Kal Penn is getting a new gig, and this one isn’t in Hollywood:

I understand it was your decision to leave House. True?
KAL PENN: Yes. I was incredibly honored a couple of months ago to get the opportunity to go work in the White House. I got to know the President and some of the staff during the campaign and had expressed interest in working there, so I’m going to be the associate director in the White House office of public liaison. They do outreach with the American public and with different organizations. They’re basically the front door of the White House. They take out all of the red tape that falls between the general public and the White House. It’s similar to what I was doing on the campaign.

Will you actually be working in the White House?
PENN: This particular office is in the executive building. The White House has two buildings: the actual White House and an old Navy building called the Old Executive Office.

Talk about reaching out to the younger generation. Penn says he is taking a huge pay cut for this job, so it shows that he is truly interested in doing some good or at least being part of it.

But can you imagine how the right is going to respond to this?  “Hollywood is taking over the Capital!” I hear Malkin is on suicide watch right now.