Jay Leno applied for guardianship of his wife, Mavis, after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

The story was first reported by TMZ and later confirmed by Page Six on Friday.

While it is unclear when Mavis, 77, was diagnosed with the condition, the TV presenter states that it is “the basis of the conservatorship.”

However, the conservatorship hearing is scheduled for April 9.

Jay was last seen with his wife in November 2023, in Los Angeles, while they were on their way to a comedy event together.

Jay and Mavis have been together since 1980, when they married.

During a 1987 feature of the comedian, Mavis stated that her spouse changed her perspective on marriage.

“I always had this idea that I would never get married … But with Jay, I began to realise that this was the first time I was ever with someone where I had a perfect, calm sense of having arrived at my destination,” she recounted. Mavis takes “full credit” for the couple’s lack of children.

Mavis also supported her husband when he returned to the comedy stage in November 2022 following third-degree burns to his face and hands caused by a car explosion.