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Jay Leno paid his dues by appearing on a fellow comedian Bill Maher’s “Random Club” podcast.
the first “Tonight Show” Host clarified a floating rumor that the wounds on his face were due to a beating by the mafia due to gambling debts.
In November, Leno revealed that he broke his wrist and suffered significant bruising to his face and body after falling down a 60-foot hill outside his hotel.
Hours after the fall, the acclaimed comedian took the stage for a show wearing an eye patch.
Jay Leno suffered severe bruising after a fall in November. (Getty Images)
Maher asked Leno about the rumors, to which Jay responded, “Well, I like the idea that they wouldn’t take one of my cars for gambling debt.”
Leno, a long-time car enthusiast, is known to have hundreds of collectible cars in his personal garage worth millions of dollars.
JAY LENO ‘FEELING GOOD’ DESPITE SUFFERING DEATHS TO THE FACE FROM THE FALL
However, he does remember an encounter with the mafia when he was a young comedian.
“I was pretty smart,” he said. “I remember years ago I was on Catch a Rising Star, and I was on stage, and this guy, a mafia guy, came up to me afterward and said, ‘Hey, you’re a funny guy. You’re a funny guy.’
Leno flashed a peace sign while driving shortly after the fall in November. (MEGA)
“He takes $100 and puts it in my pocket. I say, ‘Oh, thank you.’ I say, ‘Look, I don’t mean any disrespect, but, you know, give it to the church or something… I’m fine, But thanks.’ And he says, ‘You know, you’re a smart guy. You don’t take money from people like me.’ And no one bothered me again.”
While Leno admitted he never had any problems, he witnessed the mob “kicking comics left and right” for being “smart idiots” on stage.
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He also didn’t understand the rumors simply because he doesn’t like losing money.
“I don’t play,” Leno confessed. “Losing $100 makes me feel stupider than winning a thousand makes me feel good. Because I think, ‘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 “Inside edition” who 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 only the latest in a series of traumatic incidents for Leno, who also had his motorcycle “knocked down” in January 2023.
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Leno suffered two broken ribs, broken kneecaps and a broken collarbone after being clotheslined while riding his motorcycle through a parking lot.
“I turned down a side street and walked through a parking lot, and unbeknownst to me, a guy had a wire tied across the parking lot but no flag hanging from it,” Leno told The Associated Press. Las Vegas Magazine.
“I didn’t see it until it was too late. It just ripped me off and, boom, it knocked me off the bike. The bike kept going, and you know how that works.”
Jay Leno revealed the burns he suffered in a garage fire in November 2022 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 allegedly suffered major burns on his face and hands, as well as his chest, while working under a car in his Burbank-area garage.
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Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
