Takeru Kobayashi, known in the competitive eating world as “Tsunami,” will not face a ban from Major League Eating for his actions during the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on the Fourth of July in New York.
The world’s most famous eater stormed the stage after Joey Chestnut‘s fourth straight title, but the crude act wasn’t enough to keep him away from future competitions.
According to an MLE rep, Tsunami’s actions were “inappropriate and unfortunate, [but Kobayashi] is a great champ. Nathan’s Famous actually tried to get him to come to the event originally. There was a lot of back and forth negotiating but they couldn’t resolve it in time of the event.”
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