It’s been a tough few months for Jay Leno. First, he suffered extreme burns in a automotive storage explosion, and now he’s coping with a number of damaged bones after a motorbike accident — and his TV present has been axed.
The comic revealed the most recent incident throughout an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the place he stated he was knocked off his bike on Tuesday, January 17, leading to some critical accidents, together with a number of damaged bones.
“That was the first accident. OK?” he stated when requested in regards to the burns he suffered in a storage fireplace again in November. “Then, just last week, I got knocked off my motorcycle. So I’ve got a broken collarbone. I’ve got two broken ribs. I’ve got two cracked kneecaps.”
Despite being fairly banged up, Leno acknowledged, “But I’m OK! I’m OK; I’m working. I’m working this weekend.”
Much like the fireplace incident, Leno was once more engaged on a classic car when the accident occurred. This time, he was testing a 1940 Indian bike when he seen the scent of leaking fuel.
“So I turned down a side street and cut through a parking lot, and unbeknownst to me, some guy had a wire strung across the parking lot but with no flag hanging from it,” the discuss present host advised the Review-Journal. “So, you know, I didn’t see it until it was too late. It just clotheslined me and, boom, knocked me off the bike.”
Leno stated he had tried to maintain quiet in regards to the newest accident, joking, “You know, after getting burned up, you get that one for free. After that, you’re Harrison Ford, crashing airplanes. You just want to keep your head down.”
The dangerous information doesn’t cease there, although. On Thursday, it was reported by The Hollywood Reporter that CNBC is canceling Leno’s actuality present Jay Leno’s Garage after seven seasons. If true, the cancelation would carry an finish to Leno’s 30-year run with NBC, the place he has been a staple since taking on The Tonight Show in 1992.