You possibly can’t preserve Jay Leno down.
After struggling a nasty fall that left him badly bruised, the previous “Tonight Show” host, 74, was noticed grabbing lunch at considered one of Los Angeles’ favourite burger joints — In-N-Out.
Although Leno’s accidents have been nonetheless on show — the left aspect of his face badly bruised and his proper wrist in a brace — he was with out the patch over his left eye that he was seen sporting on Monday night time exterior of a comedy occasion in Beverly Hills.
The comic appeared in good spirits — even ready in line and smiling for the cameras after he loved a burger and fries at In-N-Out in Burbank, Calif.
Leno’s tumble occurred final week earlier than he was slated to carry out a set on the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, P.A., simply exterior of Pittsburgh.
Reportedly craving wings, he determined to get a chunk at a sports activities lounge close to the Hampton Inn the place he was staying. Although solely 200 yards from his resort, the sports activities bar was a mile and a half away.
With out a automotive, Leno determined to take a shortcut — down a steep, grassy hill. Whereas attempting to traverse the slope’s terrain, he fell, solely stopping when he reached the restaurant’s parking zone beneath.
“To get to [the sports lounge], I didn’t have a car, so you had to walk about a mile and a half around. I said, ‘Well, the hill doesn’t look that steep. It’s about 60-70 feet. Let me see if I can go down the hill,’” he informed TMZ on Monday night time.
“I fell down. Boom, boom, boom. I rolled down the hill, hit my head on a rock, knocked me in the eye.”
Leno revealed to Inside Version that he broke his wrist, misplaced considered one of his fingernails and bruised your complete left aspect of his physique. His eye was additionally broken, swelling shut after the scrape.
“It’ll be fine,” he stated of the attention harm. “I’m not worried about it.”
Regardless of the beating, Leno nonetheless carried out later that night time and traveled to Southern California the next day for a present on the Yaamava’ On line casino in Highland, Calif. He lastly sought medical consideration as soon as again in L.A.
“When I came back to LA, I went to the hospital,” Leno informed TMZ. “It was only a couple of hours of the show, so. It’s not that big of a deal, it’s fine!”
“The great thing about this age [is] you don’t learn by your mistakes, you just keep doing the same stupid thing,” he joked, referencing an accident that left him with second-and-third-degree burns.
The automotive fanatic was rushed to the hospital in 2022 after a gasoline hearth broke out whereas he was engaged on considered one of his vehicles.
After struggling important burns on his face, chest and palms, Leno underwent a number of surgical procedures and pores and skin graft procedures on the Grossman Burn Heart in West Hills, Calif.
Leno praised the middle’s “unbelievable” work and even joked that he has a “brand-new face.”
Whereas on Kelly Clarkson’s speak present final yr, the comic quipped, “You’d think there’d be a zipper here,” gesturing to his jawline.
Leno landed within the hospital once more in January 2023 after breaking a number of bones in a bike accident. Ever resilient, he informed Web page Six months later that he was “doing good” and “recovering.”
