{"id":5848,"date":"2021-10-31T23:53:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T18:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mirchmasala.tv\/kal-penn-comes-out-and-announces-engagement-to-longtime-boyfriend-josh\/"},"modified":"2021-10-31T23:53:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T18:53:30","slug":"kal-penn-comes-out-and-announces-engagement-to-longtime-boyfriend-josh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mirchmasala.tv\/2021\/10\/31\/kal-penn-comes-out-and-announces-engagement-to-longtime-boyfriend-josh\/","title":{"rendered":"Kal Penn comes out and announces engagement to longtime boyfriend Josh"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Kal and Josh after engaged after 11 years together (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kal Penn has revealed he is engaged to his longtime boyfriend, named only as Josh, after keeping their romance private for 11 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Harold & Kumar actor simultaneously came out and shared their happy news in an interview to promote his upcoming book, You Can\u2019t Be Serious.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Kal\u2019s close friends and family were aware of their relationship, it\u2019s the first time he has spoken about it publicly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old actor told People<\/a>: \u2018I\u2019ve always been very public with everybody I\u2019ve personally interacted with. Whether it\u2019s somebody that I meet at a bar, if Josh and I are out or we\u2019re talking to friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m really excited to share our relationship with readers. But Josh, my partner, my parents, and my brother, four people who I\u2019m closest to in the family, are fairly quiet. They don\u2019t love attention and shy away from the limelight.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Designated Survivor star revealed that his parents were supportive when he told them about his and Josh\u2019s romance, joking that \u2018when you\u2019ve already told your Indian parents and the South Asian community that you intend to be an actor for a living, really any conversations that come after that are super easy\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Kal\u2019s family and friends were aware of his sexuality for years (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He added that he felt \u2018very supported by everyone\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kal also revealed that he \u2018discovered [his] own sexuality relatively late in life compared to many other people\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u2019s now busy planning his wedding day and joked that the \u2018big disagreement\u2019 is whether it\u2019s a big or small ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n