Kan Penn Reveals He’s Engaged to Longtime Partner Josh – The Hollywood Reporter

Kal Penn is engaged.

The actor revealed to Individuals that he’s engaged to be married to his longtime accomplice, Josh.

The couple, who’ve been collectively for 11 years, met whereas Penn was residing in Washington, D.C., working for the Obama administration.

Penn — who particulars the story of how they met in his upcoming guide, You Can’t Be Critical — informed Those who he needed to make the connection beforehand however stored quiet about it as a result of Josh, together with Penn’s members of the family, “don’t love consideration and shrink back from the limelight.” (Josh’s final title has not been made public.)

Within the guide, Penn shares how, on their first date, Josh confirmed up with an 18-pack of Coors Mild and turned the TV to a NASCAR race.

“I assumed, ‘This clearly will not be going to work out,” Penn stated. “I’ve sooner or later off from The White Home and this dude is unironically watching vehicles go round and make left turns? Subsequent factor you realize, it’s been a pair months and we’re watching NASCAR each Sunday. I’m like, ‘What is occurring?’ I needed the reader to benefit from the love and the humor via all of these tales.”

Penn, identified for his roles on Home and the Harold & Kumar movies, took a break from performing to work for the White Home as principal affiliate director within the Workplace of Public Engagement in 2009.

Since returning to Hollywood, he has starred in Designated Survivor, Sunnyside and Clarice.