Cheese ball is life.

Hundreds of astounded onlookers gathered in Manhattan’s Union Square Park on Saturday to watch an anonymous 22-year-old man in an orange mask devour an entire jar of cheese balls.

“I think everybody wants to be behind the mask,” the anonymous cheeseball eater said about his fans. TikTok / cheeseballman427

“There was a moment that I was definitely going to throw up, and then people said ‘keep it down’ really loudly so I just kept it in,” the recent NYU grad told ABC News two days after the savory spectacle on April 27.

It all started with ominous posters popping up around the area in the weeks leading up to the main event.

“Watch me eat this entire jar of cheeseballs,” the poster read with a photo of the man in the ski mask holding a giant jar of the snack.

For some reason, the oddball attracted curious onlookers, and people came together to shout “cheeseball man” and “eat those cheeseballs” to cheer him on.

“I think everybody wants to be behind the mask,” the anonymous cheeseball eater said about his fans. “I didn’t really expect this many people to show up.”

Cheeseball Man ran around with a flag of himself. TikTok / cheeseballman427

Most people reportedly showed up because it sounded “hilarious” — and one person even said the crowd could be heard from nearly two blocks away.

After running around with a flag of himself and shaking people’s hands with his dusty cheese hands, the man said multiple times that he planned to “go home and throw up.”

Cheeseball Man accomplished his feat after about 30 minutes and then signed autographs for those who came out to support.

The Post has reached out to Cheeseball Man for comment.

It all started with ominous posters popping up around the area in the weeks leading up to the main event. TikTok / cheeseballman427

He told ABC News that he hopes to set out on another cheeseball mission next year with a bigger tub — but he wants to be more than just a “culinary conquerer.”

“I’ve been, you know, trying to help people,” he shared. “I clean up the city, pick up the trash.”

People on social media couldn’t get enough of the now-infamous cheeseball man.

“And they say my city doesn’t have culture,” one person said.

“Now these are the types of public gatherings we should be having,” another wrote.

“He’s a local hero to many NYC patrons,” someone said. “We expect statues to be created in his honor.”

Hundreds of people gathered in Union Square Park in Manhattan on Saturday to watch a man eat cheeseballs. ABC News

“Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed,” an Instagram user commented.

“Thank you for doing this on my wedding day,” another quipped.

“My sons do this once a month,” someone else joked.

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