But Francis hasn’t let it get to his head.

In his own version of events, he isn’t a villain, but a martyr.

“I don’t know if you watchThe Handmaid’s Tale,” Francis is then heard saying.

Joe Francis and Elisabeth Moss

Joe Francis and Elisabeth Moss.Tibrina Hobson/Getty; George Kraychyk/Hulu

Handmaids' identities are stripped, and they go by the name of their male Commander.

She also eventually incites an uprising.

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As Koul noted, Francis has made eye-opening comparisons before.

Joe Francis

Joe Francis in ‘Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story’.Maxine Productions

Mandela sat in prison because he stood up for what is right, against apartheid."

He theorizes that the Bush administration ginned up the charges to “distract from this war in Iraq.”