Paul Robinett
American vlogger and entrepreneur
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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]
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]