Jay Leno suffered “severe burns” however mentioned Monday that he was doing OK, based on studies. “I received some severe burns from a gasoline hearth,” Leno mentioned in an announcement to The Related Press. “I’m okay. Simply want per week or two to get again on my ft.”
The trigger and time of the hearth wasn’t instantly clear. The previous Tonight Present host is thought for his famed automobile assortment, which is housed at a storage in Burbank, north of Los Angeles.
Leno, 72, had been set to look at a monetary convention in Las Vegas on Sunday however canceled due to a “severe medical emergency,” Individuals journal reported earlier Monday, citing an e-mail despatched to these attending the convention.
The comic took over NBC’s Tonight when longtime host Johnny Carson retired in 1992. Leno was succeeded by Conan O’Brien in 2009, however NBC received chilly ft when the present’s scores dropped and introduced Leno again as host in 2010. He remained within the job till Jimmy Fallon took over in 2014.
Leno turned his love of vehicles right into a CNBC sequence, Jay Leno’s Storage, and now hosts a revival of the sport present You Guess Your Life.