As host of “The Tonight Show,” Jay Leno has remained relatively tight-lipped regarding his political leanings. Mavis Leno, on the other hand, is an outspoken political activist working to advance a variety of causes ranging from education to women’s rights. According to People, she joined the Feminist Majority Foundation’s board of directors in 1997, where she is currently spearheading their campaign for Afghan Women and Girls. And while it’s usually her husband appearing on TV, Mavis has sat in front of the cameras a number of times to advocate for the causes she believes in. For their work in Afghanistan, her campaign was nominated for the Nobel Peace Price in 2002 — though the award went to the former U.S. President Jimmy Carter for his “”for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts.”
When it comes to his wife’s work, the comedian told CNN he isn’t bothered by what might appear to be a stark difference in their personalities. He said, “She really married down and I married up. It worked out great because people go, ‘Why did she marry that idiot, she seems so smart.’ … I like being Mr. Mavis.”
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