
It’s still going to take him a while to recover.

However, he underwent six hours of surgery and fortunately the medical team were able to save his finger. "Apparently the odds aren't great with these things," Fallon add. Fallon was reportedly lucky as most people have their fingers amputated. Ring avulsions are fairly rare occurrences but they can cause the sufferer to lose their finger. However, the doctors revealed it was a “ring avulsion” and would need surgery immediately in order to save the finger. "My ring got caught on the countertop when I was going down, and stuck there and pulled my finger off."įallon revealed how serious his injury was, further explaining how he had initially just thought it was broken. "I tripped and fell in my kitchen on a braided rug that my wife loves, and I can't wait to burn it to the ground," Fallon explained (via CNN). He also gave a brief explanation of what happened but, with his latest explanation, the situation appears to have been far worse. Still keeping his spirits up, Fallon tweeted a picture of his hand wrapped up in a bandage and joked about the difficulties of tweeting. Read More: Lena Dunham and Jimmy Fallon Team Up for a Round of Good Ol' Lip Sync Battle.įallon shared the news of his injury on Twitter at the end of June. Jimmy Fallon nearly lost his finger after tripping up at home.

Be prepared to cringe, it’s not a pretty story! His left hand was in a cast and he revealed how serious his injury was. The 40-year-old talk show host returned to host The Tonight Show on Monday (13th July), after taking a few weeks off to recover from his injury.

Jimmy Fallon nearly lost his finger in an accident in his own home.
