Jay Leno is a major collector of vintage cars and motorcycles. He has at least 181
cars and 160 bikes. When you have that many and they’re as old as the ones he loves,
there’s bound to be accidents from time to time. He was famously burnt when a fuel line erupted
while working in his garage a few months ago. It was so serious that it made him
want to keep his most recent mishap out of the public eye, but he’s finally revealed it.
Keep watching to learn how Jay Leno’s health gets worse after his latest accident.
His Latest Motorcycle Accident Jay Leno sustained a major injury on January 17,
2023. He was clotheslined and knocked off his bike. As he revealed in an interview,
he sustained a broken collarbone, several broken ribs, and two cracked kneecaps.
He was working on a vintage 1940 Indian motorcycle and giving it a road test at the time. He adjusted
the carburetor until he noticed the smell of leaking gas. He was trying to
get back to his garage to fix it and cut through a parking lot. All of a sudden,
he hit a wire that wasn’t marked with a flag. He flew off of the bike, but it kept going.
Jay didn’t want to make the incident public knowledge at first. His accident in November
had already gotten enough media coverage. He even felt guilty about returning to the same
hospital so soon, joking that it was lucky they didn’t have to give him a whole new face again.
It wasn’t his first accident, but it also wasn’t his first time dealing with
controversy. He tweeted about the incident, saying "I was riding my motorcycle up in Lake
Tahoe and I came around the corner, and bam, I crashed into Jeremy Renner's snowplow.”
Many Twitter users thought it was in poor taste. It tied his accident that happened
by chance to a man who risked his life to stop a snowplow from hitting his nephew.
Others thought it was fine and that Jeremy himself would likely see the humor in it.
The tweet was one of the first jokes he made about the motorcycle accident after
it happened. It was also one of the many times he made fun of a serious accident that he suffered.
His Burns Jay is as much
of a fan of restoring cars as he is working on bikes. He even gets his friends involved,
and one saved him from a fiery disaster. On November 12, 2022, Jay was working on
a 1907 White Motor Co. steam-powered car in his 140,000-square-foot garage with his friend Dave
Killackey. He noticed the fuel line was clogged. He went under the car to fix it. When he tried to
blow air through it, it blew up and left him with a face full of gas. Before he knew it, the pilot
light jumped and his face caught on fire. Dave pulled him out from under the car within a few
seconds and jumped on him to smother the flames. Jay doesn’t consider himself a “panicky person,”
but he knows that his friend saved his life. He knows that breathing in the smoke from the
fire could have scorched his lungs and that waiting any longer could have cost him an eye.
Jay was taken by ambulance to the hospital and then went to Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles.
He had serious burns on his hands and chest and third-degree burns on his face. They gave him a
new oxygen therapy that accelerates burn wound healing known as a hyperbaric treatment. He
also had to undergo two skin grafting surgeries. It took nine days for him to fully heal. Mavis,
his wife of 42 years, was there with him the entire time. He described the experience to
People Magazine. He said it felt like his face was on fire or
“the most intense sunburn you’ve ever had.” He also realizes that it could have been much
worse, especially when working with a gas car. Despite the risk, he vows that he’ll continue
to do what he’s always done, just more carefully. He left the burn center six days after that and
performed standup at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California. His
traditional ability to make fun of himself was on display during his act. He said, "I
never thought of myself as a roast comic. We have two shows tonight — regular and extra crispy."
The fans appreciated his light-hearted reaction to the accident. He’s made a few enemies,
but he also has plenty of friends to cheer him on and support him.
Tim Allen’s Support Many of Jay’s friends reached out to him after his
burn accident. John Travolta sent him an Italian basket, Tom Selleck sent flowers, and Russel Crowe
called him all the way from Australia. One of his closest friends couldn’t be left out of the
equation and reached out to him right away. They bonded working on the sitcom Last Man
Standing together. Jay appeared in multiple seasons as retired mechanic Joe Leonard and had a
major storyline in the finale. Tim appeared on his show Jay Lenno’s Garage nine times, most recently
to promote the Disney+ show The Santa Clauses. Tim Allen called Jay on the day of the incident
to make sure he was okay. He then visited him within a few days of his hospitalization and
brought him a few car magazines to help him pass the time. He responded to an interview
with TMZ on the way out. Tim said that his friend was looking and doing better.
