Jay Leno Steps Out in Los Angeles with Bruised Face, Broken Wrist After Rolling 60 Ft. Down a Hill

Mar. 15, 2025

Jay Lenois still on the mend afterfalling 60-ft. down a hill.

On Thursday, Nov. 21, the formerThe Tonight Showhost stepped out for lunch in Los Angeles and was photographed with visible injuries to his face. The 74-year-old was staying at a hotel outside of Pittsburgh before an evening show on Friday when the accident happened.

“I fell down. Boom, boom, boom. I rolled down the hill, hit my head on a rock, knocked me in the eye,” he toldTMZ.

Leno later toldInside Editionthat he broke his wrist, lost one of the nails on his finger and the entire left side of his body is bruised. He was also wearing an eye patch and showed that his eye was swollen shut with his face black and blue from the fall.

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The comedian said he still completed his show at Greensburg’s Palace Theatre a few hours later, and waited until he was back in Los Angeles to seek medical attention.

In November 2022, Leno was working on a steam engine underneath a car in his garage when a gasoline fire broke out. He was admitted to the Grossman Burn Center after sufferingsecond- and third-degree burnson his face, chest and hands in the blaze.

He underwent a series ofsurgical excision and grafting proceduresfor his burns and was discharged from the renowned facility after a 10-day stint.

source: people.com