With the Countess finding (and turning) herself a new boy toy and telling Donovan to pack his things and leave the Hotel on this week’s American Horror Story, viewers were left wondering what would become of Matt “Jawline for Days” Bomer, how will his smother Iris react to his banishment, and more importantly, had we seen the last of his bare bum rolling around in a high thread count? The (American) horror.

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Luckily, Bomer agreed to chat with Yahoo via phone about his character’s future. And while we could not get him to confirm or deny whether his ageless a– would make another appearance, he did reveal some details about Donovan’s next move “to get back in the Countess’ good graces,” and teased how mommy dearest is going to respond to the news. He also talked fake blood highs, relating to Donovan’s desire to stay home to Netflix and chill, his real-life hotel ghost encounter, and Buzzfeed’s campaign to get his tush the top prize.

Obviously you had that memorable death scene in your undies last season and worked with Ryan Murphy on The Normal Heart. How did it come about that you would return to AHS and in a much bigger capacity?

I reached out to him after I had done that cameo in Freak Show. I told him I had a great time and he asked me if I wanted to come on board next season. I am a huge fan of the franchise and had greatly enjoyed working with Ryan over the years so when he proffered that, I immediately accepted. Since then, the season has gone through many incarnations and has added lots of new people to the cast. But I already know I can trust him, so I knew they would give me something fun to chew on no matter what. Part of the fun of working with Ryan is seeing what they come up with. It is never boring.

I had heard that the first episode’s foursome was the first scene you shot for Hotel.

Actually that is completely false. I didn’t do that scene until about two months into filming. A lot of filming for me has been non-sequential because we were waiting on Ms. Gaga’s schedule to free up. I actually did a lot more of the third episode before we even got to the first.

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I was thinking that could have been a cruel prank to make you shoot something so intense and naked first.

It would have been weird, but Stefani [Ms. Gaga’s given name] is incredibly gracious in terms of lowering her guard and making herself accessible to all of us. I went to her house before and we were able to discuss the characters and, in actor’s terms, the world of the piece. She had obviously done her homework and is taking this very seriously so when we actually got to the set to film that scene it was actually rather oddly comfortable given the circumstances.

At the center this extreme vampy relationship, I find a very relatable scenario where one half of a couple wants to go out all the time and the other would prefer to stay home and binge House of Cards, and how that slowly becomes a problem and fills a relationship with resentment.

Yeah it was immediately relatable to me, especially given that I live in a town like Los Angeles where you could go out every night of the week if you want. Frequently I am the one who wants to stay home and be with the kids and [my husband] Simon and watch TV and hang out, despite having options to go out or be a part of the scene. There is a value in that on the work end so I understood the conflict. For Donovan, after 20 years of going hunting at LACMA, it is understandable that he might want to have a night in and get some takeout from Iris’ stash of pre-drawn blood. Often in long-term relationships people drift apart and want different things.

The difference in desire levels turns out to be a dealbreaker for the Countess, especially after Tristan Duffy shows up, and she casts him to the curb. Is Donovan gonna fight to get back in her good graces?

In the next episode, you’re going to get some real insight into who he is, his circumstances especially in terms of his relationship with his mother, and how he came to be at the hotel in the first place. But the real thrust of this character seems to be to get back to her any way he can. He loves her. He needs her. He relies on her. He will also try to find his identity outside and independent of her and try to figure out how to bring that back to her.