Joey Chestnut helped take down a protester who rushed the stage as he was competing in the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Watch the incident here.
While the competitive-eating legend was in the midst of winning the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 15th time on Sunday in Brooklyn, protesters rushed the stage.
One of the protesters -- wearing a Darth Vader mask and holding a sign that read"Expose Smithfield Deathstar" -- bumped Chestnut out of position as he was downing his 18th hot dog. Chestnut wrapped his arm around the neck of the protester and helped pull them to the ground. Not seen on TV was Joey Chestnut putting a protestor in a chokehold while scarfing another hotdog en route to victory
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