Joey Chestnut will nonetheless be consuming scorching canine on the Fourth of July. It simply received’t occur in Coney Island.
Chestnut will compete in opposition to troopers at Fort Bliss, Texas, after his fallout with Nathan’s Famous attributable to a sponsorship cope with Impossible Foods.
Chestnut won’t compete within the scorching canine consuming contest due to his cope with the corporate.
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Chestnut, who ate a record-setting 76 scorching canine in 10 minutes in the course of the 2021 occasion, mentioned he was “gutted” when he discovered he couldn’t compete within the occasion. He mentioned he loves the environment on the occasion and the followers who come out to see the competitors.
Chestnut will match up in opposition to hungry troopers on America’s Independence Day.
“If they (every) break ten, that’d be fairly good,” he advised The Associated Press.
He mentioned he’d do a apply spherical Friday, then ingest oils to “make certain there is a clear freeway, there will not be any visitors jams” in his digestive system.
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Competitive eater Joey Chestnut poses together with his mustard yellow championship belt throughout a recreation between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Ball State Cardinals at Sanford Stadium Sept. 9, 2023, in Athens, Ga. (Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images)
Chestnut mentioned he hopes to be again within the Nathan’s competitors subsequent yr, although the impediment with Major League Eating must be overcome.
“I really feel bullied,” he mentioned. “If I’m ever going to work with them once more, they’re going to need to apologize,” Chestnut mentioned.
Major League Eating spokesman George Shea advised AP the sponsorship deal was a problem.
“Unfortunately, this was not sufficient to get us to an settlement,” the assertion mentioned. “We suppose it is a highly effective tribute to our armed forces, and we want Joey the most effective of luck at his occasion.”
Joey Chestnut stuffs his mouth with scorching canine in the course of the males’s competitors of Nathan’s Famous July Fourth scorching canine consuming contest, July 4, 2019, in New York’s Coney Island. (AP Photo/Sarah Stier, File)
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Chestnut followers must wait to see his Netflix competitors in opposition to Takeru Kobayashi in September.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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