Indian Origin Actor Kal Penn Comes Out As Gay, Announces Engagement To Partner Of 11 Years

One of the prominent celebrities in Hollywood, Indian origin actor Kal Penn who was also a part of Irrfan Khan-starrer The Namesake, has come out as gay. With that, he has also announced his engagement to his partner of 11 years.?

Penn made the revelation to CBS Sunday Morning while he was promoting his new tell-all memoir You Can't Be Serious.

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The 44-year-old actor whose real name is Kalpen Suresh Modi said, "Josh and I've been together for 11 years. We had our 11th anniversary in October. So, writing about it… it's very matter-of-fact in our lives, and when you're the son of Indian immigrants who says that you want to be an actor, the chaos that that creates in your family and your community, will trump anything else, always."?

Penn also said that he and Josh, whose last name has been kept under wraps, are also thinking about their wedding. He wants a big Indian wedding, he says.?

"Obviously I am engaged to a man and our families will be there for the wedding. The big disagreement now is whether it's a huge wedding or a tiny wedding. I want the big a** Indian wedding. Josh, hates attention, (he has said), 'Or we could just do a quick 20-minute thing with our families and that's it'. So we have to meet halfway in the middle," he said.?

He said that he wanted to be truthful in the book without interfering with the privacy of those involved in his life.

"Figuring out the narrative [in the book], of how to respect who they really are, with telling my story — that includes: my work life, both in Hollywood and DC, it includes my love life with Josh and how we met, it includes my parents, to the extent that I'm willing to share stories about their upbringing. So that was the most important thing for me. I wanted my story to be authentic from my perspective and told in a way that makes you feel like you really get to know me," he told PEOPLE.??

You Can't Be Serious will be released tomorrow and Kal Penn is of course very excited. Are you excited to read about his love story too?