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Jeff Lowe — Joe Exotic‘s enterprise accomplice and mentor — raised eyebrows on ‘Tiger King’ over his seek for a nanny and has of us speculating it is all a stunt … however the nanny in query tells TMZ — she’s legit, simply not full-time.
Masha Diduk is the recent nanny Jeff and his pregnant spouse Lauren needed to rent on the Netflix docuseries, and Masha tells us … she was certainly employed by the couple in September to care for his or her daughter.
She says she truly met Jeff and Lauren four years in the past in Las Vegas — the place she lives and works as a mannequin — again after they drove to Sin City with just a few tiger cubs … as those that have seen ‘Tiger King’ recall.
We’re instructed Masha’s settlement was to work part-time as their child woman’s caretaker throughout enterprise hours at Jeff’s Oklahoma zoo — totally on weekends — which she’s been doing not too long ago.
The nanny not too long ago appeared with Jeff, Lauren and the infant on “Lights Out with David Spade,” and rumors started swirling she was paid by Jeff to be there merely for the TV interview … however she says that is not true.
Masha tells us her Vegas work has dried up due to the pandemic — and Jeff’s been busy transferring the zoo to a brand new location — so she actually has been with the household taking good care of child Sarah.
Granted, the timing with the discharge and recognition of ‘Tiger King’ is suspicious at greatest.
As for ‘Tiger King’ … Masha says it is entertaining, however she feels the producers twisted some issues about Jeff. She says it made it appear to be Jeff mistreated animals the best way Joe Exotic did, however that is improper … and he or she would not work for him if he did.
