Kal Penn: From 'White Castle' To White House And Back

latimes.com:

When Kal Penn worked in the White House, he sometimes briefed President Obama before meetings.

Yeah, the guy who plays the marijuana-craving Kumar in silly road movies was giving the commander in chief the scoop on matters of public policy. If need be, he could also have told the president how to deal with problematic raccoons and stoned cheetahs - among the bizarre plot points of "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle."

"When you're working there, you always think, 'What is the best time to tell the president that you played a stoner who escaped from Guantanamo Bay?'"Penn said with a smile over a late lunch in Studio City this month, a Detroit Tigers baseball cap pulled down brim-forward on his head. "Is it before his national security meeting? Is it after the education meeting?"

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Comments

[middleoftheroad]

05:08 PM on 10/25/2011

No "job or financial security"...gimme a break. He had his agents working for him the entire time he was away. He took a little more than a year off and worked at the White House, and just and the H&K movie got active he left...for what, $5,000,000????? Now he is probably making 75-100K an episode at least on HIMYM. What a risk.

[JohnMavis41]

07:07 PM on 10/24/2011

Kumar kept drinking the lemonade til he realized that it tasted salty and barry was always smiling. Then he split.

[slimjim87]

06:54 PM on 10/24/2011

Just another failed Democrat.

[inthedesert]

06:18 PM on 10/24/2011

I have no idea who this person is and why he should be interesting.