Jay Leno details how his 'face caught on fire' in first interview since accident - CNN

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Jay Leno has opened up for the archetypal clip astir the accident that near him with terrible burns to his look and body.

In an interrogation with Hoda Kotb from “Today,” his archetypal since the November 12 incident, the comedian, 72, said helium was moving underneath an antique 1907 car alongside his person Dave Killackey erstwhile a bid of events led to his injuries.

“The substance enactment was clogged truthful I was underneath it. It sounded clogged and I said, ‘Blow immoderate aerial done the line,’ and truthful helium did,” Leno, an avid car collector, recalled to Kotb. “And suddenly, boom, I got a look afloat of gas. And past the aviator airy jumped and my look caught connected fire.”

The “Jay Leno’s Garage” prima said helium told Killackey, “Dave, I’m connected fire,” to which his person astatine archetypal simply responded, “All right.”

“I said, ‘No, Dave, I’m connected fire.’ And then, ‘Oh, my God,’” Leno added. “Dave, my friend, pulled maine retired and jumped connected apical of maine and benignant of smothered the fire.”

Leno was archetypal taken to a section hospital, and past helium was transferred to the Grossman Burn Center successful Los Angeles aft the incident, CNN antecedently reported.

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In a quality league connected November 16, Dr. Peter Grossman, who treated the erstwhile “Tonight Show” host, said “it was noted that helium had beauteous important burns to look and hands,” going connected to accidental that the burns were connected Leno’s “face, his hands, and his chest.”

The burns were a substance of second-degree and perchance immoderate third-degree burns, according to Grossman, who added that “some of the burns to the look are a small deeper and a small much concerning.”

Although Leno’s injuries were serious, Grossman said astatine the clip that the funnyman was expected to marque a afloat recovery.

Sure enough, conscionable 2 weeks aft the accident, Leno performed successful beforehand of a sold-out assemblage astatine his regular haunt the Comedy and Magic Club successful Hermosa Beach, California, according to a spokesperson for the nine astatine the time.

According to NBC, Leno joked to reporters extracurricular the venue, “We got 2 shows tonight. Regular and other crispy.”

This week’s interrogation volition look connected NBC News’ “Today” amusement connected Wednesday.