David Spade Chats with Saff from Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’—WATCH

Tiger King star Saff Saffery spoke to David Spade on his Lights Out YouTube show. Saffy, who people thought  was misgendered on the show, [saying he is a trans man] shares who he thinks should play Joe Exotic in the movie version of Tiger King and reveals unknown secrets about the show in the exclusive interview with Spade that aired Friday.

In an interview with OUT Magazine published Thursday, Saffy disputes the trans identity.

So there’s a lot of reports right now saying that you were misgendered throughout the series and I wanted to see if you wanted to address all of that.

I think the reason that I stay pretty neutral on it all is I’ve never been one to tell people what to be or what to say or how to handle anything. It’s a big community out there so I don’t want to pick a side either way. If people are asking me what I prefer, it’s very obvious what I prefer, and that’s he. But I’m not going to tell anyone what they need to or should call me. I think that everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, and I’m obviously as easygoing in that department as I can get.

I don’t think that I personally get offended I think others do. I think everyone should stand up for what they believe in. I just — it’s literally one of the last things that I really considered worrying about.

There were also some reports that identified you as a trans man.

No, I, I can honestly say no. I don’t know that that describes me. You know, nothing was done. I really just have lived this lifestyle. And, you know, my family knows this. And obviously, people closest to me know. This is how I’ve lived my entire life. I don’t know anything else.

 

Watch the interview below.