Kal Penn’s Fiancé Josh: Everything To Know About Their 12-Year Relationship

• Josh is the actor’s fiancé.
• The erstwhile Obama White House staffer has ne'er disclosed a past sanction for his beingness partner.
• Kal has been highly backstage astir the astir important narration successful his life.

Kal Penn has been with his spouse Josh since 2010, and they’ve been engaged much recently. But the governmental activistic and American Horror Story actor, 45, revealed to PEOPLE Magazine past twelvemonth portion discussing his book, You Can’t Be Serious, that he’s lone precocious discovered his ain sexuality. “I discovered my ain sexuality comparatively precocious successful beingness compared to galore different people,” helium said. “There’s nary timeline connected this stuff. People fig their s— retired astatine antithetic times successful their lives, truthful I’m gladsome I did erstwhile I did.” Learn much astir Kal and his agelong past with Josh below!

Josh & Kal are engaged.

Kal Penn (Lev Radin/Shutterstock)

It’s not known for precisely however long, but portion Kal was promoting his publication successful October 2021, helium revealed that helium is engaged to Josh. “Obviously I americium engaged to a antheral and our families volition beryllium determination for the wedding,” helium told PEOPLE. “The large disagreement present is whether it’s a immense wedding oregon a tiny wedding. I privation the large a** Indian wedding. Josh hates attention, [has said], ‘Or we could conscionable bash speedy 20-minute happening with our families and that’s it.’ So we person to conscionable halfway successful the middle.”

They spell each the mode backmost to 2010.

While Kal’s announcement was comparatively new, the narration astir surely is not. Per Parade, Kal met Josh erstwhile helium was moving for former President Barack Obama portion helium was successful office. And during an quality connected CBS Sunday Morning successful 2021, helium reportedly said that helium was celebrating his 11th day successful October — meaning they’ve been unneurotic since, oregon astatine slightest met, successful October of 2010.

“I mean, you know, Josh and I’ve been unneurotic for 11 years,” helium said. “We had our 11th day successful October. So, for maine and penning astir it, I deliberation the tricky happening was, you’re right, it’s precise matter-of-fact successful our lives, and erstwhile you’re the lad of Indian immigrants who says that you privation to beryllium an actor, the chaos that that creates successful your household and your community, volition trump thing else, always.”

Kal is highly backstage astir Josh.

Actor Kal Penn (Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock)

During his expansive PEOPLE interview, Kal opened up — conscionable a small — astir wherefore he’s truthful backstage astir his longtime love. And helium hinted that it’s retired of respect for his fiancé’s sensibilities. “I’ve ever been precise nationalist with everybody I’ve personally interacted with,” helium said. “Whether it’s idiosyncratic that I conscionable astatine a bar, if Josh and I are retired oregon we’re talking to friends. I’m truly excited to stock our narration with readers. But Josh, my partner, my parents, and my brother, 4 radical who I’m closest to successful the family, are reasonably quiet. They don’t emotion attraction and shy distant from the limelight.”

A photograph circulated of Kal astatine the Knicks/Pistons crippled successful New York successful March of 2018, which you tin see present via Parade, is believed to beryllium of Josh and Kal together; however, neither person ever confirmed if this is the case.

Josh is simply a NASCAR fan.

In his book, Josh reportedly recounted his archetypal day with Josh, and beryllium taken aback that helium arrived to his flat with an 18 battalion of Coors Light and a program to ticker NASCAR.

“I thought, ‘This evidently is not going to enactment out,” Kal said. “I person 1 time disconnected from The White House and this dude is unironically watching cars spell astir and marque near turns?'” Kal past hilariously admitted that it had go a portion of their routine. “Next happening you know, it’s been a mates months and we’re watching NASCAR each Sunday. I’m like, ‘What is happening?’ I wanted the scholar to bask the emotion and the wit done each of those stories,” helium explained.