Current:Home > ScamsJay Leno Reveals He Has a "Brand-New Ear" After Car Fire -Ascend Finance Compass
Jay Leno Reveals He Has a "Brand-New Ear" After Car Fire
View
Date:2025-04-18 16:38:45
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! (6875)
Related
- Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
- EXPLAINER: Why is a police raid on a newspaper in Kansas so unusual?
- Michael Oher, former NFL tackle known for ‘The Blind Side,’ sues to end Tuohys’ conservatorship
- NFL preseason Week 1 winners, losers: Rough debuts for rookie QBs
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- Philadelphia Eagles LB Shaun Bradley to miss 2023 season after injury in preseason opener
- 2 Nigerian men extradited to US to face sexual extortion charges after death of Michigan teenager
- 76ers shut down James Harden trade talks, determined to bring him back, per report
- All That You Wanted to Know About She’s All That
- They were alone in a fight to survive. Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices
Ranking
- New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
- Heat wave forecast to bake Pacific Northwest with scorching temperatures
- Wendy McMahon and Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews take lead news executive roles at CBS
- Morgan Wallen shaves his head, shocking fans: 'I didn't like my long hair anymore'
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- Is Biden's plan to stem immigration seeing any success?: 5 Things podcast
- Morgan Freeman on rescuing a Black WWII tank battalion from obscurity
- As Maui rescue continues, families and faith leaders cling to hope but tackle reality of loss
Recommendation
Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
Russia launches lunar landing craft in first moon mission since Soviet era
Texas woman who helped hide US soldier Vanessa Guillén’s body sentenced to 30 years in prison
Plane crashes at Thunder Over Michigan air show; 2 people parachute from jet
Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
Hawaii mourns the dead in ferocious wildfires while officials warn the full toll is not yet known
Zooey Deschanel and Property Brothers' Jonathan Scott Are Engaged
Man sentenced for abandoning baby after MLB pitcher Dennis Eckersley’s daughter gave birth in woods