Jay Leno tears up over wife Mavis as she battles dementia: ‘I enjoy taking care of her’
nypost.comofficially granted conservatorship over Mavis in April following her “advanced dementia” diagnosis.“We’ve been married 44 years.
It gets easier. It doesn’t get harder,” he told Fox News Digital at the event.“We do everything together,” he went on. “I go home every night, make dinner and sit around.
We enjoy each other’s company.”Leno called marrying the activist and philanthropist, 77, “the smartest thing” he’s “ever done.” He went on to give a speech at the event with Mavis by his side.“I had to smile when I saw that young college girl come out, which reminded me of a young girl I met,” Leno said of a previous speaker as he got emotional, per Fox News Digital. “She [Mavis] had the same fire.
A couple weeks later, I told a story of picking up the front page of a paper with a picture of her [Mavis]. [I thought] this is going to be a fascinating relationship, and it has been.”“We have a lot of fun,” he continued. “People say marriage is difficult.
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