Because it stands, this 12 months’s Nathan’s Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest will probably be with out the person who has gained it eight straight years: Joey Chestnut.
All of it revolves round Chestnut endorsing a rival of Nathan’s, Unattainable Meals, which launched a vegan wiener lately. Many have come to the protection of the aggressive consuming legend, with a rival even saying this 12 months’s winner could be a “huge asterisk” with out him at Coney Island on July 4.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams is amongst those who want to see Chestnut in his common location on the Fourth of July, consuming sizzling canine as he vies for a ninth straight victory.
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New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams needs to see Joey Chestnut compete on this 12 months’s Nathan’s Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)
Adams needs to do one thing about it.
“Cease being such weenies!” he posted on X, poking enjoyable on the sizzling canine contest itself. “It will be ‘unattainable’ to have this 12 months’s Nathan’s Well-known Worldwide Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest with out Joey Chestnut.
“Let’s discover a approach to squash this beef and convey again the champ for an additional 4th of July at Coney Island!”
Adams performed to the Unattainable Meals deal, which was the explanation behind Main League Consuming (MLE) and Nathan’s barring Chestnut from this 12 months’s competitors.
“We’re devastated to study that Joey Chestnut has chosen to symbolize a rival model that sells plant-based sizzling canine quite than competing within the 2024 Nathan’s Well-known Fourth of July Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest,” the MLE mentioned in an announcement.
Unattainable Meals countered with their very own assertion.
“We love Joey and help him in any contest he chooses,” the corporate mentioned. “It is OK to experiment with a brand new canine. Meat eaters should not need to be unique to only one wiener.”
Aggressive eater Joey Chestnut poses together with his mustard yellow championship belt throughout a sport between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Ball State Cardinals at Sanford Stadium on Sept. 9, 2023 in Athens, Georgia. (Brandon Sloter/Picture Of Sport/Getty Pictures)
Chestnut additionally made an announcement, saying he was “gutted to study from the media that after 19 years Im [sic] banned” from the competitors.
“To set the report straight, I would not have a contract with MLE or Nathans they usually want to change the foundations from previous years because it pertains to different companions I can work with. That is apparently the idea on which I’m being banned, and it doesn’t influence the July 4th occasion.
“Sadly, that is the choice Nathan’s and Main League Consuming are making, and it’ll deprive the good followers of the vacation’s common pleasure and leisure. To my followers, I really like you and recognize you. Relaxation assured that you simply’ll see me eat once more quickly!! STAY HUNGRY!”
MLE and Nathan’s can nonetheless rescind their resolution on Chestnut, although he already has one thing arrange for Labor Day later this 12 months.
Netflix introduced that Chestnut and fellow aggressive consuming legend Takeru Kobayashi will probably be going head-to-head in a live-streamed sizzling canine consuming contest.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams posted on X, “Let’s discover a approach to squash this beef and convey again the champ for an additional 4th of July at Coney Island!” (AP Photograph/Peter Okay. Afriyie, File)
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Aggressive consuming followers are hoping to see Chestnut at each of those sizzling canine consuming occasions, and Adams is attempting to make use of his New York Metropolis affect to guarantee that occurs.
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