Jay Leno, wife Mavis about 44-year-old marriage
Jay Leno told Fox News Digital how he and Mavis endure difficult times, while during the 16th annual Global Women’s Rights Awards Gala of the feminist Majority Foundation.
Jay Leno Find humorous moments with his wife during her battle with dementia.
Leno, 74, opened the Quality Time that he spends with his wife Mavis, because the news about her advanced dementia diagnosis ended up in the audience last January. The comedian shared how he took his wife shopping to ‘laugh and have fun’, because they both stayed in a good mood in a difficult time.
“You try to find the humor in this situation,” he said Mensmagazine. “I took my wife shopping, I can see that she is a bit down (so I said):” Come on, we’re going to the shopping center. ” So we go to Nordstrom’s and I said, “Do you see something that you like?” “No, no.” So we look at the shoes, and (she said): “Oh, I like these sneakers.” “
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The wife of comedian Jay Leno, Mavis, has been diagnosed with advanced dementia. (Christopher Polk/Getty images)
The comedian continued to explain how his wife showed interest in a few “These clear blue sneakers”, encouraging her to buy a second pair of shoes.
“I see that she is happy and I said,” This is great. ” So I got two pairs of sneakers, and (says the cashier) ‘That’s $ 24.
The cashier told Leno that the dramatic price difference between the two pairs was due to the fact that the other designer was sneakers. He initially thought that the costs of the shoes were a mistake when the cashier called them in the register.
Former “The Tonight Show” host Jay Leno took his wife to do this “fun” activity during her dementia struggle, while the comedian tries to find “the humor” in her health diagnosis. (Steve Granitz/Filmmagic/Getty images)
“It seemed that the man took a few of the same sneakers and used a Bedazzler on them, and they were $ 800. I looked at my wife and said,” You like this? ” I’m going: “Honey, you look great.” “
“It’s fine, I’m glad I can afford this and it made my wife happy. It just made me laugh. Just typical,” he added. “I thought it looked better $ 24 -pair than that, but that’s okay. It just made me laugh … I think if you are dealing with things like this, you will find your moments when you can Laughing and having fun … My wife really likes them and felt good. “
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Leno, who has been organizing “The Tonight Show” for more than three decades, continued by saying: “The fact that it was the same pair of sneakers that was touched with a Bedazzler, I think that’s fine. But it just made me about Laughing, and that’s just about what it is. “
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Last May the couple presented the inaugural Mavis Leno Award for global women’s rights. The comedian told Fox News Digital when life was better than ever.
“All that,” Leno said when he was asked if his faith and family helped to bring the couple together recently. “Exactly. It is the whole thing. We have been married for 44 years. It will be easier. It will not be more difficult.”
Jay and Mavis Leno were married for 43 years after the first meeting in the comedy store in the 1970s. (NBC)
In January, Leno has submitted legal articles In a court in Los Angeles who asks to be the appointed curator for his wife if her health deteriorated, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
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He recorded in the documents that he and his wife have had a ‘loving marriage’ for more than 43 years, adding that he has ‘always treated the finances of the couple’.
In the meantime, Leno has had his own health problems. He was badly burned While he works on one of his cars in his garage on November 12, 2022.
Jay Leno was heavily burned while he worked on one of his cars in his garage on November 12, 2022. (Jeff Kowalsky via Getty images)
Despite their health struggle and the celebrity status of Leno, the two are just a normal man and woman.
“We do everything together,” said Leno Fox News Digital on the carpet of the 16th annual Global Women’s Rights Awards Gala by the Feminist Majority Foundation on 14 May. I go home every night, make dinner and sit around. We enjoy each other’s company. “
The couple met for the first time in the comedy shop in Los Angeles before Leno was known in 1976. They married later in 1980 and never had children.
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