The funnyman says he initially drove himself home instead of going to the hospital.
“Yeah, that’s it. Yeah,” Leno joked in response before earnestly adding, “Well, I think there’s something to that.”
And while Leno initially rejected the idea of going to the hospital, Hoda asked if his wife was in favor of it.The TV host and comedian was working in his Los Angeles garage when one of the cars burst into flames, a source close to Jay Leno confirmed to NBC News.at the Grossman Burn Center, in West Hills, California, and would spend eight hours a day isolated in a hyperbaric chamber, allowing oxygen to help him recover.
“When you look like me, you don’t really worry about what you look like,” he said. “Look, if I’m George Clooney, it’s going to be a huge problem. But they said it would be alright so, you know my attitude is I trust people who are the best to do what they do.”
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