{"id":1539375,"date":"2022-07-05T08:35:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1539375"},"modified":"2022-07-05T08:36:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:36:42","slug":"joey-chestnut-chokes-out-an-animal-rights-activist-on-way-to-his-15th-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joey-chestnut-chokes-out-an-animal-rights-activist-on-way-to-his-15th-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Chestnut Chokes Out an Animal Rights Activist on Way to His 15th Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoey-chestnut-chokes-out-an-animal-rights-activist-on-way-to-his-15th-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-title%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1539375&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Joey Chestnut entered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/hot-dog-eating-legend-joey-chestnut-appears-in-crutches-ahead-of-nathans-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Monday with an injury<\/a>.  To complicate matters further for the best to ever do it protestors, rushed the stage during the competition.<\/p>\n<p>A man dressed like Darth Vader bumped into the hot dog-eating GOAT while downing his 17th hot dog. The protestor, apparently protesting an animal rights issue in Utah, held a sign reading \u201cEXPOSE SMITHFIELD DEATHSTAR.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption><em>Two protestors interrupt the Nathan\u2019s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest in which competitive eater Joey Chestnut wins his 15th title eating 63 Nathan\u2019s hot dogs at the 2022 Nathan\u2019s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island on July 4, 2022. (Photo via Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A couple of protestors dressed as Stormtroopers joined the protest with signs of their own just as Chestnut took matters into his own hands. He took a break from inhaling hot dogs to choke the Darth Vader protestor and toss him to the stage floor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joey Chestnut eating 63 hot dogs while choking out an anti-Smithfield protester in a Darth Vader mask may be the most American thing I&#8217;ve ever seen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U7hg6KQc5g\">pic.twitter.com\/U7hg6KQc5g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Genoways (@TedGenoways) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TedGenoways\/status\/1544020936621543424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-after-taking-out-the-trash-chestnut-resumed-his-world-class-hot-dog-eating\">After taking out the trash Chestnut resumed his world-class hot dog eating<\/h3>\n<p>After taking out the trash Chestnut continued his world-class hot dog eating and turned his attention back to destroying the rest of the field.  <\/p>\n<p>He might have fallen short of breaking his own record, but his 63 hot dog performance was still good enough for his 15th Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest title.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>There are some things you can just count on during the Fourth of July. There will be plenty of drinks, there will be a ton of food, there will be fireworks, and Joey Chestnut will win the Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest.<\/p>\n<p>The only losers on the day were the protestors and whoever bet that Chestnut would break his record.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Last year, Joey \u201cJaws\u201d Chestnut beat his own record by consuming 76 franks and buns. This will go down as one of his all-time performances. He overcame injury and a protestor and topped the competition by 20 hot dogs. The legend of Joey Chestnut continues!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/joeychestnut.jpg\" alt=\"Joey Chestnut wins on 2022 Nathan&#039;s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest\" class=\"wp-image-345873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/joeychestnut.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/joeychestnut-300x205-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/joeychestnut-768x524-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/joeychestnut-561x383-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/joeychestnut-364x248-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/joeychestnut-728x497-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/joeychestnut-608x415-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/joeychestnut-758x517-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/joeychestnut-70x48.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/joeychestnut-141x96.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/joeychestnut-600x410-1.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption><em>Joey Chestnut won first place eating 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes during the men\u2019s 2022 Nathan\u2019s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Maimonides Park of Coney Island on July 4, 2022. (Photo via Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s beautiful to be back here\u201d in front of a throng of spectators, Chestnut told ESPN. \u201cIt hurts, but I was in the zone for a little bit. I was ignoring it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joey Chestnut entered the Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Monday with an injury. 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