Jay Leno tries to ‘find the humor’ during wife’s dementia battle

Jay Leno is uncovering humorous moments with his woman during her conflict with dementia. 

Leno, 74, opened up astir the prime clip helium spends with his woman Mavis since the quality of her precocious dementia diagnosis came retired publically past January. The comedian shared however helium took his woman buying to "have a laughter and person fun," arsenic they some remained successful bully spirits during a hard time. 

"You effort to find the wit successful this situation," helium told People magazine. "I took my woman shopping, I tin spot she's a small down, [so I said], 'Come on, we'll spell to the mall.' So we spell to Nordstrom's and I said, 'You spot thing you like?' 'No, no.' So we look astatine the shoes, and [she said], 'Oh, I similar these sneakers.'"

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Comedian Jay Leno's wife, Mavis, has been diagnosed with precocious dementia. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

The comedian continued to explicate however his woman expressed involvement successful a brace of "these agleam bluish sneakers," arsenic helium encouraged her to bargain a 2nd brace of shoes. 

"I spot she's happy, and I said 'This is great.' So I got 2 pairs of sneakers, and [the cashier says] 'That's $24. And the different pair, that's $847,'" Leno said.

The cashier told Leno the melodramatic terms quality betwixt the 2 pairs was owed to the different being decorator sneakers. He initially thought the outgo of the shoes was a mistake erstwhile the cashier rang them up astatine the register.

Former "The Tonight Show" big Jay Leno took his woman to bash this 1 "fun" enactment during her dementia battle, arsenic the comedian tries to "find the humor" successful her wellness diagnosis. (Steve Granitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

"It looked similar the feline took a brace of the aforesaid sneakers and utilized a bedazzler connected them, and they were $800. I looked astatine my woman and said, 'You similar these?' I go, 'Honey, you look great.'"

"It's fine, I'm gladsome I tin spend this and it made my woman happy. It conscionable made maine laugh. Just typical," helium added. "I thought the $24 brace looked amended than those, but that's okay. It conscionable made maine laugh… I deliberation erstwhile you're dealing with this benignant of thing, you find your moments wherever you tin person a laughter and person fun… my woman truly likes them and felt bully astir it."

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Leno, who hosted "The Tonight Show" for much than 3 decades, went connected to say, "The information that it was the aforesaid brace of sneakers that got deed with a bedazzler, I conjecture that's fine. But it conscionable made maine laugh, and that's beauteous overmuch what it is."

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Last May, the mates presented the inaugural Mavis Leno Award for Global Women's Rights. The comedian told Fox News Digital astatine the clip that beingness was amended than ever. 

"All of that," Leno said erstwhile asked if his religion and household person helped propulsion the mates unneurotic recently. "Exactly. It's the full thing. We've been joined 44 years. It gets easier. It doesn't get harder."

Jay and Mavis Leno person been joined for 43 years aft archetypal gathering astatine the Comedy Store successful the 1970s. (NBC)

In January, Leno filed ineligible papers successful a Los Angeles tribunal requesting to beryllium the appointed conservator for his woman arsenic her wellness deteriorated, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

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He included successful the documents that helium and his woman person had a "loving matrimony for much than 43 years," adding helium "has ever handled the couple's finances."

Meanwhile, Leno has had his ain wellness issues. He was badly burned portion moving connected 1 of his cars successful his store connected Nov. 12, 2022.

Jay Leno was severely burned portion moving connected 1 of his cars successful his store connected Nov. 12, 2022. (Jeff Kowalsky via Getty Images)

Despite their wellness struggles and Leno's personage status, the 2 are conscionable a mean hubby and wife.

"We bash everything together," Leno told Fox News Digital connected the carpet astatine the Feminist Majority Foundation’s 16th yearly Global Women’s Rights Awards Gala connected May 14. "I spell location each night, marque meal and beryllium around. We bask each other's company."

The mates archetypal met astatine the Comedy Store successful Los Angeles earlier Leno roseate to fame successful 1976. They aboriginal joined successful 1980 and ne'er had kids.

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