"He probably Carole Baskin’d her for real" - Internet reacts to Lana Del Rey's husband joking about having fed ex-wife to alligator 

Lana Del Rey's new husband, Jeremy Dufrene, quipped about feeding his ex-wife to an alligator. In a new viral video, Dufrene is seemingly on a tour, explaining the feeding habits of alligators to others in a boat.

During his demonstration, he is seen playing fearlessly with the swamp beast, teasing it with food. At one point, he even plants a kiss on the alligator's nose.

To curb the audience's confusion, Lana Del Rey's husband joked that his ex-wife was food for the alligator:

"Me and him [alligator] have been pretty tight ever since I fed him my ex-wife. I've been messing with this guy for a long time."

Netizens took to X to post their reactions on the same. While some criticized the alleged insensitivity of the joke, others saw the lighter side.

Many users compared the incident with the infamous disappearance of Tiger King star Carole Baskin's husband, Don Lewis. On August 18, 1997, Lewis disappeared after leaving his home in Tampa, Florida. He was legally declared dead in 2002 after years' worth of investigation.

His mysterious disappearance was covered in two seasons of Tiger King. Many conspiracy theories alleged that he was fed to the tigers in Wildlife on Easy Street sanctuary by his wife, Carole Baskin.

As per The New York Post, in 2021, Don Lewis was found alive and in good health in Costa Rica. Despite the popularity of Tiger King, which focussed on Lewis' disappearance over two seasons, the news took over two decades to surface. Referencing the above case, an X user commented:

"He probably Carole Baskin’d her for real."

"Is he joking though!! I think fam is serious- that ex-wife better be packing!!" wrote another fan.

"Why else would someone marry a alligator guy--but for the alligator gonna eat u jokes--thats the best part of it all," opined one user.

However, not all users saw the funny side of the quip. Many criticized Lana Del Rey's husband.

"What kind of sick joke is this," wrote a fan on X.

"Well that’s def a red flag," asserted another.

"Not joking," tweeted another.

One netizen joked, saying:

"Husband jokes one day can be telling later."

"How did he pull Lana/ I need details," stated another.

"John met me down on the boulevard," inferred another netizen on X.

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Lana Del Rey gets candid about allegedly getting harassed by paparazzi after her wedding with Jeremy Dufrene

Lana Del Rey Performs At L'Olympia - Source: Getty (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)

Lana Del Rey opened up about her marriage to Jeremy Dufrene just days after their private wedding in Des Allemandes, Louisiana, on September 26, 2024. On October 2, the Summertime Sadness songstress took to Instagram to lambast the alleged harassment by paparazzi following her wedding.

Responding to an Instagram video of herself and Jeremy Dufrene chatting on a sidewalk on October 2, she commented:

"Unfortunately, a local couple from Houma won’t stop flying drones into our windows every morning and following us with a tracker."

Lana Del Rey criticized the paparazzi for allegedly utilizing stealthy techniques like switching vehicles and following them everywhere. Finally, she claimed that they had manipulated their wedding photos using Photoshop.

"Stop switching vehicles following the family- stop following us around remote parts of the country and photo shopping my wedding ring into a pearl- I know we would feel a lot safer."

The Young And Beautiful songstress ended the comment on a happy note, talking about her new husband and marital life. Describing Jeremy Dufrene as "the one and only," she stated that their marital life was happy and "amazing."