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Jay Leno paid his dues by appearing on a fellow comedian Bill Maher “Club Random” podcast.
Former Host of “Tonight’s Show”. cleared up a floating rumor that the injuries on his face were from a mob beating over gambling debts.
In November, Leno revealed he broke his wrist and suffered significant bruising to his face and body after falling down a 60-foot hill outside his hotel.
A few hours after the fall, the acclaimed stand-up comedian took to the stage for a performance wearing a blindfold.
Jay Leno suffered severe bruising from a fall in November. (Getty Images)
Maher asked Len about the rumors, to which Jay replied, “Well, I like the idea that they wouldn’t just take one of my cars for a gambling debt.”
Leno, a longtime car enthusiast, is known to have hundreds of collector cars worth millions of dollars in his personal garage.
JAY LENO ‘FEELS FINE’ DESPITE BRUISED FACE FROM FALL
However, he recalled an encounter with the mafia when he was a young comedian.
I was pretty smart, he said. “I remember years ago I was at Catch a Rising Star, and I was on stage, and this guy – a mobster – came up to me afterwards and said, ‘Hey, you’re a funny kid. You’re a funny kid.’
Leno showed a sign of peace as he drove shortly after the fall in November. (MEGA)
“He takes $100 and puts it in my pocket. I say, ‘Oh, thanks.’ I say, ‘Look, I don’t mean any offense, but, you know, give it to the church or something… I’m fine, but thank you.’ And he tells me: ‘You know, you’re a smart kid, you don’t take money from people like me.’ And no one bothered me anymore.”
While Leno admitted he never had a problem, he witnessed mobs “kicking the crap out of comics left and right” for being “wise a——s” on stage.
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He also didn’t understand the rumors simply because he doesn’t like to lose money.
“I don’t gamble,” Leno admitted. “Losing $100 makes me feel dumber than winning a thousand makes me feel good. Because I say, ‘I could have taken my wife out to dinner.'”
Jay Leno has hundreds of rare and collectible cars in his Burbank garage. (Walker Dalton)
Last month, the comedian said “Internal Edition” that he broke his wrist, suffered significant bruising to his face and body, and lost a fingernail after falling down a 60-foot rocky hill.
His fall at the hotel was just the latest in a series traumatic incidents for Len, who was also “knocked” off his motorcycle in January 2023.
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Leno suffered two broken ribs, a broken kneecap and collarbone after being tied to laundry while riding a motorcycle in a parking lot.
“I turned down a side street and cut across the parking lot, and unbeknownst to me, some guy had a wire strung across the parking lot, but it didn’t have a flag,” Leno told Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“I didn’t see it until it was too late. He just hooked me on the clothesline and, boom, knocked me off the bike. The bike kept going and you know how that works.”
Jay Leno revealed the burns he suffered from a November 2022 garage fire while leaving the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills. (Grossman Burn Center)
In 2022, Leno underwent multiple surgeries after suffering third-degree burns in a gasoline fire. Leno reportedly suffered significant burns on his face and arms, as well as his chest while working under a car in his garage in the Burbank area.
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Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
