Jay Leno Addresses Mob Gambling Debt Rumors After Suffering Brutal Face Injury

Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno has addressed rumors that his recent injuries from unfortunate accidents are the result of not paying gambling debts to the mob.

During his appearance on The Club Random Podcast, host Bill Maher asked Leno, “It’s a conspiracy theory since you’ve had three accidents that you actually have gambling debts and are being beaten up by the mob.”

Leno responded, “I love the idea that the mob would drive to Greenberg, Pennsylvania, wait outside the Hampton Inn on a kind of sleety, rainy day to throw me down a hill.”

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Leno was referencing his brutal fall outside of a Pennsylvania Hampton Inn that left him with a severely bruised face.

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Per Yahoo News:

Bill Maher confronted Jay Leno, 74, with a “conspiracy theory” that the former Tonight Show host’s spate of accidents in recent years were the result of a gambling addiction gone wrong.

“It’s a conspiracy theory since you’ve had three accidents that you actually have gambling debts and are being beaten up by the mob,” Maher told Leno, who laughed off the suggestion as he appeared on the Club Random podcast.

“I love the idea that the mob would drive to Greenberg, Pennsylvania, wait outside the Hampton Inn on a kind of sleety, rainy day to throw me down a hill,” Leno joked, referring to the most recent accident—which left him with a bruised face and sporting an eyepatch after he says he rolled down a steep hill and hit his eye on a rock.

Before that, Leno suffered multiple injuries related to maintaining his classic car collection, including one in which he set his face on fire and another that resulted in multiple broken bones.

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