INSIDE EDITION EXCLUSIVE:   

JAY LENO TELLS INSIDE EDITION WHY HE’S 

WEARING AN EYE PATCH AND HOW HE INJURED HIMSELF 

AIRING ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH        

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Los Angeles, CA – November 19, 2024 – Jay Leno is telling INSIDE EDITION exclusively how he came to be badly injured, wearing an eyepatch over his left eye, with his face all black and blue. There is also a wrist guard over his right hand. 

Leno spoke with INSIDE EDITION outside the fine arts theater in Beverly Hills with the entire left side of his face showing his injury. He says the accident happened three hours before a performance in Pittsburgh over the weekend when he fell down a steep hill while walking to a restaurant. 

“Broke my wrist. Lost my nail on the finger. I am all black and blue from 60 feet of hitting rocks,” Leno tells INSIDE EDITION. 

He went to a restaurant bathroom to examine his wounds, but in typical “the-show-must-go-on” work ethic for which he is famous, Leno performed as usual Saturday night in Pittsburg. He then traveled home to perform Sunday night in Los Angeles. 

These brutal injuries come just two years after being treated for severe burns. Of that incident he tells INSIDE EDITION, “Oh yeah, I caught fire. I went to the Grossman [Burn] Center, and I got a new face. That’s a new ear.” Now he’s hosting a fundraiser to raise money for the Grossman Burn Center. 

He also says that he’s yet to see a doctor but plans to. When INSIDE EDITION asked about seeing out of his injured eye, he says it is currently swollen shut. 

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