Will Obama really hire Omar Epps as White house doctor?”
President Obama, for all his charms, could not persuade CNN’s medical wonder Sanjay Gupta to give up his network salary and private-sector lifestyle and seek to become the new U.S. surgeon general. But this week Team Obama did manage to pull off a major medical coup in that nexus between television and politics that might be called Hollywood on the Potomac. As the Ticket reported earlier, actor Kal Penn, who gained fame as the costar of the raucous and profane cult favorite “Harold and Kumar” stoner comedies, and is seen above playing a doctor on Fox TV’s popular “House” with actor Hugh Laurie, is heading to Washington to work from what he calls “the front door” of Obama’s White House. To pave the way for Penn’s departure from the cast of “House,” a medical wonder of its own, producers decided to have his character commit suicide on Monday night’s show. The buzz helped lift the show’s ratings past ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” Penn, 31, campaigned for Barack Obama last year. Word is
That is a very cute rumor, but no, Pres. Obama has no plans to hire an actor to be a doctor. Epps is slated to return to House next season. It is true that fellow actor Kal Penn has left the show to work for the Obama administration – though not as a doctor. It is very rare to see someone leave a high-profile, high-paying acting job to return to public service. I applaud Penn and I will enjoy seeing Omar Epps return to House as he has no plans to become the White House doctor.