It was also an opportunity for him to engage in their favorite way of bonding;
making fun of each other. Tim compared Jay to the villain from the superhero film Deadpool
who felt no pain, said his face “didn’t look that great to begin with,” and quipped that the
surgeons were going for the “George Clooney look.” Like and subscribe to Facts Verse for more mishaps
in the dangerous world of Hollywood. Keep watching to learn more about Jay Leno’s health and career.
His High Cholesterol At least 94 million
adults have high cholesterol. Jay Leno is one of them, and he doesn’t want to take it lying down.
One of his guests on The Tonight Show, who was also a dear friend, was actually
the first one to make him notice it. Rodney Dangerfield visited and tried to do his normal
act, but Jay could tell something was off. He told the producer thought he was having
a stroke, and he was taken to the paramedics. Rodney died of a small stroke on October 5,
2004, after heart surgery. That made Jay think about his health. He also had high cholesterol
and a blockage in his own heart. He made a video with an organization called Cholesterol
911 to raise awareness about the issue. Many of the symptoms go unrecognized. The
first notable sign is typically a heart attack or stroke.
Having high cholesterol also increases the risk of heart attacks or strokes. Having one increases
the risk of having another, and strokes alone kill 140,000 Americans every year.
Jay manages his condition with medication and a portable EKG device to measure his heartbeats.
He also avoids alcohol and cigarettes and tries to eat healthily and exercise.
He admits that he’s not living a perfectly healthy lifestyle and indulges from time to
time and hopes to appeal to the average American. Tthere is no perfect cure for high cholesterol.
He had a friend who was 69, ran three miles a day, ate well, and then had a stroke one day.
Jay has also worked to raise awareness on other health issues such as senior
citizens’ and children’s health, breast cancer, and neuropathy. It
seems that, while he puts his body at risk riding motorcycles and working on cars, he does want to
work to keep the world safe and healthy. The Medical Explanation for His Jutting Jaw
Jay Leno’s chin is one of the most recognizable parts of his image and act. His 1996 autobiography
is even titled Leading With My Chin. There’s a medical reason for that
distinctive feature. It’s called the Hapsburg Jaw or mandibular prognathism.
It came from generations of inbreeding in the Russian royal family who ruled most of
Europa, including Germany, Hungary, Croatia, Spain, Portugal, Bohemia, and Transylvania.
The genetic condition causes the upper mandible or jaw to outgrow the upper jaw. It’s also
known as an underbite. It can cause problems with talking or chewing and be corrected with surgery,
but Jay seems to have made it work for him. His fans and friends wouldn’t recognize him if he
ever got it fixed. Jay’s Future
Jay had to stop for a bit after his motorcycle accident. His standup schedule was briefly
suspended while he underwent surgery, but he was back out entertaining fans a
few weeks later. He has plans to debut at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on March 31.
He played in the Aces of Comedy series at the Mirage Theater for 15 years but always loved
the Encore Theater. He also loves the level of professionalism that Vegas thrives on.
He’s even made his act a bit more professional. He’s tried to remove any political references
that would end up offending both parties. It’s unknown whether this will keep his fans
satisfied or prevent any more controversies. Jay has been a major face in the stand-up
scene for decades, but he’s also almost unavoidable on TV. He’s hosted shows on one
of NBC Universal’s channels for 30 years. One of them is a show called Jay Leno’s Garage. It
allows him to show off rare vehicles and drive them with famous faces. His guest
stars have included President Joe Biden, Kelly Clarkson, Elon Musk, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more.
It began as a web series but ran on CNBC for 15 years. The channel announced its cancelation soon
after he revealed his motorcycle injuries, and it aired its seventh and final season.
Jay admits that it was odd to have a “car show in the middle of financial news” and
that there are “no hard feelings.” He does intend to pitch the show to other networks
until one of them bites. He’ll also continue his more hands-on restoration show on YouTube.
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