Jay Lenois doing “fine” after hesuffered “serious burns” in a garage gasoline fire,Jerry Seinfeldsaid.
The 68-year-old comedian spoke toExtraand gave a health update on the formerTonight Showhost, 72, who was just released from the hospital after being treated forsecond-and third-degree burnson his face, chest and hand.
“He’s gonna be OK,” Seinfeld told the outlet. “They gotta fix it up, but luckily he’s not far from Beverly Hills. I imagine there are people there that can help him with whatever he needs.”
Seinfeld then joked about his friend and fellow comedian, “He wasn’t that much to look at before so…” a joke thatLeno’s friend Tim Allen also made.
Leno was discharged from Grossman Burn Center in the Los Angeles area on Monday, nine days after his accident. Center staff shared an image of the smiling comedian alongside several of his caretakers.
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Within the statement, his physician Dr. Peter Grossman added, “I am pleased with Jay’s progress, and I am optimistic that he will make a full recovery.”
Grossman Burn Center
Leno underwent treatment involvingsurgical excision and grafting procedure, which removes unhealthy tissue in an effort to promote wound healing and reduce the risk of infection. Grossman said that with Leno’s burns, “much of the thickness of the skin was injured” in some areas, so unhealthy tissue was being removed.
Two days after the incident, Leno spoke publicly for the first time since enduringthe “serious medical emergency"that left him with “significant"second- and third-degree burnson his face, chest and hands, according to his doctor.
“Igot some serious burns from a gasoline fire,” he said in a statement shared with PEOPLE. “I am OK. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet.”
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Aimee Bennett, a spokesperson at the Grossman Burn Center, also issued a statement to PEOPLE, confirming that Leno was being treated there after the incident in his garage.
Leno, a known car aficionado and the star ofJay Leno’s Garage, was working on a steam engine underneath a car in his garage when the fire began. The comedianwas pulled from underneath the carbefore being transported to the Burn Center and treated for his injuries.
source: people.com
