Jay Leno definitely looks better.
The 74-year-old comedian had a black eye, a swollen face and a bandaged wrist when he arrived at the Comedy for Kobe event in Beverly Hills on Monday night.
Blindfolded Leno told tmz He was “fine” before revealing how he was injured.
“I was staying in a hotel, it was on a hill,” he said. “I said, ‘Where’s a good place to eat?’ ‘Oh down.’ The restaurant was there, but I didn’t have a car to get there, so I had to walk about a mile and a half.”
“I said, ‘Well, the hill doesn’t look that steep. It’s about 60, 70 feet. Let me see if I can get down there,'” Leno continued, as he tried to get to the restaurant. He “fell down” the hill.
“I rolled down the hill. Hit my head on a stone. It hurt my eye,” he shared.
Despite the incident, the former ‘Tonight Show’ host revealed that he performed a comedy show before going to a Los Angeles hospital to be treated for his injuries.
He explained that his fall occurred “only a few hours” before his show was to begin.
“It’s not that big a deal. It’s OK,” Leno said.
After noting that the show must go on even in such cases, Leno shared the lessons he learned from the incident.
“The best thing about this age is that you don’t learn from your mistakes. You keep saying the same stupid things,” he said.
Dealing with serious injuries is nothing new for Leno.
In November 2022, he was working on one of his cars in his garage when an accident occurred. giving him third-degree burns on his face and sending him to the ICU.
“Jay Leno’s Garage” host requires multiple skin grafts For his facial injuries.
Exactly two months later, he broke several bones In a motorcycle accident.
However, Leno made fun of both incidents In his comedy show after full recovery.
Emmy Award winner is also working with them Wife Mavis’s dementia battle. former late night host Mavis, 78, was officially granted guardianship in April,
The couple, who have no children, married in 1980 after meeting at the Comedy Store in the ’70s.
“We have a lot of fun,” Leno said of himself and his wife in an interview. fox news digital earlier this year. “People say marriage is difficult. I didn’t understand this. I enjoy his company. I enjoy taking care of him. we have fun. She is the most independent woman I have ever seen. Again, I couldn’t be more proud of him.”
