{"id":10505,"date":"2020-06-01T00:09:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T05:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=10505"},"modified":"2020-05-31T19:11:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T00:11:51","slug":"the-truth-behind-joe-exotic-the-rick-kirkham-story-to-air-tuesday-june-2-9pm-on-investigation-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/01\/the-truth-behind-joe-exotic-the-rick-kirkham-story-to-air-tuesday-june-2-9pm-on-investigation-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Truth Behind Joe Exotic: The Rick Kirkham Story&#8221; to Air Tuesday, June 2 @ 9PM on Investigation Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10506\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10506\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rickkirkhamjoeexotic500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rickkirkhamjoeexotic500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rickkirkhamjoeexotic500-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rickkirkhamjoeexotic500-260x168.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rickkirkhamjoeexotic500-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Kirkham and Joe Exotic in <em>The Truth Behind Joe Exotic: The Rick Kirkham Story<\/em>. 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