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Joey Chestnut shouldn’t be able to say goodbye to Nathan’s Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest.
When requested whether or not he would take into account returning to the competitors, Chestnut, 40, completely informed Us Weekly he “completely” would.
“They must be cheap,” he mentioned on Sunday, September 1, at Netflix’s Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef press convention. “I’d love to return as a result of this yr I’ve to eat scorching canines with out dunking … I’ve a hybrid methodology of dunking and never dunking. As a result of I believe this contest has made me even higher.”
Chestnut was barred from competing within the annual contest this yr after allegedly signing a cope with Not possible Meals, the maker of plant-based meat substitutes.
“By all my outdated agreements, I ought to have been capable of work with Not possible Meals, and so they modified the settlement this yr,” he defined to Us at Luxor’s HyperX Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Regardless of his help for Not possible Meals, Chestnut famous that he “positively wouldn’t go vegan” however has dabbled with a plant-based weight loss plan when “recovering” from coaching or occasions.
“I benefit from the well being advantages. I take pleasure in the best way my physique feels afterwards,” he mentioned. “There’s nothing extra private than your physique. And I strive to not inform individuals what to do with their physique, and even [when] individuals inform me what to do with my physique, I don’t prefer it.”
In June, a spokesperson for Main League Consuming famous that the choice to remove Chestnut from the competitors got here after he supported “one other scorching canine model” as a substitute of Nathan’s.
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“We’re devastated to be taught that Joey Chestnut has chosen to symbolize a rival model that sells plant-based scorching canines reasonably than competing within the 2024 Nathan’s Well-known Fourth of July Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest,” Main League Consuming mentioned in a press release.
Chestnut responded to the ban later that day, calling the choice “very disappointing.” He wrote through Instagram, “To set the file straight, I should not have a contract with MLE or Nathan’s and so they wish 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 affect the July 4th contest.”
The next day, it was introduced that the 16-time scorching canine consuming champion would go head-to-head with Takeru Kobayashi, a six-time champion, in a Netflix particular. Chestnut and Kobayashi’s competitors is their first face-off in 15 years.
Forward of the matchup, Chestnut informed Us that competing in opposition to Kobayashi, 46, makes him a greater participant and “hit numbers which are fairly spectacular.” Chestnut added, “I’m going to do my finest, and I’m hoping that I’ll come out on prime.”
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Kobayashi, for his half, joked that he’s “previous” his peak however continues to be able to tackle Chestnut. “I believe whoever wins that is going to be No. 1 on this planet!” he mentioned through a translator. “I believe the winner will declare the world file.”
Kobayashi added that his competitors in opposition to Chestnut would be the final matchup between the 2 of them. “So it’s important to watch,” he mentioned.
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef airs stay on Netflix Monday, September 2, at 3 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Rachel Smith