This definitely could have been a lot worse

Chrissy Teigen kicked off 2019 as only she could with an unfortunate viral moment while co-hosting NBC's live New Year's Eve countdown show from New York's Times Square with 'Saturday Night Live''s Leslie Jones.

To celebrate midnight, the pair went in for a hug, but Jones' umbrella went straight for Chrissy's unsuspecting eye in what looked like a pretty painful jab.

Thankfully, Chrissy's eye is just fine she reported on Twitter later on after Leslie apologised:

Chrissy also tweeted:

The video has been watched millions of times with many, including Taylor Swift, who tweeted

Good thing that eye was closed when that brolly hit it, that's all we're saying.