Jay Lenois honoring his friend and longtime employee with a heartwarming nursery renovation.
While David started out as Leno’s intern 14 years ago, he has now become a director-producer and a close friend, who hostsDrewandJonathan Scottsay has become like a son to the star and cared for him after a near-catastrophic accident.
In November 2022 Leno suffered severe burns to his face and neck after a fire in his garage. In the episode, he recalls, “When I had my accident, you know, I set myself on fire there, [David] would pick my wife up and bring her to the hospital and bring food and do things like that. I think that’s what friendship is. I don’t have a son, but I think this is what it would be like.”
“Nothing makes a more perfect statement for a nursery than having a beautiful wallpaper or mural,” Jonathan explains. And Leno has some strong opinions about the options.
Holding up a sample wallpaper decorated with blue and red cars, Leno says: “Now if it was my room andmykid, I would have the car one.” He jokes another option with gray clouds is “a nightmare.”
Once Leno finally chooses a jungle-inspired print, the Scott brothers then show him how to install the peel-and-stick sample.
“Look at that! Isn’t that amazing,” he says, pretending to be on an infomercial. “Sticks to any surface!”
The Scotts opened up about Leno’s dedication to the renovation project and his willingness to work despite being recently injured, in an exclusive interview withPEOPLEin May.
“He still had a broken collarbone, and he showed up to work,” Drew recalled. “No painkillers, no complaints. He was still recovering, and he got in there and did the demolition.”
Drew continued to reflect on Leno’s “unbelievable work ethic,” adding that theHot Wheels: Ultimate Challengejudge is “just the most down-to-earth guy. He admitted he doesn’t know much about any of this process, but he’s willing to help wherever we can.”
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The brothers also opened up about how their favorite part about working with their various A-List co-stars onIOUis getting to see them give back to loved ones in a unique way.
source: people.com
