Robby Starbuck

Some Lesser Known Facts About Robby Starbuck

• Robby Starbuck hails from Los Angeles, California.

• He was raised by his mother and grandmother, who fled Cuba in the 1960s due to political and economic changes.

• Robby developed an interest in filmmaking at a young age and started learning video production when he was a teen.

• When he was 17 years old, instead of attending college, he began working professionally on music and short film production projects.

• Initially, he directed videos and commercials in California, and then in 2019, he moved to Williamson County, Tennessee.

• In Williamson County, along with video production, he started investing in real estate and the stock market.

• In the early 2010s, he worked with various renowned Hollywood musicians, including Snoop Dogg, Smashing Pumpkins, and Megadeth, which gained him recognition in the music industry.

• In an interview, Robby mentioned that while working in Hollywood, he faced criticism for being a Republican and posting his political and social views on social media.

• In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he campaigned against mask and vaccine mandates.

• In 2021, Robby declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination to represent Tennessee’s 5th congressional district. However, later, the Tennessee Republican Party removed him from the 2022 primary ballot, a decision made by the Tennessee Supreme Court.

• After Starbuck was removed from the Republican candidacy, he ran as a write-in candidate, but did not win the nomination.

• In 2024, Robby released a documentary film,  “The War on Children”, which was streamed on X. The film promotes the conspiracy theory that toxic chemicals cause children to identify as LGBTQ+.

• Many news agencies described the film as anti-trans and anti-LBGTQ+. Elon Musk promoted the trailer on his X handle, which received over 30 million views.

•  A group of his supporters planned to screen the film at a movie theatre in Vernon, British Columbia;  however, another group urged the theatre to cancel the screening, arguing that the film potentially violated the Human Rights Code of British Columbia.

• In June 2024, Starbuck began a campaign on social media, where he urged conservatives to boycott companies that supported diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, LGBTQ+ events, or climate policies. On his social media, he targeted one such company at a time and asked his followers to protest against them.

• After facing pressure from Robby Starbuck, several companies, including Tractor Supply, Harley-Davidson, Brown-Forman, Lowe’s, Ford Motor Company, Toyota, Walmart, Boeing, Target, McDonald’s, and many others, rolled back various DEI initiatives and ended their relationships with the Human Rights Campaign.

• In April 2025, Robby Starbuck sued Meta, claiming its AI chatbot falsely stated he participated in the 6 January 2021 U.S. Capitol attack, when Donald Trump‘s supporters stormed the Capitol after his election loss.

• After the lawsuit, Meta apologised to Robby Starbuck and partially blacklisted his name from all the AI responses.

• In August 2025, as a part of the settlement, Meta hired Robby as its advisor, where he helped in addressing ideological and political views within the company’s AI chatbot.

•  In October 2025, Robby Starbuck filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming that its AI had been generating defamatory outputs about him for sexual assault, child rape, abuse, fraud, stalking, and drug charges since 2023.

• According to the lawsuit, Google’s AI presented these false statements to over 2.8 million users, despite multiple cease-and-desist letters sent by Robby Starbuck.

  

• Robby Starbuck enjoys travelling and spending time with his family.

• In an interview, he mentioned that he enjoys participating in Christian faith activities and family-oriented events.