Jay Leno jokes he has a 'brand new face' during appearance on the Kelly ... trends now

Jay Leno jokes he has a 'brand new face' during appearance on the Kelly ... trends now
Jay Leno jokes he has a 'brand new face' during appearance on the Kelly ... trends now

Jay Leno jokes he has a 'brand new face' during appearance on the Kelly ... trends now

Jay Leno joked that he has a brand new face during his Wednesday appearance on The Kelly Clarkson show.

The star's face caught on fire on November 12, 2022 during an accident with his 1907 White Steam Car, leading to third degree burns.

The star, 72, got a standing ovation from the audience as Kelly spoke out about how he missed his last scheduled appearance because of his accident.

Kelly told him 'You look great though' to which he joked, 'This is a brand-new face.'

'It is, it's unbelievable,' before he joked: 'What happened, I was working on a car and I got a full face of gasoline and it caught fire. And I had been eating a flaming hot Dorito and when I bit into it, it set my face on...'

Speaking out: Jay Leno joked that he has a brand new face during his Wednesday appearance on The Kelly Clarkson show

Speaking out: Jay Leno joked that he has a brand new face during his Wednesday appearance on The Kelly Clarkson show

Candid: The star's face caught on fire on November 12, 2022 during an accident with his 1907 white steam car, leading to third degree burns

Candid: The star's face caught on fire on November 12, 2022 during an accident with his 1907 white steam car, leading to third degree burns

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'It was interesting. It was all third-degree burns, it was pretty bad. It was pretty bad,' he said after. 

He was working on the classic ride with his friend Dave Killackey and Jay told his friend to blow air through a fuel line because it sounded clogged.

Jay ended up getting hit in the face with gas, and then his face caught on fire after the pilot light jumped, causing him to get third degree burns. 

During a December appearance on the NBC News' Today, he recalled what happened.

'You can't tell at all. No, you think

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