After a brief hospital stay, Jay Leno returned to The Tonight Show on Monday night.
The comedian was hospitalized for suspected dehydration last Thursday, but joked that his first leave of absence in 17 years as the face of NBC late night to the swine flu outbreak.
Jay, who was discharged on Friday, is celebrating his 59th birthday today.
After missing his first day of work in his 17 years as host of The Tonight Show due to an illness, Jay Leno has been released from the hospital.
Jay stayed overnight at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank for precautionary measures after falling ill early Thursday. While the funnyman cancelled his show on Thursday and Friday, he is expected back on stage on Monday night.
“We [are] happy to say that Jay Leno is feeling much better and has been released from the hospital,” a rep for NBC said Friday. “He’s anxious to return to work on Monday.”
Jay Leno had to cancel today’s taping of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno due to an undisclosed illness, Associated Pres reports.
“A repeat of ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ will air tonight as Mr. Leno is not feeling well,” a rep for the show said in a statement Thursday. “He took himself to the hospital because he wasn’t feeling well,” the rep added.
According to Access Hollywood, Jay has been hospitalized at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank since Thursday. Doctors are keeping him overnight for “observation.” Rumors have surfaced that the late night host may be suffering from food poisoning, but no one’s talking.
Scheduled guests were X-Men Origins: Wolverine actor Ryan Reynolds, celebrity animal trainer Jules Sylvester, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
Jay Leno turns 59 next Tuesday.
Jay Leno is planning another free “Comedy Stimulus” show for people hit hard by job layoffs as a result of the cash-strapped economy.
The star of NBC’s The Tonight Show says he’ll perform on the house in Ohio next month following the loss of thousands of DHL shipping jobs. Jay’s free Ohio show takes place May 10 in Wilmington, a community of 12,000 approximately 30 miles southeast of Dayton, which has been described as devastated by the DHL plant’s recent move to Kentucky.
Leno gave two free performances in Detroit earlier this month.
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President Barack Obama has apologized to the chairman of the Special Olympics for equating his bowling skills to those of athletes with disabilities.
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President Barack Obama paid a visit to The Tonight Show on Thursday, where he jokingly discussed everything from the AIG bailout and March Madness to the pending arrival of the long-awaited White House dog.
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In case you missed it, here’s a video of Ellen DeGeneres’ appearance on Leno last night.
The Emmy-winning daytime hostess lamented about the perils of “being a model now,” stating that as CoverGirl’s newest spokesmodel, she can never figure out just how she should sit.
Ellen, who started Twittering on Monday, has embarked on a quest to become the first person other than Oprah or First Lady Michelle Obama to cover an issue of O Magazine.
Find out what The Tonight Show’s Jay Leno thinks of Octomom in this video clip from Tuesday’s The View.
