Tim Allen gave the general public an replace on Jay Leno’s situation on Thursday, November 17, after visiting the hospital the place the previous Tonight Show host was recovering from burns sustained in a gasoline fireplace 4 days prior.
“Jay is good,” Allen advised TMZ on his means out of the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills, CA. “It’s wonderful because he’s feeling better. … I took him some car magazines. We did some jokes, which is what we do. We commiserated. We just connected as friends.”
Allen, the star of The Santa Clauses on Disney+, additionally mentioned that Leno’s face “looked great” and joked that the comic’s face “didn’t look all that good to begin with.”
“He’s going for the George Clooney look. You’re gonna be surprised,” Allen added. “He’s handsome, and he’s happy, and the hospital is doing a great job taking care of him.”
Leno and Allen appeared collectively in a number of episodes of Allen’s sitcoms Home Improvement and Last Man Standing, and Allen has twice been a visitor on Jay Leno’s Garage.
According to TMZ, Leno suffered extreme burns to his face, palms, and chest in a automobile fireplace whereas engaged on his 1907 White Steam Car in his storage in Burbank, CA, on Sunday, November 13. In a press release after the incident, Leno mentioned, “I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire. I am OK. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet.”
Dr. Peter Grossman, the plastic surgeon who’s the medical director on the heart, additionally gave an replace on Leno on Thursday. “All things considered, he’s doing pretty well,” the physician mentioned on CNN This Morning. “He’s got some serious injuries, but he’s got a very positive attitude, and hopefully, with a little bit of time, he’ll be home and back to work at some point soon.”
Grossman additionally addressed the video he launched Leno inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, a video that the physician himself allowed to be launched. The video doesn’t present Leno’s face, however it does present his bandaged arms and palms gesticulating animatedly as he chats with a girl working the chamber.
“He goes in there a couple times a day,” Grossman mentioned. “The purpose of the oxygen chamber is to decrease some of the swelling that occurs with injury. It also increases the oxygenation to the tissue, which is helpful in the healing process, and decreases bacteria that can occur in all types of different wounds and particularly in burn wounds as well.”
Grossman mentioned on CNN that it’s too early to know the way a lot scarring Leno can have. “We’re hoping to get him as close to the pre-injury status as we can, but his injuries are serious,” he mentioned.