Former late-night TV host Jay Leno injured during fall down Pittsburgh-area hillside

PITTSBURGH — Former late-night television host Jay Leno was injured when he fell down a hillside before a show in the Pittsburgh area last week.

The Today Show reports the former host of “Tonight Show” arrived at his latest comedy show with an eye patch, broken wrist and bruised face.

Leno told Inside Edition that he was saying at a Hampton Inn about 30 miles outside of Pittsburgh when he wanted to have dinner at a local restaurant before his show. He decided to take a shortcut down a hillside and fell about 60 feet. Leno said he “hit a bunch of rocks,” which resulted in him being “all black and blue.”

“I’m a little beat up,” he told Inside Edition.” “I fell 60 feet. Boom, boom, boom, boom.”

Leno said that one of the rocks hit him in the eye, which is why he needed the eye patch. He also lost a nail on his finger.

Leno performed in Pittsburgh just three hours later.

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