Jay Leno is on the mend once more.
In a recent interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the former “Tonight Show” host said that he is recovering from many broken bones sustained in a motorbike accident.
In answer to a reporter’s inquiry about Leno’s recuperation from burns he incurred in a car fire, Leno responded, “It’s so funny that you should say that.”
“This was the initial incident. OK? The following week, I was thrown from my motorcycle. So I’ve got a broken collarbone. I’ve got two shattered ribs. I have two fractured kneecaps.”
Leno, 72, informed the interviewer that he is “fine” following the accident on January 17 and is even working this weekend.
The host of “Jay Leno’s Garage,” who will return to Sin City in March to perform for the first time since the explosion, explained that he was testing a 1940 Indian motorcycle when he noticed the smell of leaking gas — a striking resemblance to the car explosion that left him with severe burns — and wanted to pull over.
“So I turned down a side street and cut through a parking lot,” Leno explained. “Unbeknownst to me, someone had strung a wire across the parking lot, but no flag was attached to it.” I didn’t realize it until it was too late. It simply clotheslined me and, bang, I was knocked off my bicycle.
“The bicycle continued to move, and you know how that turned out.”
Due to the media attention surrounding his hospitalization and subsequent recovery in November, Leno decided to keep the crash quiet.
Leno stated, “After getting burned, you get that one for free.” “After that, you’ll be crashing airplanes like Harrison Ford.” You simply wish to keep your head down.”
On November 12, Leno was working on one of his vehicles, a 1907 White Steam automobile, when a fuel leak showered his hands and face with gasoline, igniting him.
The former late-night presenter was transported to a burn clinic and received multiple treatments, including two grafting procedures to remove bad tissue and encourage healing, as well as multiple hyperbaric chamber sessions to “decrease swelling” and “increase blood flow with good oxygenation.”
He was hospitalized for ten days before returning to work shortly after his discharge.
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