We’re all relieved Leno was well enough to get back on stage again. Still, the curious number of injuries has led some tabloids to wonder if we really heard about this, spurring rumors that Leno owes gambling debts,

Jay Leno addressed rumors he suffered ghastly facial bruising and was beaten up by the mob over an unpaid gambling debt while appearing on Bill Maher's podcast.

Jay Leno addressed rumors about his recent string of injuries — specifically that he was beat up by the mob due to gambling debts — during an appearance on Bill Maher's 'Club Random' podcast.

Bill Maher confronted Jay Leno, 74, with a “conspiracy theory” that the former Tonight Show host’s several accidents in recent years were a result of a gambling addiction gone wrong. “It’s a conspiracy theory since you’ve had three accidents that you actually have gambling debts and are being beaten up by the mob,

Jay Leno has cleared the air about rumors that his recent injuries were “mob” related. In a Dec. 22 podcast episode of Bill Maher’s “Club Random,” the two men discussed comedy and their careers. During the discussion, Maher asked Leno if his injuries were related to gambling debts and the “mob.”

Jay Leno shut down rumors about the cause of his recent injuries during an appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast. In an episode that was release on Dec. 22, Maher asked Leno directly about some of the rumors that have been swirling ever since Leno,