JAY AND MAVIS LENO – 40 YEARS

You may know Jay Leno for his extensive car collection, but his most significant commitment is to his wife of almost 40 years – Mavis Leno. The pair first met in 1976 at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. At the time, Jay was a performer there. In 1980, they officially tied the knot.

In the length of their marriage, Jay revealed in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that their decision to get married wasn’t romantic at all. He didn’t even give Mavis an engagement ring until years later. He shared that their secret of lasting this long is because they do not fight for useless reasons. In cases they run into a disagreement, they always work it out through open communication. They first bought a house, which was much pricier than a ring. So what’s the reason for their marriage? It’s because Jay got an insurance policy that he wanted to include Mavis as his beneficiary in case something happened to him.