Chestnut has received the yearly festival on Pristine York Town’s Coney Island boardwalk 16 instances.
WASHINGTON — Consuming famous person Joey “Jaws” Chestnut won’t compete on this 12 months’s Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest later he says he was once prohibited from the development on account of his partnerships with alternative manufacturers.
Main League Consuming, which Nathan’s sanctions to run the yearly tournament on Pristine York Town’s Coney Island boardwalk, mentioned in a commentary that for twenty years it has labored underneath the similar sizzling canine exclusivity provisions for competition. It claimed Chestnut, who latter 12 months received his sixteenth identify within the festival, signed a offer with a rival logo
“MLE and Nathan’s was at stunning lengths in contemporary months to deal with Joey and his control group, agreeing to the semblance price and permitting Joey to compete in a rival unbranded sizzling canine consuming duel on Hard work Week,” Major League Eating said. “On the other hand, it kind of feels that Joey and his managers have prioritized a fresh partnership with a special sizzling canine logo over our long-time courting.”
In a order of posts on social media, Chestnut mentioned he was once “gutted” via the verdict, which he realized about thru media reporting, and accused the group of fixing the foundations from years age.
“I was gutted to learn from the media that after 19 years I’m banned from the Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest,” Chestnut wrote on X, previously Twitter. “I love competing in that event, I love celebrating America with my fans all over this great country on the 4th and I have been training to defend my title.”
“To set the record straight, I do not have a contract with MLE or Nathan’s and they are looking to change the rules from past years as it relates to other partners I can work with,” Chestnut persevered. “This is apparently the basis on which I’m being banned, and it doesn’t impact the July 4th event.”
The group disputes the characterization that Chestnut was once “banned” from taking part. “We want him at the contest. The fans want him at the contest. We love him,” Main League Consuming mentioned in an e mail answer.
Chestnut’s highest end within the festival was once in 2021 when he tallied 76 sizzling canines. He hasn’t misplaced within the tournament since 2015. All the way through the 2022 duel, a spectator i’m in a hurry the level and Chestnut put the protester in a brief chokehold prior to duel officers moved quickly over and escorted the intruder away.
“Joey Chestnut is an American hero. We would like not anything greater than to have him on the Nathan’s Well-known World Sizzling Canine Consuming Tournament, which he has ruled for years. We are hoping that he returns when he isn’t representing a rival logo,” Main League Consuming mentioned.
According to the New York Post, Chestnut was once paid $200,000 to look within the duel latter 12 months, and was once introduced a $1.2 million, four-year assurance.
