Washington — Kid President visited the nation’s capital on Saturday, spreading a message of hope, being awesome and what it felt like to kiss Beyoncé.
Robby Novak, 11, started making videos with his brother-in-law, Brad Montague, at their home in Tennessee in 2012. Since then, they have reached an audience of millions worldwide through their YouTube channel in collaboration with “SoulPancake.”
“I have a lot of things that I have made, that honestly were not very good,” Montague told the audience at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Saturday. “And the reason was, because they were not from the heart, they were not personal.”
Montague explained that Kid President was the first thing that he has done that fully expressed the values and qualities that he wants for his own family and for his now famous brother-in-law, Novak.
“The internet can be a dark place sometimes and we’re glad that we can do some good,” he said.
Since debuting their first ‘Kid President’ YouTube video in October 2012, Novak and Montague have met countless celebrities, world leaders, created a TV show and have now written a book together. Their book, “Kid President’s Guide to Being Awesome,” was published this month, prompting a nationwide book tour with stops in Detroit, Chicago, Houston, New York and Washington D.C., just to name a few.
Novak dons his signature suit with a bright red tie at every stop. Along the way and he makes sure to take the time to dance, play basketball and eat lots of his favorite food, corn dogs.
The message is simple, but powerful. Novak and Montague want the world to treat other people like they matter and they hope to create a society where everybody is celebrated, not just famous people.
When asked about his favorite celebrity meet up, Novak promptly responded that he didn’t understand that question, because every person that he meets is awesome. “That means y’all people too,” he said to the crowd of hundreds at D.C.’s central library.
But he was also quick to add that “it felt pretty good,” to kiss Beyoncé.
Novak is homeschooled by his family and suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, which is often referred to as “brittle bone disease.” At the library on Saturday, Novak signed 300 copies of his book by using a stamp instead of a traditional John Hancock, because of the increased risk of fractures from repetitive motions.
Novak told the Daily Caller that he already has a “Kid First Lady” in his life and that her name is Tara, much to the surprise of Montague.
“This girl does not exist,” said Montague.
Novak also informed TheDC that he will not run for office in 2016. “Too much paperwork,” he said.
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