The real story behind the Hot Priest of 'Fleabag': 'There are worse things to be called in life'

For the record, you named him the Hot Priest.

Before "Fleabag" stole the Emmys with four awards, including a surprise win for best comedy, USA TODAY caught up with Andrew Scott, who plays Phoebe Waller-Bridge's unholy love interest in Season 2.

"I keep saying the character as written is called Priest. Just Priest. It's the internet that has turned it into the hot priest," said Scott on the red carpet. "If you got a script in the (mail) that said Hot Priest, you would be incredibly intimidated and maybe a bit questioning of what the motives of the writer would be. So Phoebe hopefully wrote something hopefully a little more nuanced than that."

He smiled. "But there are worse things to be called in life, let's face it."

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So can Scott put a word in with Waller-Bridge for a Season 3, despite her protests that Fleabag's journey is over?

"I won't do that!" Scott said. "Because I think it's a really good idea not to do a Season 3 if she doesn't have the ideas."

But it hurts to say goodbye!

"It'll pass," he promised.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Emmys 2019: The real story behind 'Fleabag's 'Hot Priest'