Ex Hot Dog Eating Champ Arrested at Nathan's Event

why is this **** news?! seriously TMZ?! seriously. go find some celeb to harass and bother---blah.

Wow TMZ, you have really out done yourselves!

Actually this is more newsworthy than 90% of the garbage normally posted here.

r u seriously bitching about the "news" that is on tmz.....hey crissy go to cnn.com if you dont like this story.

2 THINGS TO SAY 1 MUST BE A SLOW DAY IN NEWS 2 ALL THOSE HOT DOGS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AND MADE HIM GO NUTS LOL

R U kidding me? I just watched an hour tv show on the history of the Hot dog and the popularity of it. The last part of the show was about Nathans and the Hot dog eating contest and even showed this guy on it. An hour and a half later I come on TMZ and see this! LOL 2 funny!!

This is some serious ****, it's already been on CNN. I bet they make a movie about it. Remember the blueberry pie eating contest where the guy projectile vomited? That would make a great scene.

These eating competitions are big business. The competitors make a lot of money at these events and can easily make a career out of it. Kobayashi, a Japanese citizen, has won this event many years in a row and the American buisnesses don't like it. It's embarassing for these American hot dog companies to sponsor something that an American can't win, so they make rules so he can't compete.

There's major drama to be had here. I'm sure you'll hear a lot more about this.

wow he lost a lot of muscle, he used to be really muscular, i dont know if he was on steroids or not, it seemed like he was but he might not of been since he ate so much which is what u have to do in bodybuilding. He looks about half his size

Gluttony is never attractive, irregardless of how it's marketed.

Kobayashi cheated in the past. He could not compete on a level playing field. The new rules solved that problem.

...the new rules being that he isn't allowed to compete

It's ridiculous there are "contracts" involved in these contests, it's ridiculous Kobayachi tried to rush the stage like a kamikaze pilot, and Joey Chestnut's stomach? You guessed it, RIDICULOUS.

Gee, Just like anything else, Corporate America is getting its fingers into it. Money to be had. Now trying to tell a man when he can eat, where he can eat and how much he can eat. This damn country is going to fall apart. Some 4th of July. Freedom my ass. I say let him compete. We dont need a Eating League with contracts. Wow Nathans should be proud on the 4th. Hate their damn hotdogs anyways.

Wait a minute.. I thought Kim Kardashian was the International Hot Dog Eating Contest champion!