America’s favorite late-night host JAY LENO is vowing to bounce back from a secret emotional collapse he suffered following his tearful exit from “The Tonight Show.”
Jay, 63, was so shaken to his core after relinquishing his 22-year TV reign, the lantern-jawed comic sank to the depths of despair – “a basket case,” as one colleague described him.
Millions saw Jay’s teary-eyed goodbye to viewers, watching his composure break as the show wound down, weeping as he recalled “the greatest 22 years of my life” and how he considered his co-workers his family.
“I’ll tell you something,” he said through tears. “The first year of this show, I lost my mom. The second year, I lost my dad. Then my brother died. After that I was pretty much out of family. These people became my family.”