Joey Chestnut regrets putting protestor in chokehold at Eating Contest

Joey Chestnut regrets putting protestor in chokehold at Hot Dog Eating Contest: 'I wish that it didn't happen'

Chestnut admitted that his takedown of an animal rights protestor looked excessive

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Joey Chestnut's modern day victory inside the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating

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Contest on July four can also thoroughly have been his most convoluted yet.

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The famed competitive eater managed to win the contest

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for the 15th time no matter being on crutches -- and regardless

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of being interrupted inside the middle of the event by means of a protestor.

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During the new canine ingesting contest, Chestnut's

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overall performance became in short disturbed while an animal rights

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protestor in a Darth stormed the degree, retaining up an "Expose

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Smithfield's Deathstar" sign before being put in

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a chokehold and taken down by using Chestnut himself.

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Although the moment speedy went viral, Chestnut expressed

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in an interview with USA Today on Tuesday that he regretted

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his actions and felt he may have overreacted.

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