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Joey Chestnut BANNED From Famous Nathan’s Hot Dog Competition

Joe Chestnut will NOT be competing in the famous Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest this year.

I’ll explain why in just a moment:

Yes, yes…..it’s official — Kamala Harris will be taking his place because she figures if she can swallow multiple bags of dicks over the years (alllllegedly) then surely she can take down a few hot dogs!

I kid, I kid.

I mean, there’s a reason why the Internet calls her “Heels Up Harris” but I digress.

We here at WLTReport cannot confirm if any of these vicious rumors are true, and in fact we ardently stand against them!  Kamala Harris seems like nothing but a great, smart, classy lady!

I would also like to go on record as saying polls like this in Twitter are HIGHLY disrespectful!

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But back to Joey Chestnut….

He’s not done competing, just banned from Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.

In fact, he’ll be taking on his arch-rival, Kobayashi on September 2nd:

But why is he not involved in the most famous July 4th contest out there?

Sponsorships, of course!

Joey Chestnut, a 16-time Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, has been banned from the famous competition held on July 4th.

A sponsorship to ‘represent another hot dog brand’ is the source of the conflict.

A spokesperson for Major League Eating (MLE) said he wouldn’t be allowed to participate in the highly-anticipated hot dog eating contest in New York City’s Coney Island.

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According to the New York Post, Impossible Foods is the brand in question.

From the New York Post:

And not just any brand, but Impossible Foods, which recently launched a vegan frankfurter impostor made from plants.

California-born Chestnut has won it 16 times, including every year since 2016. He gobbled a world’s record 76 dogs and buns in 2021 and kept his title with a paltry 62 down the hatch last year.

He was expected to once again take his usual spot for the hot dog contest on the stage at the corner of Stillwell and Surf avenues — one block from the famous Boardwalk and a Coney Island tradition since 1916 — until the unexpected food fight.

A rep for Major League Eating (MLE), which Nathan’s sanctions to run the event, said the organizers bent over backwards to meet Chestnut’s various demands. They even agreed to let him participate in a rival Labor Day dog-eating fest to be taped for TV as long as no hot dog brand was mentioned.

But they said they drew the line on letting Chestnut pitch for a different hot dog brand.

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A source said Chestnut was paid $200,000 to appear in the Nathan’s contest last year, and was offered a $1.2 million, four-year contract going forward.

“It would be like Michael Jordan saying to Nike, ‘I’m going to represent Adidas, too,’” an MLE event organizer said, according to ESPN.

Per ESPN:

“We are devastated to learn that Joey Chestnut has chosen to represent a rival brand that sells plant-based hot dogs rather than competing in the 2024 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest,” Major League Eating said in a statement.

“MLE and Nathan’s went to great lengths in recent months to accommodate Joey and his management team, agreeing to the appearance fee and allowing Joey to compete in a rival unbranded hot dog eating contest on Labor Day. For nearly two decades we have worked under the same basic hot dog exclusivity provisions. However, it seems that Joey and his managers have prioritized a new partnership with a different hot dog brand over our long-time relationship.”

Chestnut owns the top 10 performances at the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, including downing a record 76 hot dogs and buns in 2021. He ate 62 franks and buns to win last year’s event

“Joey Chestnut is an American hero,” MLE’s statement said. “We would love nothing more than to have him at the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, which he has dominated for years. We hope that he returns when he is not representing a rival brand.”

Now we have to flashback to perhaps my favorite Joey Chestnut moment of all time.

Remember when he did this to a protestor back in 2022?

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The man is a legend:

And if you’d like to see what it looks like to eat 71 hot dogs and buns in 11 minutes, just watch here:

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at 100 Percent Fed Up.

View the original article here.


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