Paula Gonu: 3 unknown facts about Twitch streamer who fed her boyfriend knee cartilage

Paula Gonu is an influencer from Spain who cooked a part of her knee in spaghetti and ate it
PUBLISHED MAY 12, 2023
Paula Gonu has racked up a large number of followers on multiple platforms (@paulagonu/Instagram)
Paula Gonu has racked up a large number of followers on multiple platforms (@paulagonu/Instagram)

BARCELONA, SPAIN: There are some things on the internet that will make you feel disgusted, and here is one of them. Have you ever considered eating your own body part? The very thought sounds horrible to most of us! But not for Spanish Twitch streamer Paula Gonu, who revealed that she cooked a part of her knee in spaghetti and ate it! Even more surprising is the fact that she fed it to her boyfriend.

Paula Gonu, a Spanish Instagram and YouTube star, is making headlines around the world for one of her recent culinary disasters, which included her knee cartilage being whipped together into a spaghetti bolognese dish for a romantic dinner with her boyfriend. What are some other things you should know about Paula Gonu? Let's uncover them.

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3 unknown facts about Paula Gonu

A Twitch streamer from Spain

Paula, who comes from Badalona, near Barcelona, in Spain, was recently fired from Gerard Pique’s women’s soccer league on Twitch. During her recent knee surgery, she chose to be sedated with local anesthesia, and the doctor asked if she wanted to keep some of her cartilage, which she did in a small sample jar.

Active on social media

Paula Gonu posts about fashion and lifestyle on her Instagram, where she has garnered 2 million followers. Apart from this, she is also active on YouTube with over 1 million followers.



 

Backlash on social media

Following this incident, netizens accused her of being insane due to how strange it is to eat a part of her own body, but Gonu fought back and declared that people eat body parts of "worse animals."

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