus. He was 81.
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McNally died on March 24 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., according to representative Matt Polk.

Mark Blum

Actor Mark Blum, known for his work in theater as well as in films “Desperately Seeking Susan” and “Crocodile Dundee” and the Netflix series “You,” died on March 25 at age 69 due to complications from the coronavirus.

Actor Mark Blum died at age 69 in March due to complications from the coronavirus.
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Manu Dibango

Manu Dibango, who fused African rhythms with funk to become one of the most influential musicians in world dance music, died on March 24 from coronavirus, according to his music publisher. He was 86.

Manu Dibango, who fused African rhythms with funk to become one of the most influential musicians in world dance music, died in March due to the coronavirus, according to his music publisher. He was 86.
(AP, File)

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Floyd Cardoz

Celebrity chef Floyd Cardoz died on March 25 in New Jersey as a result of complications from coronavirus.

Chef Floyd Cardoz died from complications due to coronavirus in late March.
(Kris Connor/Getty Images for NYCWFF)

The author, restaurateur and winner of “Top Chef Masters” went to the hospital as a “precautionary measure” in mid-March after he was “feeling feverish,” he wrote in an Instagram post. He later tested positive for COVID-19.

Julie Bennett

Julie Bennett died on March 31 from complications due to coronavirus.
(Image provided by Mark Scroggs)

Julie Bennett, who voiced Cindy Bear in “The Yogi Bear Show” cartoons, died on March 31 from complications due to coronavirus.

The actress passed away while hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being diagnosed, according to her talent agent Mark Scroggs. She was 88 years old.

Julie Bennett, ‘The Yogi Bear Show’ voice actress, dead at 88 from coronavirus complications

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Coronavirus has taken another Hollywood star.

Julie Bennett, known as the voice of Cindy Bear in “The Yogi Bear Show,” has died at the age of 88 from coronavirus complications, her talent agent Mark Scroggs confirmed to Fox News.

Bennett passed away on Tuesday, March 31, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, having received her coronavirus diagnosis last week, according to Scroggs.

Julie Bennett died at the age of 88 from coronavirus complications.
(Image provided by Mark Scroggs)

A Los Angeles resident, Bennett was largely known for her voice work. She reprised her role as Cindy Bear for several subsequent television shows based on Yogi Bear, including the 1988 TV movie “Yogi & the Invasion of the Space Bears,” according to IMDb.

Most recently, Bennett lent her voice to “Garfield and Friends,” “Spider-Man: The Animated Series,” as well as a Spider-Man-themed video game released in 2000.

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Her live-action roles include appearances in the television programs “Mathnet,” “Moonlighting” and “Crossings.”

Julie Bennett was known for voicing the character of Cindy Bear in ‘The Yogi Bear Show.’
(Image provided by YouTube, Mark Scroggs)

Bennett was born in Manhattan before her family relocated to Los Angeles when she was young. After college, she returned to New York to appear in radio soap operas and TV dramas.

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In the 1990s, Bennett became a talent agent, representing clients under the pseudonym Marianne Daniels.

Mariska Hargitay welcomes Christopher Meloni ‘home’ to ‘SVU’ franchise in sweet birthday message

Mariska Hargitay has a very special message for her former co-star.

Following the news that Christopher Meloni is set to reprise his “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” character, Elliot Stabler, in a new spinoff, Hargitay, 56, took to Instagram to celebrate the news — as well as Meloni’s birthday.

The actress shared a photo of the two of them, bundled up and smiling at each other.

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“Happy Birthday @chris_meloni,” she wrote in the caption. “Congratulations and welcome home Elliot Stabler #It’sBeenAWhile #MissedYou #ElliotStabler.”

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Meloni, now 59, starred with Hargitay on “SVU” from its first episode in 1999 until he made his departure in 2011.

Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay in ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.’
(Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty)

The still-untitled spinoff will follow the NYPD organized crime unit, led by Stabler, according to Deadline.

Per the outlet, Meloni’s character retired from the police force, where Hargitay’s Olivia Benson still works, when he exited the show.

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Since his time on “SVU,” Meloni has appeared in a handful of high-profile projects such as “Veep,” “Pose” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

‘Tiger King’ mania sees Donnie Wahlberg, Jenny McCarthy recreate Joe Exotic music video: ‘Quarantine craziness’

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Celebrities throughout the country are keeping busy during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic that has many of us cooped inside for hours on in — and you can add Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg to the mix of folks bringing an upbeat spirit to those staying home amid the outbreak.

Taking a page out of the “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” playbook, the lively couple channeled their inner Joe Exotic for a spoof of one of the now-incarcerated big cat enthusiast and country singer’s songs where he croons alongside one of his many exotic tigers.

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McCarthy, 47, shared the video to her Instagram, which shows Wahlberg, 50, in a black tank-top, blue jeans and a blonde mullet, similar to the one styled by Joseph Maldonado-Passage, otherwise known as the “Tiger King.”

She captioned the post, “#JoeExotic and his meow kitty versus @donniewahlberg and his meow meow kitty!”

For her part, the “Masked Singer” panelist dressed up as one of Maldonado-Passage’s tigers as she meandered close to Wahlberg while on all fours as he lip-syncs “Because You Love Me,” which according to People magazine, isn’t even sung by Maldonado-Passage in real life.

During the video, Wahlberg continuously slaps at McCarthy while she cozies up and paws at him in various parts during her cosplay.

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The “New Kids on the Block” co-founder even grabs an acoustic guitar and pretends to hit the tiger with it, in a display of Maldonado-Passage’s behavior that PETA called “truly sad” in its Twitter response to the Tiger King’s portrayal.

“Most accurate portrayal of #TigerKing yet!” the organization tweeted on Thursday. “It’s truly sad to see how animals are exploited for profit 💔 PETA helped rescue 39 tigers, 3 bears, 2 baboons, and 2 chimpanzees from Joe Exotic’s hellhole roadside zoo. Join us in helping tigers!”

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The seven-part series for the streaming giant follows Joseph Maldonado-Passage, 57, in his exploits as a zookeeper, country musician, aspiring politician and arch-rival of fellow big cat enthusiast Carole Baskin. Maldonado-Passage was handed a 22-year prison sentence for his involvement in a murder-for-hire plot to kill Baskin, as well as multiple animal-rights violations, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

On Wednesday, Rebecca Chaiklin, one of the filmmakers on the project revealed the two names the convicted cat wrangler would want to see play him in a movie about his life.

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“He would like Brad Pitt or David Spade to play him,” she said during an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. “He doesn’t refer to David Spade as David Spade — he refers to him as ‘Joe Dirt.’”

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