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Jay Leno Released From Burn Center Amid Recovery
Jay Leno is reflecting connected the November mishap that near him hospitalized with superior burns.
One period aft the former Tonight Show host, 72, was injured successful a gasoline fire portion moving connected 1 of his collectible cars—sustained burns to his face, arms and hands—he is speaking retired for the archetypal clip astir the terrifying ordeal and his roadworthy to recovery.
"It was a 1907 White Steam Car," Leno told Hoda Kotb successful a Dec. 14 interview for Today. "The substance enactment was clogged truthful I was underneath it. It sounded clogged and I said, 'Blow immoderate aerial done the line,' and truthful helium did."
"And suddenly, boom, I got a look afloat of gas," Leno continued. "And past the aviator airy jumped and my look caught connected fire."
Luckily, Leno's longtime friend Dave Killackey—who calls the incidental "horrible"—was determination to prevention his life. As Leno recalled, "I said to my friend, I said, 'Dave, I'm connected fire.' And Dave's like, 'All right.' I said, 'No, Dave, I'm connected fire.' And then, 'Oh, my God.' Dave, my friend, pulled maine retired and jumped connected apical of maine and benignant of smothered the fire."
To Kotb's surprise, Leno revealed helium drove himself location aft the incident. However, helium was soon admitted to Grossman Burn Center successful Los Angeles, wherever helium spent the adjacent 10 days earlier being released into the clinic's outpatient attraction facility on Nov. 21.
Upon his exit, Dr. Peter Grossman, who treated the erstwhile speech amusement host, shared an update on Leno's health.
EXCLUSIVE: Jay Leno @jayleno opens up to @hodakotb successful his archetypal broadcast interrogation astir the terrifying occurrence that caused terrible burns to his face, thorax and hands. pic.twitter.com/FFpreRA7u1
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 14, 2022"I americium pleased with Jay's progress," helium said successful a connection astatine the time, "and I americium optimistic that helium volition marque a afloat recovery."
Despite Leno having "deep second-degree burns, with perchance third-degree burns," arsenic Grossman told the New York Times on Nov. 14, Jay was said to beryllium successful bully spirits passim his clip successful the attraction facility.
Grossman Burn Center
His cognition was besides attested to by Tim Allen, who paid a sojourn to his pal connected Nov. 17 and told paparazzi extracurricular that Leno was "feeling better."
"We did immoderate jokes," The Santa Clauses prima added, "which is what we do. We commiserated."
(E! and Today are portion of the NBCUniversal family).
