This is such a non-story, but it has me giggling all the same. Sienna Miller got into a war with a horse, and the horse won. When she appeared on Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show” last night, Sienna revealed that when she was a child, a horse kicked her in the head. I’m biting my tongue, trying not to say “this explains everything”.

No, it’s serious. The horse-thwacking left Sienna with a miniscule red scar on her cheek. The horror! And now make-up artists have to cover the scar. And, by the way, the horse’s name was Rosetta Getty. Just kidding!

She is renowned for her fresh-faced looks and model complexion but things could have been very different for Sienna Miller. The bohemian beauty has revealed she was kicked in the face – by a horse – in a childhood accident that left a permanent scar on her cheek.

Showing off the mark in a U.S. television appearance of Jay Leno’s the Tonight Show last night, she said: ‘I’ve had some accidents. I got kicked in the face by a horse. Only I would be kicked in the face by a horse.’

Pointing to her left cheek, she added: ‘Look, there’s the scar. Can you see?’

But the 27-year-old blonde had a lucky escape, claiming the barely-there reminder is often mistaken for a lipstick mark. She said: ‘People always think it’s lipstick, especially make-up artists. Maybe they’ve covered it up. I’m hoping you can’t see it. Make-up artists come and try and rub it off and there’s always an awkward moment.’

But the traumatic event has clearly not had a damaging effect on the Factory Girl, who made light of the memory with the Tonight show host. Leno joked: ‘You can still read the name of the horseshoe company.’

[From The Daily Mail]

I’ve never been kicked in the head by a horse, obviously, because if I did I would be in Hollywood. Rimshot! But I do have one childhood experience that relates. I had a friend whose family was really into horses. When I was like seven years old, the dad put me on a horse, and I broke out in an immediate and terrible rash from whatever it was about the horse. Not as dramatic as being kicked, but a trauma all the same.

Here’s Sienna at the Montblanc Signature for Good Charity Gala held at the Paramount studios in Los Angeles on February 20th. Images thanks to WENN.com.