Family of Carole Baskin's missing husband airs commercial during her 'DWTS' debut

Carole Baskin made her “Dancing with the Stars” debut on Monday night’s premiere and stuck with the tiger theme as the family of her second husband, Don Lewis, ran a commercial asking for information surrounding his disappearance.

Baskin, who runs Florida's Big Cat Rescue and was one of the featured characters in the Netflix series “Tiger King,” danced to “Eye of the Tiger” with her pro partner Pasha Pashkov.

The rivalry between Baskin and Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage — aka “Joe Exotic” — was the main storyline in the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King.”

Maldonado-Passage frequently accused her of murdering her second husband and feeding him to her tigers, while she countered with accusations that he was abusing his animals. Maldonado-Passage is serving a 22-year prison sentence after being convicted on two counts of murder-for-hire last year for paying $3,000 to a hit man to kill Baskin.

The family of her second husband, Don Lewis, ran a commercial during the “DWTS” premiere in several TV markets. They have hired a lawyer and are offering $100,000 in exchange for information to help solve the case.

Related: A lawyer for the family of Don Lewis, who was declared legally dead in 2002, announced an independent investigation into his disappearance Monday.

Lewis vanished a day before a scheduled trip to Costa Rica and was never found. He was declared legally dead in 2002. He and Baskin started the animal sanctuary, which later became Big Cat Rescue Corp. in Tampa, Florida. Baskin has repeatedly denied any involvement with Lewis' disappearance.

"I have not seen the ad. I am not at all surprised," Baskin told "Entertainment Tonight" in response to the commercial. "It's just been a huge publicity stunt on their part so what more could they possibly do than that?"

Baskin appeared in a hot pink and tiger print dress on Monday night's premiere.

“I have absolutely zero dance experience,” she said in a video. “I’ve been practicing, practicing, practicing.”

She and Pashkov finished in last place for the evening. Nelly, Justina Machado, AJ McLean, Monica Aldama, Kaitlyn Bristowe, Johnny Weir, Skai Jackson, Nev Schulman, Charles Oakley, Anne Heche, Jeannie Mai and Chrishell Stause rounded out this season's cast.

However brief her appearance, Baskin did catch the attention of many people online.

"Who had Carole Baskin dancing to Eye of the Tiger on Dancing with the Stars on their 2020 Bingo card?" @DJM5226 posted.

"Carole Baskin is quite literally 2020 as a person," @reallycheyenne1 posted.

Another person posted that Baskin looked like a Disney character.

Still more noted that 2020 has been a wild year.

Lady Gaga even shared a video of Baskin dancing to her Instagram story with a caption that simply said "2020."

CORRECTION (Sept. 15, 2020, 2:45 p.m.): An earlier version of this article misstated the relationship between Carole Baskin and Don Lewis. Lewis was her second husband, not her first husband.