you're not covering it as like a media member you are eating pistachios in this contest on Monday are you not I am and that is a a recent realization for me I I I uh until last week I didn't understand that it was going to be a uh you know Real Deal eating competition so I I got to get I just learned that I can't use my teeth to crack the shells which is my whole technique so that that's crumbling right now so I've got to I got to reassess and work on something this weekend and look at this you tell I'm I'm a real fan I just happen to have these here so I got a lot of questions so the and you just kind of said it there so these are not pre- shell you have to actually unshell is that the word Dell unshell whatever the word one of those yeah um yeah which is good because if we just had bowls of unshelled pistachios that would be rough that would get uh would be rough I would probably be throwing up by the end of that one how have you been practicing if you have been practicing and how has it gone um you know I haven't practiced too hard my practice has been just enjoying pistachios over the years I'm anytime I crack open a bag I'm just I crush the whole thing and you I was I was saying with the last guy I was talking to you could kind of dig in any crevice of my couch or my chair and you you'll find a pistachio shell or in the dock bed she's chewing on a pistachio so yeah there's uh it's uh been my favorite snack for a long time now so I just I've got got yeah this is myig moment my big moment it's not any game on Sunday it is Joey Bosa Monday in Santa Monica forget football this is my calling right here pistachios you might retire yeah um have you talked to any of the other guys I brought up Joey chess nut's name he he being obviously the the real famous guy in the sport have you talked to any of the guys have you gotten any pointers any tips from any of the other competitive eaters I haven't yet um I'm gonna probably meet him next week when I when I head out there um but yeah I don't think it'll be much of a competition if I'm being honest I think he's probably going to run away with it I uh I was just on YouTube a little bit looking up and I felt confident after seeing if few of them I'm like oh I'm faster than these guys and then I learned I can't use my mouth which sounds weird saying but um what you mean yes yeah we're talking about pistachios here um but yeah that's so my whole technique and my my game plan just just fell apart within the last 10 minutes so I've got I got to figure something out how do they measure do they count the shells do they weigh it how do they you know this is all new for me I'm kind of just showing up and uh I like that and see seeing what I can do here um yeah it's it's going to be funny I I wonder I wonder how much like what is the record is is I don't know I haven't done much research into it but it's we'll look it up before we write our story here um what yeah what's is there a goal uh is it like not to finish in last if you did these guys do this for a living yeah probably would be so good on the football field what's the goal yeah yeah I don't I don't really care where I place I think my main goal is to not choke and die on a pistachio in front of a bunch of people so that's if I can if I can accomplish that then then it's a win in my book that that's amazing obviously there are a lot of other foods do we anticipate like are we going to see you in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4th do you see yourself doing anything like this in the future I think pistachios is probably where I draw the line you know maybe some some cuties little clementines that could be a fun little competition pretty pretty efficient peeling those but yeah I'll stick with the the healthy snacks hot dogs I could probably down two and then I'll be in the bathroom you know what yeah no that great point you know what's funny I once asked Joey Chesnut how do you uh how do you train for these things and he said I don't want to get fat so I train by eating vegetables so I can stretch my stomach but you know so it's so it's not an unhealthy snack but that's why these are great because pistachio is good for you yeah it's weird all all the well not all of them but most of the top eaters look like they're in pretty good shape and it's like how do you really big dudes right but they're really not it's unreal that well that that's amazing uh we cannot wait for this uh Joey we will all be watching again it's going down February 26 Major League eating I I appreciate you brother thank you so much for sure thanks for having me