Jay Leno is recovering after a significant fall.
The 74-year-old former “Tonight Show” host and TV persona arrived at his newest comedy present with a watch patch, damaged wrist and bruised face.
He advised “Inside Edition” that he fell down the aspect of a hill on his method to dinner earlier than a Pittsburgh present.
“I’m a little bit beat up,” he advised the outlet.” “I fell 60 toes. Boom, increase, increase, increase.”
Leno mentioned he “hit a bunch of rocks,” which resulted in him being “all black and blue.” He famous that one of many rocks hit him within the eye, which is why he wanted the attention patch. He additionally misplaced a nail on his finger.
When requested if he would be capable of see once more, he mentioned, “It’ll be advantageous. I’m not frightened about it.”
Despite the autumn, Leno carried out simply three hours later and didn’t cancel his stand-up exhibits. The comic additionally took the stage in Beverly Hills on Nov. 18.
Just final 12 months, Leno was concerned in a bike accident that resulted in additional damaged bones. In late January 2023, he advised the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he “received knocked off” his bike and had “a damaged collarbone.”
He added, “I’ve received two damaged ribs. I’ve received two cracked kneecaps.”
At the time, he additionally advised NBC News over the cellphone that he had been driving his bike when he smelled leaking fuel and tried to tug into an empty parking zone however crashed right into a wire that was throughout two poles.
Additionally, in 2022, simply two months earlier than his bike accident, Leno was severely burned after a fireplace erupted in his storage whereas he was engaged on his classic automobiles. He spent 10 days on the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles after 7% of his physique, together with his face, chest and palms, had been burned.
He advised TODAY’s Hoda Kotb that he was engaged on a 1907 White Steam Car with a clogged gasoline line. While beneath the automotive, he blew “some air by means of the road.”
“And abruptly, increase, I received a face stuffed with fuel. And then the pilot gentle jumped and my face caught on fireplace,” he mentioned on the time.
Despite his most up-to-date accidents, Leno remains to be scheduled to carry out on the Comedy for a Cause occasion in Hermosa Beach, California, on Nov. 20 to lift cash for the Grossman Burn Foundation.