Jay Leno is a man of speech.
The actress, 74, is the official guardian of his 45 -year -old wife, Mavis, after being diagnosed with dementia and he obtained the supervision for her last year. Now Leno is thinking about this role.
“When you get married, you make a wish:” Will I live this? Or are I going to be like a shady guy if something happens to my wife, I am hitting the cashier at the mini-mart? “”, He said in “in depth with Graham Bensinger” on Wednesday.
“No, I didn’t do it. I appreciate the time with my wife. I go home, I cook for her, watch TV and it’s okay,” added Leno.
Leno noted that “this is essentially what we have done before, except that now I have to feed it and do all these things.”
The end of the evening host, who made the knot with the 78 -year -old philanthrope in 1980, is not deleted by their new dynamic.
“But, I like it. I like to take care of her,” said Leno. “She is a very independent woman, so I like that I need.”
In the midst of difficult times, the actor admitted “you must find humor”.
Flash Memory cards also made Leno and Mavis laugh these days.
“It’s pretty fun,” he confessed to the welcome from Graham Benserger. “I’m going,” Chérie, it’s President Obama. Do you remember that we have dinner? (She will say): “Oh, not me.” (And I will say): “Yeah, darling, it was you!” “”
Leno also took a moment to think about the new reality of their marriage and their life.
“Well, that’s the challenge, isn’t it? When you have to feed someone and change them and wear them in the bathroom and do all this kind of things every day,” he said. “It’s a challenge. And it is not that I like to do it, but I suppose that I like to do it. ”
“I am not only attractive and sexy” and having sex with them and everything.
In January, Leno frankly talked about the diagnosis of Mavis with the position.
“I always make her laugh every day, and it’s always fun,” spurted the actor at the time. “We return to Youtube – they have all the” big titles “(segments) that we have made over the years. And my wife appreciates them, and it is as if she forgot that she has just seen him, then she laughs again to the same jokes. So for an actress, it’s great. ”
In 2024, Leno announced for the first time his wife – which he married after meeting the comedy store in the 1970s – had advanced dementia and that he had obtained a guardianship on her. As indicated in court documents, Mavis sometimes does not recognize it, but the television star said “that’s fine.”
“She does not suffer. Anyone has treated it,” said Leno. “You know, I like his company. I always prefer to be with her than not to be with her … But is it ideal? No.”
To date, spouses – who have no children – always maintain their favorite rituals.
“When” The Tonight Show “finished, I was getting home every night and I was working on the monologue and I am with my wife, and we watched a film or watch TV,” added Leno. “And that’s more like that now, the same thing, except that now I’m just,” You know, darling, what do you know about this film? “You just need to explain.
In April 2024, Mavis lawyer Robert Ostrin said that she was “agreeing” with the supervision during a hearing in Los Angeles County Superior, by people. Mavis noted that she “received excellent care with her husband, Mr. Leno”.
“I think it is in the least restrictive environment,” concluded the judge. “I think she is in very good attention with Mr. Leno.”
“Based on my interaction with Mr. Leno, as well as the research I have done, he seems to be a standing guy,” added Ostrin. “And his private personality corresponds to the public character he projects.”
