The legendary comedian and TV broadcaster Jay Leno had some very severe injuries in a recent fall.

Having suffered terrible burns in November 2022 when flames broke out when he was repairing one of the vintage automobiles in his collection, the 74-year-old has experienced a lot of bad luck lately. He also sustained multiple fractured bones in a motorcycle accident in 2023.

Although his injuries were not as severe this time around, the well-known TV personality nonetheless had noticeable wounds, including a fairly painful-looking bruise on his face.

On Monday, November 18, Leno wore an eyepatch over his left eye when he arrived at the Comedy For Kobe event in Beverly Hills. He had bruising all over the left side of his face, which was mottled blue and black. His wrist was also bandaged.

What caused Jay Leno to fall?

The celebrity told TMZ that he chose to dine at a restaurant at the base of the hill where he was spending the weekend at a hotel perched on the hill. The comedian chose to go straight down the hill instead of following the recommended mile-and-a-half route, stating that it was “60 to 70 feet” high and “didn’t look that steep.”

Leno told TMZ, “I fell down and rolled down the hill.” He went on to say, “Hit my head on a rock, knocked me on the eye,” before removing his eyepatch to show that his eye was still swollen shut.

Jay Leno has been seriously injured again after the comedian says he fell down a hill at the Hampton Inn… ?

Who believes this?

Did Jay join the “black eye club”?

Sorry, none of this adds up to me, starting with Jay Leno being at a Hampton Inn?

This is a common initiation /… pic.twitter.com/dYIVquRjyT

— RedPillPatriot (@_RP_Patriot1776) November 20, 2024

“When I came back to LA, I went to the hospital,” he said. “It was only a couple of hours of the show, so. It’s not that big of a deal, it’s fine!”

Three hours after his fall, Leno reportedly went on stage for a planned comedy event, demonstrating his refusal to let his most recent mishap hold him down.

Jay Leno’s injuries

As was already known, the horrific event that occurred over the weekend adds to Leno’s string of unlucky events in recent years. He made news last year when he was clotheslined off his motorcycle. He ended up with fractured bones that time.

“I still got a broken collarbone, two broken ribs, and a couple of cracked knee caps, so if you see me limping around here, well, you probably will for the next couple of videos,” Leno revealed in a video at the time.

“But like an idiot I am going to fix [the Indian motorcycle] and get back on it again, because as you know, once a man hits 40 you can’t really teach them anything. They just keep doing the same stuff over, and over, and over again. Luckily, I’m only 72, had I been an older man this could have been a serious accident.”

He added: “You can still see a little bit of a scar here [on my chin] and a scar on my neck [where the wire caught]; if I had been going like 50 or something, I probably would have been decapitated, so I was pretty lucky. And anytime you don’t get decapitated, well, that’s good luck.”

In contrast, the well-known former host of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno became viral in 2022 after images of him surfaced that revealed severe burns he had received while repairing one of his vehicles.

“I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire. I am OK. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet,” he told Page Six at the time.