Jay Leno Seriously Burned From Gasoline Fire: ‘Need a Week or Two to Get Back on My Feet’ - Variety

Jay Leno has suffered “serious burns” but is successful unchangeable information pursuing a gasoline fire, the erstwhile “The Tonight Show” big confirmed to Variety. Leno said successful a statement: “I got immoderate superior burns from a gasoline fire. I americium ok. Just request a week oregon 2 to get backmost connected my feet.”

TMZ reported that Leno was hospitalized connected Sunday aft a occurrence erupted successful his Los Angeles car garage. One of the cars reportedly burst into flames and near Leno with burns connected his face. Leno was taken to the Grossman Burn Center for his injuries.

News of Leno’s wellness was archetypal reported by People magazine. The comedian was scheduled to instrumentality portion successful a Las Vegas fiscal league connected Sunday but had to cancel his quality owed to a “serious aesculapian emergency.” Leno’s facial burns were not disclosed astatine the time.

“His household was not capable to supply america precise galore details, but determination was a precise superior aesculapian exigency that is preventing Jay from traveling,” an email to attendees read. “All we cognize is that helium is alive, truthful our prayers spell retired to him and his household tonight.”

Over the past respective years, Leno has been outspoken astir having precocious cholesterol. News of a “serious aesculapian emergency” led galore fans to judge Leno was having a wellness contented related to his cholesterol. In a video posted successful 2019, Leno encouraged his followers to get regular cholesterin checkups.

“There’s a batch of radical walking astir similar that, they’re conscionable clip bombs. You’ve got each this cholesterol, you don’t recognize it until it really hits, you know?” Leno said astatine the time. “It’s similar successful a car, if adjacent 1 portion of ungraded gets successful the oculus of the needle of the jet, and roar and nary much state comes through. And that’s what happens with your heart.”

Leno succeeded Johnny Carson arsenic the big of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” which helium primitively hosted from 1992 to 2009. Leno near the gig to commencement his ain NBC primetime speech show, “The Jay Leno Show,” with Conan O’Brien stepping successful arsenic the caller big of “The Tonight Show.” Both programs suffered from lousy ratings, resulting successful NBC’s infamous determination to reinstate Leno arsenic “The Tonight Show” big successful March 2010. Leno stayed with the precocious nighttime amusement for different 4 years and officially signed disconnected connected Feb. 6, 2014. Leno was replaced by Jimmy Fallon.

Outside of “The Tonight Show,” Leno launched his CNBC bid “Jay Leno’s Garage” successful 2015. The amusement has tally for a full of 7 seasons and 88 episodes truthful far. “Jay Leno’s Garage” wrapped up its seventh play astatine the extremity of Oct. Starting successful 2021, Leno besides became the caller big of the “You Bet Your Life” revival.