A broken heart and two black eyes? JJ Lane just can't catch a break. The Bachelorette alum, 30, suffered a couple of painful-looking injuries this weekend when he got into a fight after the show's Men Tell All party on Saturday, July 11.
Lane — who famously had a bromance with fellow Bachelorette contestant Clint, and was sent home by Kaitlyn Bristowe in the June 29 episode — tweeted a photo of his bruised face on Tuesday, July 14. He shared the pic with another Bachelor Nation alum, Jonathan Holloway, writing, "Bruh! It's always an adventure hanging with you buddy."
Follow-up tweets revealed more details about the brawl.
I stood up for a friend on Saturday and rec'd 2 black eyes for my effort. I did however leave 4 of them hurt and running away. #Facts
— JJ Lane (@jjhlane) July 15, 2015
Wrong place and wrong time. It was an unfortunate situation and I'm thankful it wasn't worse for myself or my friends.
— JJ Lane (@jjhlane) July 15, 2015
A source tells Us Weekly the reality star was jumped by a group of five men outside an afterparty for the Men Tell All special. After the fight, he went to the hospital as a precaution to get checked out.
In any case, he appears to be recovering fairly quickly. As seen in a more recent Instagram video — of him and his daughter, Gemma — the bruises above his eyes have already faded.
UPDATE: Us Weekly spoke to an eyewitness, who offered up more details about the fight. According to the source, Lane and a few others were outside the Powder Room in Hollywood when a group of five guys walked by and intentionally bumped into him. Things escalated from there when one of the men put a hand on Lane's shoulder, and another allegedly sucker-punched one of the guys Lane had been hanging out with. The source says that Lane held his own against four of the guys and landed several punches before the fight broke up.