Is Tom Sandoval the new Tiger King?
James Kennedy and Lala Kent just slammed the Vanderpump Rules castmate – who’s also getting pummeled over his affair with Rachel Leviss – over a strange video with a tiger at a zoo in Thailand.
Tom, for all you cool cats and kittens who failed to watch the Netflix docuseries, is strikingly similar to Joe Exotic, the former zookeeper who’s now behind bars. Both men were crucified for their facial hair, and their respective enemies were rewarded on Dancing with the Stars.
In a video shared by @Pumprules on Instagram, Tom is sitting cross-legged on the dirt as a massive tiger gets fed behind him. Two workers then prop the animal’s paws on Tom’s shoulders. Afterward, the tiger is fed meat through a chain-link fence.
“I would never go to a place like this,” wrote James in the comments of the video. “Let them all run free!! 🐅 ❤️ always found this cruel and so sad.”
“Just a Worm 🪱 without a mustache now,” he added in a separate comment.
Image credit: @itsjameskennedy/Instagram
But James wasn’t the only star to call out Tom’s behavior.
“I am appalled by the photo my cast member took with a tiger in captivity,” wrote Lala on her Instagram Stories. “This topic has been close to my heart for many years. What is disguised as ‘fun’ and ‘cool’ is, in fact, animal abuse.”
“It’s heartbreaking,” she went on to say. “I’ve made noise about educating yourselves, & here I am to tell you again… Do not support places like this.”
Image credit: @lalakent/Instagram