Kal Penn 'Can't Stop Laughing' at Russian Ambassador's 'Terrorist' Tweet

Actor Kal Penn "can't stop laughing" after the Russian ambassador to the U.K. tweeted a photo of his "Harold & Kumar" character to make a point about terrorism.

US threatens to stop helping Iraq against ISIL if Baghdad asks Russia for help. The terrorists must be rejoicing pic.twitter.com/aKDaf1ae7q

— Alexander Yakovenko (@Amb_Yakovenko) October 21, 2015

"I can't stop laughing," the actor tweeted after Alexander Yakovenko sent out a message saying the U.S. was threatening to cut off support in Iraq against ISIS if the country went to the Russians for help.

"The terrorists must be rejoicing," Yakovenko said.

The Russian Federation ambassador to the UK tweeted this Harold & Kumar pic with seriousness. I can't stop laughing. https://t.co/ZsR041AAVJ

— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) October 21, 2015

Penn, who is a former White House staffer, got a direct response on Twitter from the U.K.'s Russian Embassy, which clarified that they were looking for a photo of a terrorist laughing, which is difficult to find.

@kalpenn it is rather hard to spot an actual terrorist laughing. Your performance is convincing and therefore fit to illustrate the idea.

— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) October 21, 2015

The Internet, of course, is having fun with the back-and-forth Twitter talk between the embassy and Penn.

Picture of ACTUAL terrorist laughing @EliotHiggins @kendo1184 @RussianEmbassy @ChristopherJM @kalpenn pic.twitter.com/vawqdiy22P

— Jane Jerome (@j2JaneJerome) October 21, 2015

@RussianEmbassy @kalpenn Hard to spot an actual terrorist? Good thing you can spot them in Syria :-)

— The Manual of Ideas (@manualofideas) October 22, 2015

@RussianEmbassy @kalpenn what do u mean "hard to spot an actual terrorist laughing?" you tweeted 2 of them just now: https://t.co/SstYLyfNxM

— skresla (@skresla) October 22, 2015

Penn didn't let it go, either. He later tweeted a photo of Russian fighter Ivan Drago from "Rocky IV":

.@Amb_Yakovenko thank you, Mr. Ambassador. pic.twitter.com/Df1d1wSGX4

— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) October 21, 2015

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