Jesse Metcalfe has fallen from a second story balcony while celebrating after his hosting duties at the World Music Awards in Monaco. Astoundingly, he only has minor injuries, despite falling 30-40 feet. He was sitting on a balcony rail and fell backwards.

He was rushed to the Grasse hospital nearby where he had an X-ray and brain scan, and was discharged early Monday. He later flew to London where he was admitted to a private hospital and underwent a CAT scan. “Luckily for him it came up a clean bill of health,” says the rep.

Metcalfe has a fractured fibular but “no long term damage” – though he does have some restricted movement in his legs, says his rep. The actor will undergo some physiotherapy.

“To have fallen that distance and not have any major injuries was a miraculous escape,” says the rep. “It was a very scary experience for him and those of us who saw him. It was a nasty fall. He was found face down on the floor … It could easily have been fatal.”

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Falling backwards over a balcony rail is easy enough to do, which is probably why your mother tells you not to sit on them. Jesse’s rep says that the recovering alcoholic had ‘a couple of glasses of champagne’. Is this publicist speak for ‘was absolutely smashed’?

However he came to fall – he might have been pushed! – Jesse is lucky to have survived, and is said to be in good spirits. He is currently working on three films, according to his IMDB page, but is most famous as Gabrielle’s young lover John the Gardener in Desperate Housewives.

Jesse Metcalfe is shown at the World Music Awards on 11/9/08. Credit: WENN and at the airport in Nice on 11/10/08. Credit: Bauergriffin

Though Kevin Federline used to monopolize the headlines in terms of the “Biggest Douche” category, former “Desperate Housewives” actor Jesse Metcalfe has firmly replaced him for several months. It was neck and neck for a while, but then K-Fed backed down. Which says something about the level of Metcalfe’s douche baggery. Last night Metcalfe got into a fight with the boyfriend of actress Taryn Manning at Los Angeles club Social. Not once, but twice, both inside and outside. And luckily, TMZ caught the first fight on tape.

At around 10 p.m. Metcalfe approached Manning and her boyfriend outside the club. Manning and Metcalfe are pals, a source says, but Manning’s beau didn’t know that. Metcalfe and the boyfriend exchanged words. The boyfriend then said, “Hey, buddy,” and tapped Metcalfe on the face. Metcalfe then punched him back. The boyfriend punched Metcalfe in the face and knocked him to the ground.

[From Us Weekly]

Both parties did the intelligent thing… and went into the club despite the fight. No, nothing was resolved, and they didn’t make amends. Probably not the very best time to go to a place that specializes in drinking and tempers. They were there for designer Nicole Khristine’s jewelry party. After a few minutes, things heated up again.

Moments later, after Metcalfe spotted Manning, he came flying at the boyfriend, putting him in a choke hold. Metcalfe seemed intoxicated.

As the punching and yelling continued — Metcalfe kept Manning’s boyfriend in a chokehold — Manning tried to run to the side of the club. (In the midst of the scuttle, Manning’s boyfriend’s shoe flew off.)

[From Us Weekly]

TMZ is clearly really enjoying this. Probably to an unhealthy degree. Metcalfe isn’t exactly a favorite with the paparazzi… or the blogs… or the press as a whole. He hasn’t done anything noteworthy since “Desperate Housewives” and is generally known for showing up at places uninvited and drunk. He was escorted out of the club, and fervently denied to Us Weekly that he’d been in a fight, even though the magazine was covering the event and there were tons of photographers there. Smart move. Metcalfe was later overheard saying he was glad a person could still get into a fight in L.A. without getting into any trouble. Ladies, Jesse Metcalfe is single. And he sounds swell. Any takers?