Leno informed TMZ that he had been residing at a hotel situated on a hilltop. He opted to walk down to a restaurant located at the base of the hill, choosing to disregard the designated pathway. The hill, measuring between 60 to 70 feet in height, did not appear steep to him. Unfortunately, he lost his balance and tumbled down, striking his head against a rock and sustaining an injury to his eye.
“I fell down and rolled down the hill,” Leno recounted. “I hit my head on a rock, which caused an injury to my eye,” he continued, lifting his eyepatch to reveal his swollen eye.
Despite the incident, Leno did not allow it to hinder his professional commitments. Merely three hours later, he took the stage for a prearranged comedy performance. “It’s not that big of a deal,” he remarked after returning to Los Angeles and visiting the hospital.
This incident adds to Leno’s recent series of misfortunes. Last year, he was clotheslined off his motorcycle, resulting in multiple broken bones. He humorously acknowledged his tendency to repeat mistakes: “You can’t really teach them anything. They just keep doing the same stuff over and over again,” he stated.
He also expressed a sense of gratitude, noting, “If I had been going 50, I probably would’ve been decapitated.”
In 2022, Leno garnered attention once more when images emerged depicting burns he sustained from a gasoline fire while working on one of his vehicles. Despite the seriousness of the burns, he reassured his fans, stating, “I am Jay Leno, the iconic TV host and comedian, recently suffered a fall that left him with visible injuries. Although not as severe as past incidents, the 74-year-old was left with a painful-looking bruise on his face.
Leno is no stranger to accidents. In November 2022, he sustained serious burns in a gasoline fire while working on one of his vintage cars. Then, in 2023, he was involved in a motorcycle crash that left him with broken bones.
This time, Leno’s injuries weren’t as severe, but they were still noticeable. He appeared at the Comedy For Kobe event in Beverly Hills on November 18 wearing an eyepatch over his left eye, with his face heavily bruised.
