Invoice Maher piled on the insults at Jay Leno’s expense following theories that the legendary late-night host’s current accidents had been the outcomes of his playing money owed.
Sitting down for Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, Maher introduced up the brutal facial wound that Leno suffered when he fell down a hill whereas at a lodge in Pennsylvania in November.
“It’s a conspiracy theory, since you’ve had three accidents that you actually have gambling debts and that you’re being beaten up by the mob,” Maher mentioned, referencing an article in regards to the baseless declare.
Leno was all in on the outlandish theories ridiculing the premise and the way the mob would get to him.
“I love the idea that the mob would drive to Greenburg, Pennsylvania, wait outside the Hampton Inn on kind of a sleety, rainy day to throw me down the hill.” the 74-year-old mentioned.
Maher, 68, defended the weird theories and quipped that Leno made up the story of falling down a hill to cover his supposed playing issues.
“That’s not what they’re saying, please don’t mischaracterize,” Maher interjected. “They’re saying throw you down the hill was your cover story, and they just beat you up like the mob always does.”
Leno was staying at a Hampton Inn lodge exterior Pittsburgh and opted to stroll down a “60 to 70-foot” hill to get to a close-by restaurant.
The comic misplaced his footing and rolled down the hill, hitting his head on a rock, which knocked him within the eye.
Leno was noticed carrying a watch patch when he grabbed lunch at an In-N-Out days later.
Maher referenced a motorbike accident that severely injured Leno as he broke his collarbone and ribs in Jan. 2023.
“When you had that other accident, when you fell off your ‘motorcycle wink wink,’” Maher mentioned.
Leno tried to elucidate that he was clotheslined by a rope in any individual’s driveway however Maher wrote it off as one other try to cover the playing money owed.
The previous “Tonight Show” host was concerned in two horrific incidents, two months aside in late 2022 and early 2023.
Leno suffered second and third-degree burns in a automotive accident which compelled him to “get a new face, when his face caught fire,” he advised Maher.
Two months later Leno was concerned within the motorbike crash that break up open his new face, leaving him needing to “call his face guy.”
“The article started out by saying ‘Jay Leno, who’s worth $450 million, has gambling debts,’” Maher mentioned. “I was like that is quite a gambling debt.”
Leno pitched the concept to his supposed mob aggressors that they need to go away him alone and take a automotive from his huge assortment as an alternative.
