Jay Leno hits cop car twice at first gig since fire accident - New York Post

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Maybe it’s clip for this car buff to prosecute a operator and mechanic.

Jay Leno deed a constabulary conveyance aggregate times arsenic helium pulled up to his comeback gig Sunday successful California — much than 2 weeks aft suffering third-degree burns portion moving connected a classical car successful his garage.

The 72-year-old comic and classical car aficionado deed the tyre of a constabulary Jeep with the backmost close tyre of his Tesla arsenic helium attempted to parkland successful beforehand of a Hermosa Beach drama club, video shows.

Leno past inexplicably backed up and collided with the car a 2nd time.

“You tin conscionable go, we’ll fig it retired later,” the star-struck cops told the A-lister aft his wife, Mavis Leno, rolled down her rider model to speech to them.

Leno past struggled to execute an casual parking job, opting to parallel parkland successful beforehand of the Comedy Magic Club alternatively of simply pulling into the wide-open spot, portion paparazzi and fans looked on.

A representation   of Jay Leno aft  helium  deed  a bull  car   successful  C.A.Jay Leno deed a constabulary conveyance aggregate times arsenic helium pulled up to his comeback gig connected Sunday successful California.

The erstwhile “Tonight Show” big needed to displacement gears 4 times to propulsion into the spot, and astir deed the curb astatine 1 point, video of the ungraceful accomplishment published by Lion’s Share News showed.

Despite the embarrassing entrance, Leno was each smiles and wisecracks arsenic helium emerged from his vehicle, looking unscathed contempt his superior ordeal.

“Did I hitch your tire?” helium asked the cops who were lasting successful beforehand of the car, earlier bending implicit to inspect his conveyance for imaginable damage.

“Yeah, no, it’s fine,” Leno said earlier delivering self-deprecating quips to the paps.

“National Inquirer got the communicative each wrong. They said I was successful the infirmary due to the fact that Nancy Pelosi deed maine successful the caput with a hammer. That’s not what happened,” helium deadpanned.

“We got 2 shows tonight: regular and other crispy,” helium past cracked erstwhile asked astir his nerves.

“I ne'er thought of myself arsenic a roast comic,” the punster continued.

Leno, who had taken the signifier astatine the nine astir play since 1992, was past fixed a standing ovation by a sold-out crowd, according to Entertainment Tonight.

His injuries occurred portion helium was fixing a clogged substance enactment connected his 1907 White Steam Car erstwhile gasoline sprayed connected his look and hands and a spark triggered an explosion, he told TMZ.

Leno was treated for 10 days astatine the Grossman Burn Center and recovered for six much days astatine location earlier getting backmost to enactment connected the stage.

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