Current:Home > FinanceJay Leno Reveals He Has a "Brand-New Ear" After Car Fire -ForexStream
Jay Leno Reveals He Has a "Brand-New Ear" After Car Fire
View
Date:2025-04-18 04:51:15
It hasn't been the easiest time for Jay Leno.
The comedian recently reflected on the two accidents he had over the course of two months.
"This [is] an all-new face," he told Dana Carvey and David Spade on the March 29 episode of their podcast Fly on the Wall. "I did it in eight days. I missed two shows."
The most recent accident was in January when Leno got knocked off his motorcycle. "I got a broken collarbone, I got two busted ribs, and I got two cracked kneecaps," he recalled, "'cause I got clotheslined on my motorcycle."
The Tonight Show alum then detailed what happened.
"You're a 72-year-old guy and an 83-year-old motorcycle. What could go wrong?" he joked. "I said, 'Uh oh. It's dripping gas. I don't want to catch fire. Lemme turn around.' I turn around in a parking lot and the guy had a wire across a parking lot but with no flag. And the sun was right here. And boom it just hit me."
Leno said he then had to call the doctor who helped him after his first accident.
"It cut my face again," he explained. "So I called my face guy. I go, 'Listen, you know that face, you gave me that new face? I gotta get it fixed.' [He goes], 'What'd you do?' I told him, I drove up there and he fixed it again."
Back in November, the former late-night star suffered burns in a gasoline fire while working on a car in his Los Angeles garage. As he'd previously recalled to Today's Hoda Kotb, his friend Dave Killackey helped smother the fire and called 9-1-1. The next day, Leno went to the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles, where he was treated for burns on his face, chest and hands.
"This is a brand-new ear," he told Carvey and Spade. "When you get burned in a fire, ears are like paper. They're so thin it just goes up."
The Jay Leno's Garage host previously described the treatment to his ear and face during his interview with Kotb. And in true Leno fashion, he maintained a sense of humor when asked if he had been worried about what he might look like after the gasoline fire.
"When you look like me, you don't really worry about what you look like," he replied at the time. "Look, if I'm George Clooney, that's gonna be a huge problem. They said it would be all right. My attitude is I trust people who are the best and do what they do."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (8467)
Related
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Media workers strike to protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes and Condé Nast
- Louisville police are accused of wrongful arrest and excessive force against a Black man
- The Best Faux Fur Coats for Your Inner Mob Wife Aesthetic
- Man can't find second winning lottery ticket, sues over $394 million jackpot, lawsuit says
- Puerto Rico averts strike at biggest public health institution after reaching a deal with workers
- Super Bowl 58 may take place in Las Vegas, but you won't see its players at casinos
- Teen murder suspect still on the run after fleeing from Philadelphia hospital
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- Apple will open iPhone to alternative app stores, lower fees in Europe to comply with regulations
Ranking
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- T.J. Holmes opens up about being seen as ‘a Black man beating up on' Amy Robach on podcast
- Father accused of trying to date his daughter, charged in shooting of her plus 3 more
- SAG-AFTRA defends Alec Baldwin as he faces a new charge in the 'Rust' fatal shooting
- Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
- Apple will open iPhone to alternative app stores, lower fees in Europe to comply with regulations
- Bachelor Nation's Amanda Stanton Gives Birth to Baby No. 3
- 'I'm stunned': Social media reaction to Falcons hiring Raheem Morris over Bill Belichick
Recommendation
Dick Vitale announces he is cancer free: 'Santa Claus came early'
NYC dancer dies after eating recalled, mislabeled cookies from Stew Leonard's grocery store
Kylie Jenner & Jordyn Woods’ Fashion Week Exchange Proves They’re Totally Friends Again
JN.1 takes over as the most prevalent COVID-19 variant. Here's what you need to know
The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
Crystal Hefner Admits She Never Was in Love With Hugh Hefner
Michigan GOP chair Karamo was ‘properly removed’ from position, national Republican party says
New coach Jim Harbaugh will have the Chargers in a Super Bowl sooner than you think