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It doesn't matter how much you like – or even love – pizza, chances are you don’t love pizza quite as much as Kenny Wilde does.
Kenny from Connecticut in the US has eaten pizza every day for the past six years, and he has no intention of changing his habit any time soon.
When the pizza shops in his neighbourhood are closed during holidays, Kenny will drive to casinos in another part of the state to get his fix. Even on his wedding day, the menu included pizza.
His obsession began with a dare.
“I used to work for a company that looks after heating and cooling systems. My colleague and I would be on the road all day, and the quickest thing for me to grab to eat was a pizza,” Kenny told The Guardian.
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As he and his colleague were having lunch, he said to Kenny, “I bet you couldn’t eat it every day for a week.”
Kenny accepted the challenge, which was extended to a month, and he hasn’t stopped since.
Surprisingly, Kenny is in quite good shape for someone whose diet is almost entirely pizza-based.
“I’m actually pretty skinny. I guess I can thank my metabolism for that. Sometimes people will get in touch with concerns about the healthiness of my habit, but I’m fit and healthy.”
Kenny's hoping his efforts will earn him a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. He documents his life with pizza on his Instagram account, which led to a pizza box business offering him a job as a salesman.
“It’s the perfect job for me, as I can travel and try pizzas from all over the country."
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Kenny's bond with pizza goes back further than six years, though. His father once owned a pizza restaurant, and Kenny was first introduced to pizza when he was three years old.
However, he has no interest in getting into the pizza business himself, saying, "I see how hard these business owners work; I wouldn’t want to be away from my family for that long."
Kenny's family, while supportive of his habit, have tired of pizza as a meal option, so he gets his pizza fix at lunchtime so he can eat supper with his family.
In recent months Kenny has tried pizza from 10 different US states, as well as in Italy, and he hopes to explore more pizza spots around the world.
He's tried all kinds of pizza - peanut butter and bacon pizza, beefaroni pizza and caviar pizzas - but his favourites are a deep-pan pepperoni, and plain margherita.
And, if you were wondering, he firmly believes pineapple has no business being anywhere near any pizza.
"I’ll continue my streak as long as I’m still excited about pizza," said Kenny. "I’m happy to enjoy my delicious journey one bite at a time."
SOURCES: NYPOST.COM, THE GUARDIAN.COM, NEWS18.COM,
