Joe Exotic pens letter to Roethlisberger asking for signed jersey

The "Tiger King" is hoping to get his hands on an autographed Ben Roethlisberger jersey.

Joe Exotic, who was featured in the Netflix documentary series "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness," tweeted a photo of a letter he recently wrote to Roethlisberger asking the former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback to send him a jersey for his stepson.

The full letter reads as follows:

Hey Ben, not sure if you have heard of me or not. It's Joe Exotic, the Tiger King. As you know, the United States of America has kidnapped me so Carole Baskin and PETA could try to pass the Big Cat (Public) Safety Act because I'm the only one that could educate Congress why this law should never pass. Anyway, they got my ass in prison for now, and I need a favor from you please sir.
I have this amazing stepson named Johnny Graham, and I promised him an autographed jersey by you because he thinks you are the shit, and he holds you on a pretty big pedestal. There is one on eBay, but I don't have the $600 to buy it for his birthday. My fans helped get everything else he wanted. I'm just missing your jersey.
Can you help a man out that is fighting for his own freedom? Every kid needs a hero, and you are his! If so, just private message, and my people will go from there.

Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2020 after being found guilty on multiple charges, including two counts of murder-for-hire.

Roethlisberger announced his retirement from the NFL in January after 18 seasons.