Robby Novak (born October 24, 2003) is an American actor and media personality best known for portraying Kid President on

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and on television.

Early life

Robby Novak was born on October 24, 2003. He and his sister, Lexi, were adopted by David and Lori Novak. Novak is from

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Career

Novak released his first

video in July 2012, on the channel SoulPancake. His breakout video, which has 48 million views as of March 2023, is titled "A Pep Talk from Kid President to You." Montague describes it as " Novak is featured in a series of YouTube videos and in a television show, produced by actor

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. Novak's first YouTube clip as Kid President, written and directed by his brother-in-law Brad Montague, was uploaded in the summer of 2012 and subsequently published on Wilson's YouTube channel in October 2012. Novak was featured in a television show on

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called ''Kid President: Declaration of Awesome'' in the summer of 2014. In October 2019, the first episode of a new YouTube series titled ''Are We There Yet?'' was uploaded on Wilson's YouTube channel. The series will show Novak and Montague's trip around the United States in which they meet children who are trying to "make the world a little more awesome".

Personal life

Novak suffers from

osteogenesis imperfecta Osteogenesis imperfecta (; OI), colloquially known as brittle bone disease, is a group of genetic disorders that all result in bones that break easily. The range of symptoms—on the skeleton as well as on the body's other organs—may b ...

, a condition where his bones break easily. As a result, Novak has had over 70 broken bones and several major surgeries.

References

2003 births American male child actors American YouTubers Living people People from Henderson, Tennessee People with osteogenesis imperfecta {{US-entertainer-stub YouTubers from Tennessee