Jay Leno Returns To The Stage For 1st Stand-Up Gig 2 Weeks After Getting Burned In Car Fire

Jay Leno took the signifier for the archetypal clip since getting severely burned successful his store connected November 27 astatine the Comedy & Magic Club successful Hermosa Beach, California. He arrived with his wife, Mavis, and accidentally grazed a bull car’s tyre with his Tesla, arsenic seen successful a video connected TMZ. When helium got retired of the car, helium told the assemblage that the “Elephant Man is here.” Jay’s burns were hardly visible.

Jay Leno seen arriving for his archetypal drama amusement since suffering burns successful a car fire. (LionsShareNews / BACKGRID)

When a newsman asked if helium was tense astir coming backmost aft the accident, Jay quipped, “No, enactment distant from the Flamin’ Hot Doritos. They’re what caused each this.”

Jay continued to accent that helium was good and acceptable to get backmost to work. The erstwhile late-night big was besides asked if helium plans to incorporated his mishap into his routine. “I anticipation so,” Jay said. He near the assemblage by joking astir his burns. “We got 2 shows tonight: regular and other crispy,” helium said.

Jay was moving connected his 1907 White Steam car connected November 13 erstwhile a substance enactment burst. The gasoline caught occurrence and deed Jay successful the look and hands. He suffered 2nd and third-degree burns to his face, hands, arms, and neck. He was hospitalized and put into a hyperbaric chamber for treatment.

Jay Leno earlier his archetypal stand-up gig since suffering burns. (LAGOSSIPTV/BUZZIPPER / BACKGRID)

During his clip successful the hospital, Jay’s adjacent pal Tim Allen came to visit him on November 17, conscionable a fewer days aft the accident. “I took his car magazines. We did immoderate jokes, which is what we do. We commiserated. We conscionable connected arsenic friends,” Tim told TMZ astir his visit. Tim was asked astir Jay’s betterment and joked, “His look looks great. It didn’t look each that bully to statesman with.”

The 72-year-old was released from the hospital connected November 21. He didn’t discarded immoderate clip getting backmost to driving. Jay revealed his look and manus scars from the burns arsenic helium got into his vintage bluish Cadillac 1 time aft helium got retired of the hospital.