You can’t keep Jay Leno down.
after facing severe decline Leaving him badly injured, the 74-year-old former “Tonight Show” host was spotted having lunch at one of Los Angeles’ favorite burger joints – In-N-Out.
Although Leno’s injuries were still visible – the left side of his face was badly bruised and he had a brace on his right wrist – there was no patch on his left eye which he wore during a comedy show in Beverly Hills on Monday night. Was seen wearing outside.
The comedian appeared to be in good spirits after enjoying a burger and fries at In-N-Out in Burbank, California — even while waiting in line and smiling for the camera.
Leno’s fall It happened last week, before he was scheduled to perform a set at the Palace Theater in Greensburg, PA, just outside of Pittsburgh.
Reportedly craving wings, he decided to grab some at a sports lounge near the Hampton Inn where he was staying. Although only 200 yards from their hotel, the sports bar was a mile and a half away.
Without a car, Leno decided to take a shortcut – down a steep, grassy hill. While trying to cross the sloping terrain, he fell, and stopped only when he reached the parking lot of the restaurant below.
“To get to [the sports lounge]I didn’t have a car, so you had to walk about a mile and a half. I said, ‘Okay, the hill doesn’t look that steep. It is approximately 60-70 feet. Let me see if I can go down the hill,” he said tmz Monday night.
“I fell down. Boom boom boom. I rolled down the hill, hit my head on a rock, hurt my eye.”
Leno revealed inside version That her wrist was broken, one of her nails was broken and the entire left side of her body was bruised. His eye was also damaged, swelling and closing after being scratched.
“It’s going to be OK,” he said of the eye injury. “I’m not worried about it.”
Despite the beating, Leno still performed that night and traveled to Southern California for a show at the Yamawa Casino in Highland, California the next day. He eventually sought medical help once in LA.
“When I came back to L.A., I went to the hospital,” Leno told TMZ. “It was only a few hours of show, so. It’s no big deal, it’s okay!”
“The best thing about this era [is] You don’t learn from your mistakes, you just keep doing the same stupid things,” he joked, referring to an accident This resulted in second and third degree burns.,
after suffering significant irritation Leno underwent surgery on his face, chest and hands multiple surgeries And skin graft procedures At the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills, California.
Leno praised Kendra’s “incredible” work and even joked that she had a “brand new face”.
while on Kelly Clarkson’s talk show Last year, the comedian quipped, pointing to his jaw, “You’d think there’d be a zipper in here.”
Leno reached the hospital again in January 2023 break several bones In a motorcycle accident. He said, always flexible page six Months later he was “doing well” and “recovering.”