Jay Leno onJay Leno’s Garage.Photo: Nicole Weingart/CNBC
Jay Leno’scar series has been canceled, two months after the comedian wasseriously injured in a gasoline fireand following a 30-year streak of Leno-starring projects airing on NBCUniversal’s networks, PEOPLE can confirm.
Jay Leno’s Garagesaw Leno, 72, highlighting unique cars and the stories behind them and featuredvarious celebrity guest stars— including President Joe Biden,Kelly Clarkson,Elon MuskandJamie Lee Curtis.
The Hollywood Reporterwas first to report the news.
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Jay Leno onJay Leno’s Garage.Nicole Weingart/CNBC
News of the reported cancellation comes after Leno revealed in an interview with theLas Vegas Review-Journalpublished Thursday that he is recovering from a recentmotorcycle accident that left him with several broken bones, after previouslysustaining second-degree burns in a firethat broke out in the garage of his Los Angeles home.
Detailing that he “got knocked off” his motorcycle on Jan. 17, Leno told the outlet, “I’ve got a broken collarbone. I’ve got two broken ribs. I’ve got two cracked kneecaps.”
The formerTonight Showhost added, “But I’m okay! I’m okay, I’m working. I’m working this weekend.”
According to Leno, he was on the road testing a vintage 1940 Indian motorcycle when he noticed the scent of leaking gas and decided to pull over to investigate.
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“I turned down a side street and cut through a parking lot, and unbeknownst to me, some guy had a wire strung across the parking lot but with no flag hanging from it,” he explained to theReview-Journal. “I didn’t see it until it was too late. It just clotheslined me and boom,knocked me off the bike. The bike kept going, and you know how that works out.”
Leno told the outlet that he didn’t make his accident public knowledge at first because there was so much chaos and coverage from his prior November incident.
“You know, after getting burned up, you get that one for free,” he said, then went on to further joke, “After that, you’reHarrison Ford, crashing airplanes. You just want to keep your head down.”
Jay Leno.John Lamparski/WireImage
Over nine days, Leno — whose wife of 42 years,Mavis Leno, slept beside him at The Center — underwent two skin-grafting surgeries (one with human cadaver skin and another with pig intestine) to help regenerate new healthy skin, as well assessions in hyperbaric chambersto help oxygenate tissue. Within six days after he left the Center,Leno was back onstage, performing standupat the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California.
In an exclusive chat with PEOPLE a month after the accident, Leno described the ordeal in detail, stating, “It felt exactlylike my face was on fire. Maybe like the most intense sunburn you’ve ever had, that’d be fair to say.”
As he continued to heal, Leno said he was aware that his situation could have been much worse. “I know how bad it could have been,” he explained. “But I’m okay. And I’m sure I’ll continue to do the same stupid things I’ve always done. Just maybe a little bit more carefully!”
source: people.com
