Jay Leno’s lawyer has shared updated information regarding Mavis Leno’s health. Two months after filing for conservatorship over Mavis’s estate in order to ensure she has “managed assets” if Jay were to pass before her, new information is coming to light.
The decision to file for conservatorship comes after Mavis was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. And now a new filing by Jay’s lawyers revealed Mavis’s diagnosis has gotten worse.
In the new filing obtained by People, it revealing that Mavis “sometimes does not know her husband, Jay, nor her date of birth.” The filing went on to say that Mavis “has a lot of disorientation, will ruminate about her parents who have both passed and her mother who died about 20 years ago.”
However, regardless of her health battle, the filing says Mavis is still “delightful person” with a “charming personality.” The filing also refers to Mavis and Jay’s 44 year marriage, saying despite her memory loss, their marriage is still “long-term, loving and supportive,” adding that Jay remains “her protector and she trusts him.” People reports that Mavis’s neurologist is also quoted in the filing saying, Jay is “such a nice man and treats [Mavis] like gold.”
The filing adds that Mavis “does not object” and “consents” to the conservatorship, People reports.
Just a month before filing for conservatorship over his wife’s estate, Jay Leno talked about being married to Mavis for 44 years in an interview with Piers Morgan. Take a listen:
Jay Leno has filed for conservatorship over his wife Mavis, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) January 27, 2024
Earlier this month spoke to Piers Morgan about his 44-year marriage: "Find somebody who's the person you wish you could be."@piersmorgan | @jayleno | #PMU pic.twitter.com/q1g2LpKDUz
TMZ also reported that just days after filing for conservatorship, the husband and wife were seen out in Hollywood last night. Jay had a comedy show to perform and Mavis was right by his side.
Jay Leno has been forced to take several heartbreaking steps as the caregiver for his wife.
According to TMZ, Mavis has been battling Alzheimer’s Disease. As a result, on Friday January 26, Leno filed for conservatorship over his wife of 44 years.
As TMZ reports, Leno has filed for conservatorship over his wife because of her diagnosis. Mavis can no longer care for herself on her own. Truly heartbreaking.
The couple have not yet openly shared details about Mavis’s battle with the disease that causes “a slow decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills.” But our thoughts are with Jay and Mavis has they navigate through this difficult time.
For 44 years, Jay Leno and Mavis Leno have been in a loving relationship. And for the last 44 years, the comedian and philanthropist have chosen not to have children.
The reason for that may be surprising to some. In a 2014 interview with The Washington Post, Mavis revealed that the reason she and Jay don’t have children is entirely because of her.
The Very Interesting Reason Why Jay Leno and His Wife of 44 Years Mavis Leno Didn’t Have Kids
She admitted that she based her decision to not become a mother on what she saw while watching the show The Honeymooners. “I would see a young woman who was very attractive and a thousand times smarter, and she’s living in this little tenement hovel with her husband, Ralph, and then this Ed Norton, who has an even hotter wife,” she said.
The 1955 comedic sitcom Mavis is referring to following the lives of Ralph, Alice, and their friend, Ed and Trixie “as they get involved with various schemes in their day-to-day living.” As Mavis continued it was some of the rhetoric she would hear while watching that show that influenced her decision to never have kids.
“These men spend all their time talking about what a drag the wives are and asking how can they get away from them. It’s perfectly obvious the women are the ones trapped,” Mavis continued. And she even remembers telling her mom when she was just a child that she never plans on becoming a mother herself.
“I remember telling my mother when I was 7 or 8 that I was never going to get married or have children,” continued Mavis. “To me, this is the way women get caught.”
As it seems Jay respected Mavis’ decision not to start a family of their own after falling in love with her and paving their own path as a power couple. Has there ever been a show that influenced your life like this?
And Mavis seems to feel very lucky that she found such a good man in Jay who respected that very decision. After meeting Jay, who she calls “the single kindest human being I ever met,” Mavis changed her mind, about the whole marriage thing.
Jay Leno recently opened up about how he felt about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars. Leno explains that while the slap was uncalled for, he can understand having a rash reaction. However, it was after Will slapped rock and he had a second to compose himself, the decision to continue yelling at Rock worries Leno.
“To me, the thing that’s most disturbing wasn’t the slap, because he was kind of smirking after he slapped [Rock],” Leno told the Palm Beach Daily News on Friday. “It was the yelling of the obscenities. Then you go, ‘Whoa. What’s going on here?’ This is real anger.”