At 1:30am Tuesday morning, actor Kal Penn (”Harold & Kumar,” ”House”) was robbed at gunpoint, according to People.com. The actor, who had taken a sabbatical from acting to work as a White House aide to President Obama, had his wallet and other items stolen from him. The police ruled the incident as a “basic street robbery,” with no ill intent directed to the actor based on his stardom.

Penn, after his shocking exit on the FOX medical drama “House” last July, became an Obama Administration liaison to the Asian-American, Pacific population, and the arts communities. Penn, who was not injured in the attack, announced earlier this year that he would be leaving his White House aide position to reprise his role as Kumar in the third outing in the popular “Harold & Kumar” franchise.

Tweeters are both sad and comical about the incident.

1. 
   mrdankelly Sigh. Kal Penn left his acting career to help heal his country… and yet the headlines say “KUMAR MUGGED.”
2. 
   StephenMcGrady White house aide Kal Penn mugged at gunpoint. I suspect Neil Patrick Harris
3. 
   CommanderObama Listen… Kal Penn mugged at gunpoint… you know my MO.. uhh.. it’s a crisis.. have to act fast.. new law.. you must give all guns to ME!
4. 
   TVTomJ ‘Kumar’ guy Kal Penn, a liberal who left TV to work for Obama, will probably convert to a conservative now that he has been mugged.
5. 
   awhisperpoetic the fact that Kal Penn was mugged just shows the decline of decency in America.
6. 
   robertiafolla Kal Penn must be psyched to return to Hollywood; he was mugged in my neighborhood Tuesday http://bit.ly/bEpj6N
7. 
   ilovenarwals Kal Penn (Kumar from Harold & Kumar go to White Castle) was mugged yesterday on Pot Day. Ohh the irony..
8. 
   eyebleaf Kal Penn was mugged at gunpoint. How could someone do that to “Kumar”? What a world.
9. 
   anjeanettec @ActuallyNPH, many of my tweeps think U could be the culprit! RT: H & K’s Kal Penn mugged. Where’s Neil Patrick Harris when u need him?
10. 
    MusingCruising Poor Kumar /stoner http://blog.zap2it.com/thedishrag/2010/04/kal-kumar-penn-mugged-in-washington-dc.html

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