Kal Penn Is Working For The President Now?!
Would you believe that the reason why Kutner died is because the actor got a job working for President Obama?
He says he’s working as a liaison for President Obama and will be working in the Executive Office of the White House?!
He went on to talk about the sudden death:
One of the things I love about our show is you never know what’s going to happen. So that news struck me in the same way we hope it strikes the audience: there was a little bit of anger and some depression. You really go through those emotions, especially when somebody dies in that fashion. Ultimately, it was a really interesting choice for them to make. We don’t really know why he did it, unless it’s resolved in the episodes after [I left], which, of course, I’m not privy to anymore. At least in [last night’s] episode, we don’t really know why he did it. There’s no note. There’s no explanation. And as a testament to David and Katie, that’s a huge risk. ‘Cause it is going to make people upset, and it is going to piss off some of the audience. And, ultimately, in my opinion, that’s what art really is — when you can conjure up those kinds of emotions. And it’s rare nowadays to be able to do that on network television, but they managed to.
Am I buying it? I don’t know…
Wikipedia would have me believe it and support it with photos of him at the Obama rallies.
Penn was a surrogate for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008 and a member of Obama’s National Arts Policy Committee.[8] He appears in the Barack Obama video “Sí Se Puede Cambiar” by Andres Useche[9] and appeared with comedian George Lopez on January 18, 2009 at “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial.”
Here is a video of him during the campaign:
Yeah…
I guess I believe it…
I think I searched so hard to prove that it was a fake because I’m still in denial about Kutner’s death. :(
Via: Michael Moncur (email link) and Matthias Shapiro (comment link)
He was campaigning for Obama for over a year. Gave a speech at the Inauguration ceremonies. Taught at UPenn (and Ivy League school) before that. And has been studying international Relations at Standford. This job isn’t a huge leap after all of that.
Comment by Lynn — 4/11/2009 @ 12:43 am