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Rob Gronkowski says he got hit in the head by a beer can during the Patriots’ Super Bowl parade

Against Mayor Marty Walsh’s wishes, some of the 1.5 million parade-goers decided to chuck beer cans at the Patriots during their victory jaunt through Boston Tuesday.

With the Lombardi Trophy in tow, tight end Rob Gronkowski revealed to host Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” Wednesday night that he suffered a small cut near his left eye because people kept throwing beer, among other things, at his duck boat.

“Everybody in the duck boat was juking them,” Gronkowski said. “We’re getting good practice for next season. Next thing you know, I move back a little, and I’m just chilling, looking, and then, ‘Pop!