Jay Leno is being treated at a Los Angeles burn center after being seriously injured in a car fire over the weekend.
“A gasoline fire caused some significant burns to me. I am ok. The comedian and former “Tonight Show” host said in a statement to Variety on Monday that he “just needs a week or two to get back on my feet.”
Leno was reportedly in his Los Angeles garage on Sunday when one of his vehicles mysteriously caught fire. The flames did not “penetrate his eye or his ear,” according to sources who spoke with the entertainment website, but Leno’s left side of the face was burned.
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News of Leno’s accident comes after multiple reports say he pulled out of a Las Vegas appearance last minute on Sunday due to a “very serious medical emergency.”
He was set to perform at the Financial Brand Forum 2022 in Sin City.
“His family was not able to provide us very many details, but there was a very serious medical emergency that is preventing Jay from traveling,” read the email sent to attendees of the conference, which People obtained on Monday.
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“All we know is that he is alive, so our prayers go out to him and his family tonight.”
The comedian is recovering at Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles.
In a statement to KTLA, the hospital said: “Jay Leno is in stable condition and he’s receiving treatment here at the burn center to his face and his hands from a gasoline accident in his garage over the weekend.”
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The statement goes on to say that he “is in good humor and is touched by all the inquiries into his condition and well-wishes and he wants to let everyone know he’s doing well and that he’s in the ‘best burn center in the United States.’”
