Billy Crystal got high during a recent MRI because he wanted 'to feel fabulous'

Comedy legend Billy Crystal on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday, where the 73-year-old talked about a recent injury he sustained to one of his hips. And he explained why, when it came time to get an MRI, he decided to do a little self-medicating beforehand.

“I'm very claustrophobic, which is why I was a month premature,” Crystal joked. “To make a long story short, when I was alone, I swallowed four edibles.”

Crystal was of course referring to edibles containing THC. And if you’re wondering what it’s like when an iconic figure like Crystal goes into a weed dispensary, you’re in luck, because he broke it all down.

“The guy at the cannabis place said -- because there's a section for seniors,” Crystal said. “‘Two will make you feel good.’ So I said, ‘I really want to feel fabulous.’”

As it turns out, Crystal had no problem with the tight quarters of the MRI machine, but he did have one other issue: He was hungry.

Crystal claims that he asked the doctor about 30 minutes into the procedure if there was a Taco Bell nearby. And he followed that up ten minutes later by wondering about a potential delivery from Postmates.

“I'm thinking gumbo, or Nutella french toast,” Crystal said. “Something like that.”

Video Transcript

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JIMMY FALLON: Billy, you look great but I heard you had a little health scare, is everything all right?

BILLY CRYSTAL: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It was just, you know, I've been working out as much as I can.

KYLIE MAR: On The Tonight Show Wednesday, 73-year-old comedy legend Billy Crystal talked about a recent injury he sustained to one of his hips, and why, when it came time to get an MRI, he decided to take the high road.

BILLY CRYSTAL: I'm very claustrophobic.

JIMMY FALLON: Oh yeah.

BILLY CRYSTAL: Which is why I was a month premature

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

And I'm really nervous, so to make a long story short, when I was alone, I swallowed four edibles, all right.

KYLIE MAR: No word on if Billy was in a weed store to check out the axial strain of cannabis named after him, but we do know that he found the section he was looking for.

BILLY CRYSTAL: The guy at the cannabis place said because there's a section for seniors,

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

You know, so he said two make you feel good. So I said why? I really want to feel fabulous.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

So he said of course.

KYLIE MAR: The good news is he had no problem with the tight quarters of the MRI machine, but he did have a few other issues. So I'll let this montage be a lesson for what can happen if you eat too many edibles.

BILLY CRYSTAL: I got really hungry

[LAUGHTER]

Is there a Taco Bell?

[LAUGHTER]

Postmates, would they deliver? The gig take me out and I walk out of the building and someone says, sir you're still in your gown and your ass is hanging out. I say, Oh jeez.

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