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Jay Leno took a nasty fall hours earlier than his comedy present and nonetheless made it on stage.
“I went out and the restaurant was [at the bottom of a hill] however to get to it — I didn’t have a automobile — so that you needed to go a few mile and a half round,” the comic, 74, informed TMZ on Monday, November 18. “Effectively, I mentioned, ‘The hill doesn’t look that steep, perhaps 60 to 70 toes. Let me see if I can go down the hill.’ After which I fell down and growth, growth.”
Leno, who was carrying an eyepatch whereas talking to the outlet, was staying at “a resort on a hill” and on the lookout for a spot to eat. Over the weekend, Leno was scheduled to carry out on the Yaamava’ Resort and On line casino in Highland, California, which is round two hours away from Los Angeles.
“I fell down the hill, hit my head on a rock and knocked me within the eye,” he mentioned earlier than eradicating his eye patch to point out off his damage.
Leno’s face was swollen and bruised along with sustaining a black eye. Regardless of hurting himself, Leno proceeded with the present for the reason that accident passed off “a pair hours earlier than.” He shared that he didn’t find yourself going to the hospital till he returned house to Los Angeles and is presently “holding up high-quality.”
When requested why he didn’t postpone the present to are inclined to his accidents, Leno mentioned that he didn’t wish to let down the “26,000” followers who got here all that strategy to see him and declared the present should go on. (Leno carried out three exhibits on the venue.)
“It’s not that massive of a deal,” he added of his damage. “It’s alright.”
His current fall will not be the one occasion wherein Leno has sustained accidents to his physique. In 2023, Leno was concerned in a motorbike crash that resulted in a damaged collarbone, two damaged ribs and two cracked kneecaps.
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The yr earlier than, the previous late-night host was hospitalized for 10 days after struggling extreme burns to his face and physique. Whereas engaged on his 1907 White Steam Automotive, a fireplace broke out in his Los Angeles storage. Leno subsequently underwent a pores and skin grafting process and several other different surgical procedures to correctly deal with his accidents.
Leno poked enjoyable at himself on Monday for being so injury-prone the previous couple of years.
“The wonderful thing about [being] this age is that you just don’t study out of your errors,” he quipped. “You simply hold doing the identical silly issues.”