In his new memoir, Kal Penn shares the story of how he and his partner of 11 years first met.
about their relationship. “Whether it's somebody that I meet at a bar, if Josh and I are out or we're talking to friends. I'm really excited to share our relationship with readers. But Josh, my partner, my parents, and my brother, four people who I'm closest to in the family, are fairly quiet. They don't love attention and shy away from the limelight.
In the book, Penn recalls that his and his fiancé's first date didn't seem destined for success after Josh arrived at his apartment carrying an 18-pack of Coors Light and immediately turned the TV to NASCAR. “I thought, ‘This obviously is not going to work out,’” he said. “I have one day off from The White House and this dude is unironically watching cars go around and make left turns? Next thing you know, it's been a couple months and we're watching NASCAR every Sunday.
He concludes, “The whole point of writing this book was for the reader to feel like we're having a beer together. I thought, if we're supposed to feel like we're having a beer together, then I want to take you into my stories and I want you to experience them with the same joy that I've experienced them. That was the way that my friends have met my parents and Josh, as they've gotten to know them over the last 10 years.
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