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Jay Leno made his first public appearance since filing for a conservatorship over his wife, Mavis.BACKGRID
Jay Leno stepped out in public for the first time since filing for a conservatorship over his wife, Mavis.
Dressed in a Canadian tuxedo, the “Tonight Show” alum was photographed meeting with a few men at an airport in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.
Leno, 73, appeared somber in solo photos but perked up as he shook the hands of his companions whose identities are not known.
The “Jay Leno’s Garage” host requested the conservatorship over Mavis, 77, on Friday, stating she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
It is not clear when Mavis was diagnosed, but there will be a hearing for the conservatorship on April 9.
The “Tonight Show” alum wore head-to-toe denim for the outing. BACKGRID The nature of the meeting is unclear, but it took place near LAX. BACKGRIDLeno first met Mavis in the ’70s after he performed at Los Angeles’ popular Comedy Store comedy club, according to People.
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Listen to our weekly “We Hear” podcast Subscribe to our daily newsletter Shop our exclusive merchThe pair were formally introduced by mutual friends a week later and they quickly started dating.
Leno requested the conservatorship following his wife’s Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, though it’s unclear when she received the news. Getty Images for Meyers ManxThe broadcast personality and philanthropist tied the knot in 1980 despite Mavis claiming Leno “wasn’t very good at dating.”
“I always had this idea that I would never get married,” she recalled, “but with Jay, I began to realize that this was the first time I was ever with someone where I had a perfect, calm sense of having arrived at my destination.”
Mavis and Leno — who never had children — supported each other through thick and thin through the years, with the philanthropist standing by her husband’s side when he suffered third-degree burns when one of his antique cars exploded in his face in November 2022.
They married in 1980 after meeting at a comedy club in Los Angeles. WireImageShe also helped him recover when he broke multiple bones in a motorcycle crash not long after the explosion.
“Look, when you’re in my position, when you’re any kind of celebrity, you’re luckier than most people,” Leno told Page Six in May.
“So when something bad happens to you, you can’t whine and complain about it because bad things happen to people every day — either they get burned or they get cut — and they don’t have the financial wherewithal I did.”
