Paul Robinett

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Paul Robinett, known by his screen name Renetto, is an American vlogger and entrepreneur. [1] Robinett's videos have attracted over 56 million views, and his YouTube channel has over 44,500 subscribers. [2] [3] His channel has been viewed over 31.2 million times. [3]

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In 2013, Robinett was featured in a Wired article titled "The rise and fall of YouTube's celebrity pioneers". [4]

YouTube career

Robinett began posting videos on YouTube in mid-2006. [5] Initially, he posted videos as the character "renetto", "a squeaky-voiced, intellectually challenged reviewer of others' YouTube videos." [6] Robinett initially created the character to "amuse his business partner at the time". The character has been described as "bizarre and sometimes grotesque" by Nicholas Tufnell of Wired . [4]

Robinett released a video called "Diet Coke+Mentos=Human experiment: EXTREME GRAPHIC CONTENT" posted in August 2006, in which he placed a large quantity of Mentos in his mouth and drank Diet Coke at the same time, and implied that he suffered serious injury as a result. [2] [6]

Robinett was nominated for the first YouTube Video Awards. [7] [8] He is also an official partner in YouTube's revenue sharing program. Robinett is based in Canal Winchester, Ohio, where he owned and ran a candle shop and sold hand-signed, hand-poured candles. In September 2007 he announced his move and challenged YouTubers to find him, [3] and ended up in Ahwatukee, Phoenix, Arizona. He later returned to Ohio but now resides in Florida.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Paul is divorced from his wife Andrea. They have 4 children together.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Tufnell, Nicholas (November 27, 2013). "The rise and fall of YouTube's celebrity pioneers". Wired . Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Sabine Pamperrien (December 7, 2008). "Ein Träumer. Ein Spieler. Ein Prediger (German)". Berliner Zeitung .
  3. 1 2 3 Bob Tedeschi (February 26, 2007). "New Hot Properties: YouTube Celebrities". New York Times.
  4. 1 2 Tufnell, Nicholas. "The rise and fall of YouTube's celebrity pioneers". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  5. ↑ Kathryn Masterson (October 13, 2006). "YouTube all-stars". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved May 10, 2010.("Four months after starting to post videos on youtube Paul Robinett, known on Web as Renetto a Moby looking bald guy with thick black glasses was recognized...")
  6. 1 2 Brian M. Carney (September 8, 2006). "Fact or Fiction? (article preview)". Wall Street Journal.
  7. ↑ Jake Coyle (March 19, 2007). "YouTube to Sponsor Video Awards Show". Washington Post / Associated Press.
  8. ↑ "YouTube to present video awards". BBC News. March 19, 2007.
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