Jay Leno suffers brutal injuries from hitting his head on a rock after ‘stupid’ mistake

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TMZ that he was “holding up fine” before revealing how he got injured.“I was staying at a hotel … on a hill,” he explained. “I said, ‘Where’s a good place to eat?’ ‘Oh, the bottom.’ The restaurant was there, but to get to it, I didn’t have a car, so I had to walk about a mile and a half around.”“I said, ‘Well, the hill doesn’t look that steep.

It’s about 60, 70 feet. Let me see if I can go down there,'” Leno continued. “I rolled down the hill,” the stand-up said. “Hit my head on a rock.

Knocked me in my eye.”Despite the incident, the former “Tonight Show” host revealed he did a comedy show before he went to the hospital in Los Angeles to get treated for his injuries.He explained that his fall occurred “only a couple of hours” before his show started.“It’s not that big a deal.

It’s all right,” Leno added.After noting that the show must go on even in instances like this, Leno shared what the incident taught him.“The great thing about this age is you don’t learn by your mistakes.