Tim Allen offers update on old friend Jay Leno after horrifying accident on The Tonight Show

While promoting his new Disney Plus series, The Santa Clauses, Tim Allen offered an update on the condition of his old comedy friend, Jay Leno, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Leno, 72, who hosted The Tonight Show from 1992 to 2014 before retiring and being replaced by Fallon, made headlines earlier this month when he suffered severe burns to his hands and face after being hit by one of the vehicles. his garage exploded.

Allen, 69, was immediately asked by Fallon how Leno was doing, as a surprised Allen remembered his conversation with Leno just after the accident, where Leno revealed he wasn’t taking any painkillers despite being in tremendous pain.

Update: While promoting his new Disney Plus series The Santa Clauses, Tim Allen offered an update on the condition of his old comedy friend, Jay Leno, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Severe burns: Leno, 72, host of The Tonight Show from 1992 to 2014 before retiring and being replaced by Fallon, made headlines earlier this month when he suffered severe burns to his hands and face after one of the vehicles crashed into his garage exploded

When asked about Leno, Allen compared Leno to the Marvel character Deadpool, who “couldn’t feel pain.”

“I called him the day of the accident — our stores are close together. We play with hot rods and stuff. And one of his mechanics called and said, “Jay’s been in a bad accident,” Allen began.

‘What are you doing? He goes to the hospital, what should I do? All I can do is leave a message. He calls back about five minutes later. “Hey, Tim, what’s going on?” Allen said.

No pain: When asked about Leno, Allen compared Leno to the Marvel character Deadpool, who “couldn’t feel pain”

Message: ‘What are you doing? He goes to the hospital, what should I do? All I can do is leave a message. He calls back about five minutes later. “Hey, Tim, what’s going on?” Allen said

Allen told him, “Oh, sorry Jay, I heard you had a bad accident,” as Leno confirmed, “Yeah, I got third degree burns all over my hands, on my face, burned everything.”

“I go, ‘Where are you – what are you doing right now?’ “I’m holding the phone, it’s really painful,” Allen revealed as the audience laughed.

He doesn’t take any painkillers. He said, “And I don’t take painkillers.” “Why not?” “Pain is there for a reason,” Allen jokingly added, “Okay. I think pain is there to tell you to take a painkiller, it’s not supposed to.”

Bad accident: Allen told him, “Oh, sorry Jay, I heard you had a bad accident,” as Leno confirmed, “Yeah, I got third degree burns all over my hands, on my face, burned everything”

No painkillers: ‘He doesn’t take painkillers. He said, “And I don’t take painkillers.” “Why not?” “Pain is there for a reason,” Allen jokingly added, “Okay. I guess pain is there to tell you to take a painkiller, that’s not what it’s supposed to do.”

“I went to see him and he’s just a great human being. He just wanted to get out of the hospital and he is — moment after moment we were talking a lot,” Allen said.

“I’m being interviewed and they said he – ‘He looks awful.’ I said, “Well, he generally didn’t look very good to begin with,” Allen joked, adding, “Every comic said the same joke,” as Jimmy admitted, “no Jay would like that.”

‘Yes. But he said he’s going for the Clooney look. And he looks really good considering the grafts he has. The picture today, it’s amazing what they can do, the hospital has done a great job,” Allen said, as Jimmy Jay wished, “a speedy recovery.”

Amazing: “I went to see him and he’s just an amazing human being. He just wanted to get out of the hospital and he is — moment after moment we were talking a lot,” Allen said.

Looks good: ‘Yeah. But he said he’s going for the Clooney look. And he looks really good considering the grafts he has. Today’s picture, it’s amazing what they can do, the hospital did a great job,” Allen said, as Jimmy Jay wished, “a speedy recovery”

Allen added, “We were just reefing. It was so stupid that he’s all bandaged up. “Yes, I don’t take any painkillers. I don’t feel like no painkillers.”

“I kept looking at him and I said, ‘Dude, can I use some? Because I hurt when I look at you,'” Allen joked.

Allen returns as Scott Calvin in the Disney Plus series The Santa Clauses, which began streaming on Disney Plus last week.

Riffing: Allen added, “We were just riffing. It was so stupid that he’s all bandaged “Yeah, I don’t take painkillers. I don’t feel like no painkillers”‘

Painkillers: “I kept looking at him, I said, ‘Dude, can I use some? ‘Cause I hurt when I look at you,” Allen joked

Tim returns: Allen returns as Scott Calvin in the Disney Plus series The Santa Clauses, which began streaming on Disney Plus last week