Hot dog king Joey Chestnut chokes protestor who invades stage to disbelief of crowd
dailystar.co.ukPhil Taylor in darts, Lewis Hamilton in F1 or Usain Bolt in the 100m - except his speciality involves snacking on sausages. Nicknamed 'Jaws', the 38-year-old chomped his way through an eye-watering 63 hot dogs and buns at the annual wienerthon, but unusually it wasn't his eating exploits that grabbed the headlines.
Midway through the event, Chestnut, wearing a protective boot because of a leg injury, found himself dealing with a protestor dressed in a Darth Vader mask who had invaded the stage. READ MORE: Mike Tyson 'indented concrete floors' of his prison cell while preparing for releaseThe protestor leaped onto the stage with a sign that read "Expose Smithfield Death Star." But sausage King chestnut wasn't much bothered by what the intruder had to say as he put him in a chokehold before security wrestled him to the ground.
Chestnut, who at this point had just obliterated his 17th hot dog, received praise for his actions on social media. One person wrote: "Chestnut just obliterated him." While someone else said: "Chestnut is an American hero, destroyed a protester still won the contest."How many hot dogs could you eat in 10 minutes?
Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.A third user called Chestnut a "beast," as a fourth commenter chimed in with: "This was amazing too.
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