Comedian Jay Leno has canceled all appearances and is in a burn center after sustaining severe facial injuries. TMZ reported that on Sunday he was in a Los Angeles garage where he stored his cars, and that one of the cars caught fire without warning.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the gasoline fire burned Jay’s left side of the face but did not penetrate his eyes or ears.
Leno remains at the Grossman burn center receiving treatment after suffering gasoline burns from a garage fire
Before Tonight’s program The owner is currently at the Grossman Burn Center, receiving treatment.
“I suffered serious burns from a gasoline fire. I’m fine. It only took a week or two for me to get back on my feet,” the 72-year-old said in a statement.
On Sunday, Leno was hospitalized after a fire broke out in his Los Angeles garage. One of the cars is said to have caught fire, leaving Leno with burns on his face.
Leno’s health news was first reported by People magazine.
The comedian had to cancel all upcoming appearances due to a “serious medical emergency”
The comedian had been scheduled to attend a financial conference in Las Vegas on Sunday – the same day of the crash – however he had to cancel the appearance due to “a medical emergency”. serious.”
Leno’s burns were not immediately revealed at the time.
“His family can’t give us a lot of details, but there is a very serious medical emergency that is preventing Jay from traveling,” an email said to attendees. “All we know is he’s still alive, so our prayers go out to him and his family tonight.”
Leno has not been shy about his health issues in recent years, specifically high cholesterol, leading fans to assume his ongoing cholesterol-related emergency.
Jay Leno is hospitalized. The horrific car fire left him with “serious” facial burns. His car caught fire. His family can’t give many details, but it’s a serious emergency preventing Jay from traveling, we know he’s alive and my prayers are with him and his family. he. pic.twitter.com/BnRO4V7WkF
– Julie Wendele (@JulieWendele) November 14, 2022
Back in 2019, Leno encouraged his fans and followers to stay up to date with their periodic cholesterol checks.
“There are so many people walking around like that, they are just time bombs. You’ve got all this cholesterol, you won’t realize it until it actually approaches, you know? ‘ Leno said at the time. “It’s like in a car, if even a piece of dirt gets in the eye of a jet’s needle, and explodes and no more gas goes through. And that’s what happens to your heart.”
Jay Leno: History of Tonight’s programPresenter’s career
Organized by Leno Tonight’s program from 1992 to 2009 after the hit Johnny Carson. He eventually left the gig to start his own primetime talk show on NBC.
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However, both shows fell short of expectations, prompting NBC to reinstate Leno as host Tonight’s program in March 2010. After continuing as host for four years, Leno once again left the show in 2014, when he was replaced by Jimmy Fallon.
Leno is a famous car enthusiast, and even launched a series of CNBC series Jay Leno’s Garage in 2015, aired a total of seven seasons and 88 episodes, after concluding the seventh season at the end of October.
As of last year, Leno was installed as the new server of You bet your life revival.
