‘The Tonight Show’ host Jay Leno talks about ‘a face full of petrol’ in the ICU

James Douglas Muir Leno, who goes by the name Jay Leno, recently got candid and showed his gratitude despite facing many challenges.

According to Fox Newsthe former NBC anchor The Tonight Show has been through many personal struggles, and in 2022, Leno encountered an incident while working on one of the cars in his garage that sent him to the ICU, causing third-degree burns to his face.

Reflecting on his incident and his fans’ reaction, Leno joked, “I got burned in the fire. I had a face full of gas. A spark jumped. [It’s] not like, “How did that happen?” I mean, people get burned every day.”

The 74-year-old media personality also stressed that she was “out in eight and a half days” from the hospital and added that “I missed two days of work. So it wasn’t bad. It was better than a broken leg, believe me.”

Additionally, just two months later, while receiving multiple skin grafts for his facial injuries, he broke his leg in a motorcycle accident.

Shedding light on the details of his accident, he explained: “I was on my motorbike and the guy had to go over a cable on a road, but without a flag on it. And I turned around, and the sun was in my eyes. And so it ripped my face off ».

“I had to call my face and say, ‘Listen, do you remember this new face you gave me? Do you have another face there? I need another one.’ [He said] “Okay, come on,” and he went and gave me another face.”

“I used to look like Abe Lincoln. No, I look exactly the same, just a better version… I’m saving face, put it that way. Or I’m a two-faced guy, however you want to take it,” he joked.

For those who don’t know, Leno faced another challenge when his 44-year-old wife Mavis was diagnosed with advanced dementia in April of this year.

However, he maintained his calm air about Mavis’ current situation and said: “It’s okay. You know, it’s life. Everybody goes through it.”

“I’ve been very lucky in my life. I don’t complain about everything. We have a lot of fun, and I cook her dinner every night.”

“She’s good. She’s good, you know? It’s changes you have to make, but it’s okay. It’s okay,” she concluded.

It’s worth mentioning that for his longtime love of cars, Leno is busy with a new season of his show Jay Leno’s Garage.

The show will air on his YouTube channel as the series was canceled by the network after its eighth season in January 2023.