Jay Leno issues personal apologies

This story makes me wonder whether Jay Leno is riddled with guilt over making fun of people on The Tonight Show. When he compared Dick Cheney's hunting accident to a shooting outside a Los Angeles courthouse, he received a letter of complaint from a friend of the L.A. victim. In response, Leno personally phoned the woman and offered her an apology, saying that he never meant to hurt anybody. Leno also apologized to a distant relative of the doctor who set John Wilkes Booth's leg after he shot President Abraham Lincoln. He said he made a mistake in the joke. The guy said he never complained to Leno, because he knows it's just a joke and didn't take any offense. But, he appreciated the call anyway.

Weird, eh? Maybe that explains why he kisses his guests' asses-- 'cuz he feels guilty for making fun of them.