Two years ago, Joey Chestnut was interrupted by a protester who he put in a headlock — and then he still managed to eat 63 hot dogs and buns at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Chestnut will not be at this year's event , but activists will be.
the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, announced that they will 'bombard the competition's spectators' with a truck that will encourage the attendees to go vegan. The organization says it is a 'life-size, hyperrealistic pig transport truck' that is donned with images of pigs in cages that are being sent to be slaughtered. The truck is named 'Hell on Wheels.' 'Behind every hot dog is a once-living, sensitive individual who was crammed onto a truck for a terrifying, miserable journey to their death,' Tracy Reiman, PETA's executive vice president, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Thus, it will be the first time since 2015, and just the second time since 2007, that there will be someone not named Joey Chestnut has the champion. Chestnut lost the competition in 2015 to Matt Stone. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.