Jay Leno paid his dues by showing on fellow comic Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast.
The former “Tonight Show” host clarified a floating rumor that accidents to his face had been from a beating by the mob attributable to owed playing money owed.
In November, Leno revealed that he broke his wrist and sustained important bruising on his face and physique after falling down a 60-foot hill outdoors his resort.
Hours after the autumn, the acclaimed slapstick comedian took the stage for a present sporting an eye fixed patch.
Jay Leno suffered extreme bruising from a fall in November. (Getty Images)
Maher requested Leno in regards to the rumors, to which Jay responded, “Well, I like the concept that they wouldn’t simply take one among my automobiles for the playing debt.”
Leno, a long-time vehicle fanatic, is thought to have lots of of collectible automobiles in his private storage value tens of millions of {dollars}.
JAY LENO ‘FEELING GOOD’ DESPITE SUFFERING BRUISED FACE FROM FALL
He did, nonetheless, keep in mind an encounter with the mafia when he was a younger comic.
“I used to be fairly good,” he stated. “I keep in mind years in the past I used to be at Catch a Rising Star, and I used to be onstage, and this man – a mob man – comes as much as me afterwards, and he goes, ‘Hey, you’re a humorous child. You’re a humorous child.’
Leno flashed a peace signal whereas driving shortly after the autumn in November. (MEGA)
“He takes $100, and he places it in my pocket. I say, ‘Oh, thanks.’ I say, ‘Look, I don’t imply any disrespect however, you already know, give it to the church or one thing… I’m OK, however thanks.’ And he says to me, ‘You know, you’re a wise child. You don’t take cash from folks like me. That’s good.’ And no one ever bothered me once more.”
While Leno admitted he by no means had any bother, he witnessed the mob “kick the crap out of comics left and proper” for being “clever a——s” onstage.
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He additionally did not perceive the rumors just because he does not like shedding cash.
“I do not gamble,” Leno confessed. “Losing 100 bucks makes me really feel stupider than profitable one thousand makes me really feel good. Because I’m going, ‘I may have taken my spouse to dinner.'”
Jay Leno has lots of of uncommon and collectible automobiles in his Burbank storage. (Walker Dalton)
Last month, the comic advised “Inside Edition” that he broke his wrist, sustained important bruising on his face and physique and misplaced a fingernail after falling down a rocky 60-foot hill.
His resort fall was simply the newest in a string of traumatic incidents for Leno, who was additionally “knocked off” his motorbike in January 2023.
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Leno sustained two damaged ribs, broke his kneecaps and a collarbone after being clotheslined whereas driving his motorbike via a car parking zone.
“I turned down a facet road and lower via a car parking zone, and unbeknownst to me, some man had a wire strung throughout the car parking zone however with no flag hanging from it,” Leno advised the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“I didn’t see it till it was too late. It simply clotheslined me and, growth, knocked me off the bike. The bike saved going, and you understand how that works out.”
Jay Leno revealed the burns he suffered from a storage hearth in November 2022 as he leaves the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills. (Grossman Burn Center)
In 2022, Leno underwent a number of surgical procedures after struggling third-degree burns in a gasoline hearth. Leno reportedly suffered significant burns to his face and palms in addition to his chest whereas working beneath a automotive in his Burbank-area storage.
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Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
