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Tim Allen revealed that his outdated pal Jay Leno is on the mend after he was burned in a automobile fireplace earlier this week. Tim, 69, was seen leaving the hospital to go to the previous Tonight Show host, 72, and he gave a short interview to TMZ. The Toy Story star revealed that Jay was in good spirits, and was being properly cared for, as he left the Grossman Burn Center in California on Thursday, November 17. “He is good,” Tim mentioned. “It is wonderful, because he’s feeling better.”
Tim defined that he did every thing he may to elevate his buddy’s spirits, as he stopped by. “I took his car magazines. We did some jokes, which is what we do. We commiserated. We just connected as friends,” he defined.
Given the intense nature of Jay’s accidents, the interviewer requested Tim how he was trying, and the comic naturally gave his buddy a lightweight roast, joking that he was getting cosmetic surgery to seem like a special movie star. “His face looks great. It didn’t look all that good to begin with,” he quipped. “He’s going with the George Clooney look.”
Despite the joke, Tim admitted that his buddy was feeling and looking okay, after the damage, earlier than heading off to his automobile. “He’s handsome, and he’s happy, and the hospitals doing a great job taking care of him,” he mentioned.
Following the accident on November 13, Jay canceled all of his public engagements for 2 weeks, after he caught fireplace following a gasoline leak from a 1907 White Steam Car. He was seen coming into a hyperbaric chamber on the hospital in footage by Inside Edition. His physician additionally shared that he’d acquired some pores and skin grafts to deal with his accidents.
Jay revealed that the accident occurred when he was engaged on a clogged gasoline line within the traditional automobile, when he was sprayed with gasoline, after which a spark ignited it, he advised TMZ. He credited his buddy Dave with leaping on him and smothering the flames instantly. In a press release shortly after the accident, Jay appeared like he was feeling optimistic about therapy. “I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire. I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet,” he advised DailyMail.
Tim wasn’t the one buddy to pay Jay a go to. His longtime worker George Swift additionally gave an replace on his situation shortly after the hearth in an interview with Access Hollywood. “He’s a tough guy. He’s going to be fine. There’s nothing life-threatening. He’s in great spirits, but it’s going to take a while,” he mentioned.