Jay Leno Released from Hospital

Jay Leno (58) was released from the hospital today. Leno was admitted for what appeared to be either food poisoning or a stomach flu that caused him to get dehydrated, and required a stay in the hospital. Leno isn’t the first to have had this problem in the past few months.

Leno missed Friday’s taping of The Tonight Show. NBC said in a statement today:

"We are happy to say that Jay Leno is feeling much better and has been released from the hospital. He’s anxious to return to work on Monday."

NBC was probably sweating blood worrying about Jay.

Jay’s rep said today:

"They had him overnight. It was for observation. It was symptomatic of nothing serious. I think it was a dehydration."

Leno is renowned for his work ethic – and heavy performing schedule – but it doesn’t appear he had overdone it; his rep says Leno’s calendar was no more full this week than usual. "He doesn’t feel strains," the rep says. "He feels strains if there’s nothing to do."

Happy to see Leno is feeling better.