Competitive eating may be getting a pint-sized new challenger. Ten-year-old Mitchell Schibeci achieved worldwide fame on Saturday by snacking on a watermelon at a cricket match in Australia. It wasn't just a slice of watermelon... but almost the whole thing. As this video shows, Mitchell munched on the entire fruit, rind and all: #WatermelonBoy spotted at #WBBL01! pic.twitter.com/qBDrMiambE TEN Sport (@tensporttv) January 2, 2016 Schibeci, who is the son of Australian sports reporter and broadcaster Tony Schibeci,admits he was hoping to get some attention. I saw people do crazy things, like that mullet boy who got on television, so I thought I might try it too, he told Channel Seven News. It worked, too, as the #WatermelonBoyhashtag lit up social media and got him coverage around the world, fromABCin Australia to theBBCin Britain to the website of People magazine in the United States. "I'm not really a hero, I'm just a normal average kid,"Schibeci told the BBC. His proud papa crowed about Mitchell's newfound fame on Twitter: Oh Boy. My son is now the new family "Cult Hero" https://t.co/aW18REZMOg Tony Schibeci (@theschibecsta) January 2, 2016 Here is the final effort from #watermelonboy @tensporttv @mcg @BBL pic.twitter.com/XQ2blGugTA Tony Schibeci (@theschibecsta) January 2, 2016 It seems, however, that Mitchell's watermelon-eating fame came with a price. The boy said he had to go to the bathroom "like seven times," according to Sporting News Australia. Still, at the end of the day, Mitchell took what was left of his prize watermelon to bed. Here, see him snuggling up to the half-eaten fruit: It's been a big night for @watermelonboyau #watermelonboy. Time for sleep @tensporttv @BBL pic.twitter.com/mRg4xZoLN8 Tony Schibeci (@theschibecsta) January 2, 2016Also on HuffPost: (function(){var src_url="https://spshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js'playList=519286683%2C519211828%2C519198031%2C519192303%2C519142909%2C519131686%2C519080828%2C518962139%2C518897228%2C518879495%2C518845972&height=&width=100&sid=577&origin=SOLR&responsive=true&ratio=wide&align=center&relatedMode=2&relatedBottomHeight=60&companionPos=&hasCompanion=false&autoStart=false&colorPallet=%23FFEB00&videoControlDisplayColor=%23191919&shuffle=0&isAP=1&pgType=cmsPlugin&pgTypeId=addToPost-top&onVideoDataLoaded=track5min.DL&onTimeUpdate=track5min.TC&onVideoDataLoaded=HPTrack.Vid.DL&onTimeUpdate=HPTrack.Vid.TC";if (typeof(commercial_video) == "object") {src_url += "&siteSection="+commercial_video.site_and_category;if (commercial_video.package) {src_url += "&sponsorship="+commercial_video.package;}}var script = document.createElement("script");script.src = src_url;script.async = true;var placeholder = document.querySelector(".js-fivemin-script");placeholder.parentElement.replaceChild(script, placeholder);})(); -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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