Jay Leno Files For Conservatorship Over Wife

Jay Leno has requested a conservatorship over his wife, Mavis Leno, who he has been married to for four decades.

The request was filed over her estate, according to court documents. Mavis is suffering from dementia, which was the key reason behind the legal action.

Neither Jay nor Mavis have addressed the conservatorship or Mavis' dementia, however, a hearing is set for April.

The two have been married for almost 44 years.

“We have a great time. You have to marry a normal person,” Jay said. “Guys say [to me] all the time, ‘I met this girl, she’s crazy but the sex is unbelievable.’ I go to them, ‘You’re right, but when the sex is over, she’s still crazy. Now, you have 23 hours of crazy until [the] good-crazy hour comes back.’”


“I always [say], ‘Marry your conscience.’ Marry the person you wish you could be, who is kind and maybe whatever fault you have, doesn’t have those faults. That’s worked out for me, so to me, I married the perfect person. It worked out good.”

The couple were married in 1980, after having met at a comedy club. 

“It was in January — I don’t remember the day. But at the time I thought, ‘Holy s—t! That comedian is gorgeous!’” Mavis said in 2014.

“I had gone to the Comedy Store with my girlfriend because I was writing comedy with some partners. Friends kept saying, ‘You have to hang out at the Comedy Store and the Improv. You’ll meet people who can give you jobs.’ The first time I went, they sat us front row center — that means you’re this far from the comic. And there was Jay.”


“I needed to go to the ladies’ room. What I didn’t know was in the Comedy Store back then, that area was the only place for the comedians to hang out. So when I came out of the bathroom, he said, ‘Are you that girl in front?’ And I said, ‘Yes, that was me.’”

In 2022, a gasoline fire broke out while Jay was fixing a car in a garage, which led to him suffering severe burns across his body. 

He was taken to hospital after he made a pit stop to pick up his wife from home.

“My wife doesn’t drive anymore and I didn’t want her stuck and not knowing what was going on. It just seemed like the right thing to do, and I think it was.”

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