Jay Leno joked he’s got a “brand latest face” during an appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” Wednesday.
The previous “Tonight Show” host endured a horrific automotive fire accident on Nov. 12 that left him with third-degree burns on his face, chest, and hands.
The 72-year-old was met with loud applause from the audience as he sat all the way down to chat with the “Since U Been Gone” singer about his injuries.
“You look great though,” Clarkson told Leno, to which he replied, “It is a brand-new face.”
“It’s, it’s unbelievable,” Leno continued. “What happened, I used to be working on a automotive and I got a full face of gasoline and it caught fire. And I had been eating a flaming hot Dorito and after I bit into it, it set my face on,” he quipped.
“It was interesting. It was all third-degree burns, it was pretty bad. It was pretty bad.”
“You’ll be able to’t tell in any respect,” Clarkson chimed in.
“No, you think that there’d be a zipper here or something,” he joked. “No, that is like a brand-new face.”
“Just for the second time in my profession am I the brand new face of comedy,” he added.
In December, the funnyman and automotive fanatic revealed what caused the fiery explosion in his garage.
“It was a 1907 White Steam Automotive. The fuel line was clogged, so I used to be underneath it,” he said of working on the vintage automotive — alongside close friend David Killackey — during a chat with “Today” anchor Hoda Kotb. “It sounded clogged and I said, ‘Blow some air through the road,’ and so he did.”
Leno said the fuel line made a noise, “and suddenly, boom, I got a face filled with gas. After which the pilot light jumped and my face caught on fire.”
Luckily, Leno said Killackey acted fast.
“I said to my friend, I said, ‘Dave, I’m on fire.’ And Dave’s like, ‘All right.’ I said, ‘No, Dave, I’m on fire.’ After which, ‘Oh, my God.’ Dave, my friend, pulled me out and jumped on top of me and sort of smothered the hearth,” he recalled.
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Leno was taken to Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles, where he was treated for third-degree burns during a 10-day stay. Leno also received skin grafts and one other surgical operation.
His recovery was made worse just weeks after the ordeal when he broke multiple bones in a freak motorcycle accident.
Leno revealed details of the second accident after the Las Vegas Review-Journal questioned him in regards to the automotive fire.
“That was the primary accident, OK?” he said last month. “Then just last week, I got knocked off my motorcycle. So I’ve got a broken collarbone. I’ve got two broken ribs. I’ve got two cracked kneecaps.”
During his appearance, Leno and Clarkson gifted the three nurses who treated the talk show host with a three-night vacation to the Bahamas.
Jay Leno joked he’s got a “brand latest face” during an appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” Wednesday.
The previous “Tonight Show” host endured a horrific automotive fire accident on Nov. 12 that left him with third-degree burns on his face, chest, and hands.
The 72-year-old was met with loud applause from the audience as he sat all the way down to chat with the “Since U Been Gone” singer about his injuries.
“You look great though,” Clarkson told Leno, to which he replied, “It is a brand-new face.”
“It’s, it’s unbelievable,” Leno continued. “What happened, I used to be working on a automotive and I got a full face of gasoline and it caught fire. And I had been eating a flaming hot Dorito and after I bit into it, it set my face on,” he quipped.
“It was interesting. It was all third-degree burns, it was pretty bad. It was pretty bad.”
“You’ll be able to’t tell in any respect,” Clarkson chimed in.
“No, you think that there’d be a zipper here or something,” he joked. “No, that is like a brand-new face.”
“Just for the second time in my profession am I the brand new face of comedy,” he added.
In December, the funnyman and automotive fanatic revealed what caused the fiery explosion in his garage.
“It was a 1907 White Steam Automotive. The fuel line was clogged, so I used to be underneath it,” he said of working on the vintage automotive — alongside close friend David Killackey — during a chat with “Today” anchor Hoda Kotb. “It sounded clogged and I said, ‘Blow some air through the road,’ and so he did.”
Leno said the fuel line made a noise, “and suddenly, boom, I got a face filled with gas. After which the pilot light jumped and my face caught on fire.”
Luckily, Leno said Killackey acted fast.
“I said to my friend, I said, ‘Dave, I’m on fire.’ And Dave’s like, ‘All right.’ I said, ‘No, Dave, I’m on fire.’ After which, ‘Oh, my God.’ Dave, my friend, pulled me out and jumped on top of me and sort of smothered the hearth,” he recalled.
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Leno was taken to Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles, where he was treated for third-degree burns during a 10-day stay. Leno also received skin grafts and one other surgical operation.
His recovery was made worse just weeks after the ordeal when he broke multiple bones in a freak motorcycle accident.
Leno revealed details of the second accident after the Las Vegas Review-Journal questioned him in regards to the automotive fire.
“That was the primary accident, OK?” he said last month. “Then just last week, I got knocked off my motorcycle. So I’ve got a broken collarbone. I’ve got two broken ribs. I’ve got two cracked kneecaps.”
During his appearance, Leno and Clarkson gifted the three nurses who treated the talk show host with a three-night vacation to the Bahamas.
