Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Penn also talks about navigating Hollywood as a non-white actor in his book. (Images via CBS & courtesy of Kal Penn) Actor Kal Penn of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and House fame came out as gay in his CBS Sunday Morning interview today.
He also writes about his sexual orientation in his new memoir You Can't Be Serious, which he was on the show to promote. With John Cho in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (GIF via GIPHY) More than 3/4 of the way into the profile, correspondent Luke Burbank casually mentions Penn's relationship with his partner, Josh, pointing out that Penn reveals his relationship in his book in a “matter-of-fact” way.