@todayshow: Jay Leno sits down exclusively with TODAY’s Hoda Kotb to open up about caring for his wife Mavis, who lives with advanced dementia, revealing that the "toughest part" has been watching her relive the death of her mother for years. #TODAYShow
My mother has progressive dementia. My brother died. We as a family chose not to tell her because of this very reason.😔
2025-11-20 22:23:17
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Hailstorm :
I can't even fathom watching the person you love most in this world suffer to that degree 😔
2025-11-20 18:40:43
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dailyupdates :
Jay Leno is a great man,
2025-11-21 01:48:54
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peggywagner77 :
My mother did the same thing. I just started to lie to her.
2025-11-20 19:05:05
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JenCalico68 :
Alzheimer’s and dementia are devastating diseases , absolutely devastating
2025-11-20 20:42:01
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rosemarie72164 :
My grandmother would ask me every day how my mom was and my mom had passed away and after a while I just started to pretend I was my mom and it was on the phone so my grandmom just thought she was talking to my mom and it made my grandmom happy so that’s all that mattered.
2025-11-21 00:39:13
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SidetrackJennyZ :
Jay Leno is seriously hands down as a public figure one of the most genuine, kind, calming, and an all around great guy that is in the entertainment business.
2025-11-20 23:58:12
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Angela Smith :
So sad for Jay and Mavis!!!
2025-11-20 22:32:01
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Rawillia5280 :
This is what my grandma is dealing with but she re-learns she has cancer and how bad it is. Its devastating
2025-11-21 00:03:02
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Jim :
I never cared for Leno on The tonight Show… and his comedy isn’t my thing. I do think he’s a good man and deserves respect for the care he’s giving his wife.
2025-11-20 23:42:03
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❣️Mildraca❣️ :
My mother cried everyday multiple times a day for the death of my father. And each day was more intense. She cried as if it just happened. She cried, screamed, hit herself, wanted to die for about 4 months and then all of a sudden ahe woke up one day and said that dad was at a church retreat. And we follow that story and she is calm. 🥺
2025-11-21 01:55:25
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Elisabeth :
That's horrible :/
2025-11-21 01:04:16
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Gerianne Rodriguez :
So devastating 😢
2025-11-20 19:52:44
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Seen :
That really sucks Positive thoughts for you Jay.
2025-11-20 23:53:03
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Jennifer Hurd 🍊 :
My grandma lost her sister to Alzheimers & constantly said please god take me any way but that. & then She also died of Alzheimer’s & it was a torturous slow death. Life can be so un fair 😔
2025-11-20 20:19:47
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rcm :
Made me want to cry. To those that are suffering from dementia like my Mother did I pray and hope we can some day find the the answer and a cure.🙏🙏🙏
2025-11-21 01:31:37
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Jacque :
The Notebook..my heart is breaking for him. 🙏
2025-11-21 00:05:03
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Steve-O🇺🇸 :
He’s such a good man .
2025-11-20 18:59:20
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Geiger :
Need to make a video like on fifty first dates and make her watch it every morning🥰
2025-11-21 00:20:00
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I am CLG ❌️ 74! :
Whyyyyyyy why tell them truths that hurt so deeply that they wont remember....I have never understood the reason
2025-11-20 22:30:01
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NoDoYou :
not a fan, but that's rough
2025-11-20 22:45:08
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cherylclark259 :
prayers and hugs. My Aunt and Grandma had this terrible disease.
2025-11-20 18:54:21
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Yofo64 :
My dad started doing this. He’d realize my brother had died and come into the house in tears demanding to know why no one had told him. Somehow he’d forgotten and somehow he’d remembered and somehow decided we all knew but him.
2025-11-20 22:53:57
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user2810613994472 :
Such a good husband!!!
2025-11-24 22:39:31
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