Seth Rogen ‘sure’ he’s not allowed at White House
After announcing his desire to “smoke weed in the White House,” Seth Rogen says he’s not exactly holding his breath for an invitation.
“I’m sure I’m on the list of people who are not allowed in there,” Rogen told ITK with a chuckle.
{mosads}But if he could “somehow” get in and light up at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. — where smoking marijuana will likely be legal following an Election Day ballot victory — then “that would be amazing.”
The “Knocked Up” star, 32, tweeted his intentions shortly after legalization was passed on Nov. 4, writing to his nearly 2.5 million followers: “I gonna smoke weed in the White House ya’ll.”
The actor recently made a secret pit stop in Washington to promote his upcoming movie, “The Interview.”
The comedy, about a pair of journalists (played by Rogen and James Franco) plotting to assassinate the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, caught the attention of North Korea. The country filed a complaint back in June with the United Nations, saying the U.S. was committing an “act of war” by allowing the film to be produced.
“We didn’t make up anything. It’s all real,” Rogen, who co-wrote and co-directed the movie, told ITK as he downed beers with fans who had snagged access to a screening of the flick in D.C. “We actually did a lot of research, which we don’t normally do. But everything about North Korea in the movie is based on real stuff.”
When asked if he consulted a certain former NBA star who famously traveled to the isolated country touting basketball diplomacy, Rogen cracked, “We stayed away from Dennis Rodman.”
“It’s silly,” Rogen said of the film, which is poised to be released next month. “It’s not like ‘Argo.’ ”
Rogen also indicated he’d be willing to make a return trip to D.C. to testify again in front of Congress.
He had slammed lawmakers after his Senate Appropriations Committee testimony back in February, in which he pushed for funding to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Rogen said only two senators showed up for the hearing, which has racked up more than 6.5 million views on C-SPAN’s YouTube page and remains its second most-watched video.
“I would come back,” Rogen said. “I think I had a sadly indicative experience of what it’s like to testify in front of Congress, which is no one f—ing shows up and listens. But yeah, I bet more people would come if I went back.”
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