Joey Chestnut has apparently reconciled with Major League Eating. He appeared on WISH and Fox59 this morning to promote Saturday's St. Elmo shrimp cocktail eating contest in Indianapolis. If Joey competes, it would be his first MLE contest since May. Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are also expected to compete. update Joey confirmed he will compete on the Fox 59 morning news. Geoff Esper and Pat Bertoletti are also expected to compete. update On the Bob & Tom Show, Joey says says he has yet to reconcile with Nathan's Famous and is not sure if he will compete to regain his title on July 4. He also hinted at a possible Unfinished Beef II matchup vs. Takeru Kobayashi in Tokyo.
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Anonymous said
December 5, 2024 @ 9:46 am
Did Joey actually do any commercials for the Impossible brand? I know they were mentioned at his events, but have not seen any ads.
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
December 5, 2024 @ 11:49 am
Joey did several twitter videos for Impossible Foods. He also appeared at a UGA tailgate
https://x.com/ImpossibleFoods/status/1850932381647077571
https://x.com/ImpossibleFoods/status/1830607791448264835
https://x.com/ImpossibleFoods/status/1825636889862300053
https://x.com/ImpossibleFoods/status/1818048071164641367
https://x.com/ImpossibleFoods/status/1812959821164855660
Anonymous said
December 5, 2024 @ 12:28 pm
Do you think he is keeping the money he received from Impossible foods? Is he going to be able to do both but not Impossible Food’s hotdogs?
Anonymous said
December 6, 2024 @ 12:20 am
Will Nick try to steal joeys impossible foods? Will miki throw a fit and forget to show up? On the next Jerry springer.
Anonymous said
December 6, 2024 @ 1:25 am
This was all a work so his buddy Pat Bertoletti could win a Cony Island Hot Dog Championship . Hopefully Kobayashi can reconcile as well .
Nobody Can beat Joey on July the
4 th .
In all honesty, Joey can compete for 3 more decades and still win every hot dog eating event ..
Anonymous said
December 6, 2024 @ 8:20 am
Subtitle in small print. Two cheaters will also compete.
dan kennedy said
December 6, 2024 @ 10:13 am
I Dont Think the issue was with MLE for Joey i think it was Just the Nathans company. They didnt want him repping another hot dog brand while winning their event
Anonymous said
December 6, 2024 @ 11:27 am
Dan Kennedy makes a good point. However, MLE branded Joey. It still is not right for him to rep another hotdog no matter whether plant based or not.
Anonymous said
December 6, 2024 @ 9:59 pm
I mentioned 6 months ago as well , Joey’s issue was with Nathan’s, not MLE . Looks like I was right .
Anonymous said
December 7, 2024 @ 8:46 am
Here’s the most I recall hearing:
Though Chestnut hopes to make it back to Coney Island one day, he said Major League Eating must show some contrition.
“I feel bullied,” he said. “If I’m ever going to work with them again, they’re going to have to apologize.”
Anonymous said
December 7, 2024 @ 12:35 pm
Nathan’s hires MLE. They pay MLE. Both have to work together. December 6th at 1:25 am sounds both ignorant and a conspiracy theorist. Both of his statements are untrue.
Anonymous said
December 7, 2024 @ 11:05 pm
@12:35 . None of us will ever win Cony Island. Joey Chestnut is the greatest competitive eater ever . Joey is good friends with Pat Bertoleti and Pat’s dream was to win Cony Island. So Joey let one of his best friends dreams come true . It pays to have friends in high places in this world.
Anonymous said
December 8, 2024 @ 12:51 pm
I want to see Joey take a crack at jwebby’s 13.75 lb chocolate fudge record. Uranus announced it would be at their #2 Indiana location next time.