VIDEO. What is the “cheeseball man”, this performance which brought together hundreds of people in New York ?

“Cheeseman ball” en train de réaliser sa “performance”. Capture X @ScooterCasterNY

Le samedi 27 avril 2024 était organisé dans un parc de Manhattan aux États-Unis, le "cheeseman ball", une performance en plein cœur de New-York qui a regroupé des centaines de spectateurs.

A "performance" for foodies. Last Saturday, in a park in Manhattan, in the heart of New York, the "cheeseman ball" took place. Several hundred people came to see a man eat an entire pot of cheese appetizer balls, indicates Ouest France.

"New York could use something like this"

The event held at Manhattan's Union Square sparked public interest, as can be seen in the images. To publicize the meeting, numerous leaflets were posted in the city, inviting many people to come and see him.

#BREAKING "Eat those balls!" – Hundreds gather in Union Square to watch a man eat an entire jar of cheese balls!

As he ran around the cheering crowd, high fiving with orange cheeseball hands, one fan asked if he'll run for president.

Chesseball man said he'd go home to throw… pic.twitter.com/BEeaj0JlfC

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This "unusual performance" was carried out by a young man of 22, who came with an orange mask on his head, underlines the American media ABC 7 New-York. "I decided to do this because I thought New York City would need something like this. Cheese balls are funny and in eating a whole pot is a difficult task, but not impossible", he related to the New York Post.

"Cheeseman ball" still managed to complete the challenge which was to swallow the 2,000 calories of cheddar and corn flour. "There was a point where I was actually going to throw up. And then people told me very loudly, 'Keep going!'. So I resisted, he was amused.

Still, he didn't think the event would be so popular. "I didn’expect there to be so many people", he’s surprised. It was a huge success, a total success since videos taken on site generated more than 10 million views on social networks. The author of the performance indicated that on the same date next year the pot would be even bigger…