Veg Man Kal Penn Leaves Fox House For Obama’s White House
Written by Vegetarian Star on April 8th, 2009 in Actors.
Spoiler alert. If you didn’t watch this week’s episode of House, you might not want to read this.
Resident Lawrence Kutner, played by Kal Penn, tragically killed himself. So why did the Fox network writers need to take Kutner out? That’s because Penn’s leaving to work at the White House!
Penn worked on the Obama campaign last year and was offered a job as associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison (OPL). From tv.yahoo.com:
“Growing up I always had two interests and two passions, one being public service and the other being arts and acting, so it’s always been on my mind, I always try to engage in different public service projects, and in the last 18 months having had the opportunity to serve on the Obama campaign, I certainly started thinking about that possibility…”
“What they [OPL] try and do is take the administration itself out of Washington, so they go into communities across the country, continue the sorts of dialogue people had started during the campaign and basically ensure that a bunch of citizens’ views about their elected officials, about their government are all happening and that they’re working effectively.”
Pennsylvania Street is far from Hollywood and so is the pay rate. Although Penn won’t be bringing in movie star bucks, he’s excited and grateful for the opportunity.
While this is wonderful news for Kal, it’s a little sad for House fans, especially considering there’s one less vegetarian on the show. Kal leaves behind Lisa Edelstein, Olivia Wilde, and Omar Epps to share a veggie pizza during long days on the set.
Kal played Kumar in Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. At the end, where Harold and Kumar ate White Castle burgers, Kal bit into veggie burgers instead.
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April 8th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Oh Nooooo. This is horrible. I’m going to miss his character.
But it’s so refreshing to see someone who is so inspired by his values to take a government job paying way less that what he would make as an actor.
It’s quite an inspiration!
April 8th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
He sure is cute. Sounds like a great opportunity for him.