Tonia haddix's passion for chimpanzees is the subject of Max's chimp crazy docuseries but she doesn't feel it as accurate as far as overall the documentary I just feel like that it's really cheeky and pretty scripted and definitely not accurate she told Australian radio's Carrie and Tommy show in a Thursday August 29th interviewed Ian the documentary the first episode was released earlier this week had refers to herself as the dolly partner of chimps since she is claimed to own at least seven monkeys in her lifetime one of her pet chimps was Tonka best known for Hollywood roles in Brendan Fraser's George of the Jungle and Alan Cummings buddy Tonka and I just found each other hadex gushed in chimp crazy it was meant to be it was just natural and Tonka loved me as much as I love Tonka coming 59 also appeared in the dock after co-starring with the animal in the 1997 film people fall in love with these chimps and you can't tame wild things the Scottish actor said in a trailer when you're in love your brain is out of control there's chemicals and hormones and things happening to you that makes you irrational hax's ownership of Tonka soon sparked controversy with Peta which tried to rescue the mammal Peta sued the Missouri primate Foundation where hadex kept her pets in 2017 over its conditions hadex was named in the lawsuit for helping the organization I stepped up and was willing to come out there and provide that care and provide the financial support to these chimpanzees so that they could remain at the only home that they know hadex told a local Fox affiliate at the time