Actor Kal Penn (TV’s House and Clarice; the Harold & Kumar films) revealed to People that he is engaged to marry his longtime partner, Josh, The Hollywood Reporter noted.
The couple, who have been together for 11 years, met while Penn was living in Washington, D.C., working for the Obama administration. Penn —who details the story of how they met in his upcoming book, You Can’t Be Serious—told People that he wanted to make the relationship previously but kept quiet about it because Josh, along with Penn’s family members, “don’t love attention and shy away from the limelight.”
In the book, Penn shares how, on their first date, Josh showed up with an 18-pack of Coors Light and turned the TV to a NASCAR race.
Penn will be promoting his book Saturday, Nov. 6, at The Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph St., as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival. See http://www.chicagohumanities.org/events/kal-penn/.