Joey Chestnut Speaks On Hot Dog Contest Ban, ‘Hopeful’ He’ll Compete On 4th

Joey Chestnut‘s on the heart of the most important aggressive consuming controversy in over a decade, and now “Jaws” is talking on digicam for the primary time since Main League Consuming banned him from the Nathan’s Hotcanine consuming contest.

However, there may nonetheless be an opportunity to compete!

The 16-time Mustard Belt Champion was on the Indiana Fever vs. Atlanta Dream sport Thursday evening — a contest the Fever received 91-84 — when he was requested about MLE’s decision whereas speaking to On3 Sports activities.

Whereas Chestnut says he does not have any regrets, he described the state of affairs as “unfortunate” … explaining he was bummed contract negotiations with Inconceivable Meals turned public.

“I’m very hopeful things can be worked out. I’ll be ready if we can get anything worked out, I’ll be hungry,” Chestnut mentioned … clearly nonetheless desirous to eat on Coney Island on the 4th.

Although the yearly Fourth of July custom seemingly will not characteristic Chestnut this 12 months (barring an enormous flip of occasions) … it doesn’t suggest we can’t see Jaws consuming someday quickly.

The truth is, Joey will likely be taking over his longtime rival, Takeru Kobayashi, in a head-to-head hotdog eating competition on Labor Day which is able to air on the world’s largest streaming platform.

“I’m really excited about the Netflix contest,” JC mentioned. “Me and Kobayashi, he’s been my largest rival perpetually. I’m simply actually excited to have the ability to eat in opposition to him once more.”

It is unclear if the G.O.A.T {of professional} consuming met up with WNBA celebrity Caitlin Clark whereas on the sport … or if he had any glizzys on the sport.