Jay Leno Reveals Reason For Recent Hospital Admission (Photos)

Posted on May 2, 2009

Jay Leno works hard and was a bit embarassed to reveal why he was admitted to the hospital recently. Read more about the mystery reason for Jay Leno’s hospitalization below.

Jay Leno, 58, finally opened up to People magazine about his two days of hospitalization that forced him to take his first sick days in 17 years.

“Exhaustion,” he said Friday, shaking his head. He added jokingly, “That’s like a rich person’s condition. Poor people that work – they don’t get exhausted. Only rich people get exhausted. It’s an embarrassing thing.”

Leno not only does stand-up and his talk show, but is also a writer of three columns.

“I think I just probably got worn out,” he says. “I do three columns. I write for the London Sunday Times, I write for Popular Mechanics every month and I write for a British magazine called Octane. I do all automotive stuff. And then I’m on the road [doing standup comedy] 160 days. I think it’s one of those deals where you just kinda just got worn out.”

But Leno says he is ready for his primetime show that starts this fall.

“No, I didn’t have swine flu or anything like that at all,” he says. “And really, now, I’m fine, I’m great.”

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