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"I got a broken collarbone, couple of broken ribs, and two cracked kneecaps," Leno said in an interview. "But other than that, I'm okay."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jay-leno-suffers-broken-bones-motorcycle-accident-garage-fire-rcna67797
Jay Leno's very bad week: He breaks several bones in motorcycle crash as CNBC cancels 'Jay Leno's Garage'
On Thursday, the late-night legend, 72, revealed to the Las Vegas Review Journal that he's on the mend again from a Jan. 17 motorcycle accident that broke several bones in his body.
To make matters worse, soon after that interview was published, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that CNBC is canceling the comedian's show, Jay Leno's Garage, after seven seasons of being in the primetime spot, as part of the network's recent shift to invest more in business news and personal finance content thus ending Leno's three-decades-long relationship with NBC, following a 22-year stint hosting the Tonight Show.
The comedian, who is prepping for a one-night engagement at the Wynn hotel in Vegas on March 31, explained that he "got knocked off" his vintage motorcycle (a 1940 Indian) after taking it on a test drive, during which he decided to pull over after smelling what he thought was leaking gas.
"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, Leno explained to the journal. So, you know, I didn't see it until it was too late. It just clothesline[d] me and, boom, knocked me off the bike.
"The bike kept going," he said, noting that until now he has chosen to stay silent about the crash because of the amount of coverage he received from a prior burning accident in November, which left him with severe burns on his upper body including his face and neck.
"You know, after getting burned up, you get that one for free," he quipped. After that, you're Harrison Ford, crashing airplanes. You just want to keep your head down."
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jay-leno-breaks-bones-motorcycle-crash-cnbc-jay-lenos-garage-163042213.html
dem4decades
(11,867 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(10,091 posts)dem4decades
(11,867 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)He is going to kill himself at this rate.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(10,091 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)doc03
(36,527 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(10,091 posts)Comedian Jay Leno bumped into a police car while pulling up to the The Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach six days after being discharged from a burn center following a garage accident that left him with severe burns.
After the minor crash, the police told Leno it was no big deal after neither vehicle was damaged.
https://www.thenewportbuzz.com/video-jay-leno-hits-police-car-six-days-after-being-discharged-from-burn-center/39357#:~:text=Local%20The%20Buzz%20Comedian%20Jay%20Leno%20bumped%20into,%E2%80%9Cno%20big%20deal%E2%80%9D%20after%20neither%20vehicle%20was%20damaged.
rubbersole
(8,357 posts)So I've heard...