Harold & Kumar Star Kal Penn Shares Details About His 11-Year Relationship and Engagement To Partner Josh

Harold & Kumar star Kal Penn opened up about his 11-year relationship and engagement with Josh throughout a current press tour for his upcoming memoir “You Can’t Be Critical.”

Penn and Josh met when the actor was dwelling in Washington D.C. whereas working for the Obama Administration. Penn labored for the administration from 2009 to 2011.

Penn revealed to PEOPLE magazine that he saved his relationship away from the media due to respect for Josh and his household.

“I’ve at all times been very public with all people I’ve personally interacted with. Whether or not it’s anyone that I meet at a bar, if Josh and I are out, or we’re speaking to associates. I’m actually excited to share our relationship with readers.”

The comic added, “However Josh, my accomplice, my mother and father, and my brother, 4 individuals who I’m closest to within the household, are pretty quiet. They don’t love consideration and shrink back from the limelight.”

Additionally, within the interview, Penn shared that regardless of discovering his sexuality later in life, he’s proud that he found out who he was whatever the timeline.

“I found my very own sexuality comparatively late in life in comparison with many different individuals. There’s no timeline on these things. Folks determine their sh-t out at totally different occasions of their lives, so I’m glad I did after I did.”

Along with Penn’s love life, the memoir additionally touched factors on his childhood experiences, his early begin in Hollywood, coping with racism within the media, the Obama administration, and lots of extra.

Penn’s memoir “You Can’t Be Critical” launch date is about for Nov. 2.