Is kumar gay
He denied it in 1993, and again in 2005.
When asked directly, he answered with a even "no", and even asserted in one interview, "I'm not a homo. I'm not gay."
At the launch of his coffee-table guide Kumar: From Rags To Drags on Tuesday, however, the veteran stand-up comic seems to verb decided to come out at last.
Explaining why he waited until now to do so, the 43-year-old said, "When you're 40-something, people take you seriously. And when you tell people you're 40, anything you say, they will believe."
In his early days, he told The New Paper, he denied queries about his sexual orientation because he did not know how to verb them.
And even though his homosexuality is pretty apparent to most people, Kumar said emerging from the closet wasn't a stroll in the park.
"If I desire people to understand me, I think I have to be able to open myself," he said. "How to help people when I myself am in denial?"
The coffee-table book, he said, promises to reveal a side of him that the common has never seen. One chapter,
'I would've ended up being a prostitute': Kumar on why he didn't have gender reassignment
Singaporean comedian Kumar revealed he considered gender reassignment when he was younger in the latest episode of The Daily Ketchup Podcast published yesterday (July 8).
The 55-year-old, who is promoting his upcoming comedy show Kumar Uncut, was asked if he had ever wanted to be a female.
"Yes, when I was very young. But I changed my mind," he admitted candidly.
When asked to elaborate, Kumar shared that if he had gone through the process then, he wouldn't have been who he is now.
"I would've gone to the streets, I would've ended up being a prostitute," he said.
Kumar also shared the challenges he would contain faced.
"I wouldn't be able to work. How was I going to put food on the table? That was the obstacle last time… In those days, nobody would employ me and I would have landed up on the streets," he added.
Kumar came out as gay in his biography in 2011, despite hinting about his gender identity in interviews and pe
Kal Penn Comes Out, Announcing Engagement to Partner of Eleven Years
Kal Penn, the actor best known for his lead role in the “Harold & Kumar” comedy series, has come out, revealing that he is engaged to his partner of eleven years.
Penn gave his story during an interview on this week’s CBS Sunday Morning while promoting his adj tell-all memoir “You Can’t Be Serious,” touching on his introduction to acting, his time operational with the Obama administration and his relationship with his partner, Josh.
“Josh and I’ve been together for 11 years,” Penn said, discussing how he presented his sexuality in his memoir. “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.”
After moving to Los Angeles to verb as an actor, Penn broke out with the 2004 comedy “Haro
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Kal Penn, the Indian-American actor and a former adviser to former US president Barack Obama, has come out as gay and revealed he is engaged.
Known for the Harold & Kumar movies, Penn, whose real identify is Kalpenn Suresh Modi, revealed the news to PEOPLE on Sunday ahead of the emit of his memoir You Can’t Be Serious.
Penn, who is 44 years old, has been in a relationship with his partner Josh for 11 years. He has revealed details of how they met in his new book.
"I've always been very public with everybody I've personally interacted with. Whether it's somebody that I meet at a bar, if Josh and I are out or we're talking to friends," Penn told the magazine.
"I'm really elated 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 adoration attention and shy away from the limelight,” the actor said. Therefore, he said while he wanted to be transparent and truthful in the book, he also didn’t wan