The 60 year-old admitted she had a two-month affair with the American king of chat 35 years ago, when she was still just friends with husband Ozzy.
There’s a reason God gives people those chins — and I found out why
The X Factor judge revealed her secret on her US talk show The Talk in a segment where hosts reveal ‘the shocking secrets they’ve never told before’.
She said she met Leno at a club and fell for the 63-year-old comic’s jokes.
Referring to his famous large chin in her usual sharp humour, she joked: ‘There’s a reason God gives people those chins — and I found out why.’
Sharon said she ‘wasn’t very dateable’ when she hooked up with Leno.
‘I’d just arrived in America,’ said the star. ‘I didn’t know many people. I had met my husband but we were just friends.
‘My friend worked at this place and she said, “You have to come down because it’s full of men”. I came down and it’s full of men performing. And this one person, I think, “Oh, he’s very nice, very funny”.
One thing led to another and he actually came round to my house and met me. And then we had a little fling
‘So my friend goes, “I’ve got his number”. So we prank called him and he liked my voice. Then I kept calling.
‘One thing led to another and he actually came round to my house and met me. And then we had a little fling.’
But according to Sharon, the romance was short-lived.
‘The fling was more fling for me and not fling enough for him, because a couple of months into it he brought around the real love of his life for me to meet. And she was lovely,’ she admitted.
‘They were so kind to me and continued a friendship over the years.’
Asked by the show’s panel if she had sex with Leno, she replied: ‘It was so long ago, I can’t remember.’
But pushed again, she confirmed: ‘Yes, yes.’
What will Ozzy say?!