Jay Leno has had a tough few months. In November 2022, his face was severely burned when gas from certainly one of his previous automobiles leaked and caught hearth. Now, we’re listening to about one other accident, this time on a motorbike, leading to a number of damaged bones.
The crash occurred final week, however Leno mentioned he waited to make an announcement as a result of loopy consideration he acquired from the earlier accident. He was testing a 1940 Indian motorbike construct when he observed the scent of fuel and reduce right into a car parking zone. An unmarked wire strung throughout the lot clotheslined the comic and tossed him off the bike, which he mentioned saved going with out him.
Jay’s crash left him with two damaged ribs, two cracked kneecaps, and a damaged collarbone. Although he acknowledged his string of dangerous luck, he reassured everybody. “I’m OK, I’m working. I’m working this weekend,” he advised the Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal in an interview.
Restoration from damaged bones appears kinder to the 72-year-old comic than therapeutic from his burn wounds. It took him just a few weeks to return to standup gigs after that accident, whereas he’s making ready to hit the stage as quickly as early February this time round. Standup was his old flame earlier than he took over the “Tonight Present” from Johnny Carson in 1992.
Offstage, Leno is well-known within the automotive world, each for his insane and eclectic automobile assortment and his TV and YouTube present, “Jay Leno’s Storage.” Nevertheless, this system could possibly be coming to an finish, not less than on TV. The Hollywood Reporter reported that CNBC is canceling his present and others to make manner for actuality present reruns and different documentary reveals. There’s no indication that Jay plans to cease producing content material for YouTube, although his freshly damaged bones may sign that it’s time to decelerate.
