Andrew Scott performs filthy act in NSFW trailer and fans are going feral

Andrew Scott has outdone his famous Fleabag ‘kneel’ scene with six words we suspect Channel 4 didn’t expect to become its next great marketing slogan.

The Fleabag and All of Us Strangers star, 49, appears in the trailer for upcoming comedy It Gets Worse, where he informs Leo Reich in what can only be described as a gravelly purr: ‘You’re just a hole for daddy.’

And, well, as you can imagine, everyone is behaving very normally about it, with many posting reactions that feel frankly illegal or at least indecent to publish here.

Scott doesn’t even have a leading role in the six-part A24 comedy, but has already accomplished the impressive feat of making himself synonymous with it thanks to the viral, blush-inducing clip.

He plays a therapist visited by Reich’s character Ethan, although it quickly becomes apparent that whatever is happening in his office probably isn’t covered by the NHS.

‘Sorry, I actually have a real client in 15 minutes, so do you want to do this?’ Scott’s character asks, making it increasingly clear Ethan did not come for therapy, but, he explains, since he saw ‘therapist’ in Scott’s character’s (presumably dating app) bio, he figured they may as well take a crack at his anguished inner life.

Ethan then removes his shirt while continuing to talk before Scott covers his mouth and asks: ‘Do you know what you are?’

He then answers his own question, creating an audio clip that will be a windfall for people who still listen to Scott say ‘kneel’ in Fleabag when having…alone time. Or if you pay a subscription fee to listen to the actor read audio erotica, maybe you can save your pennies and pay for a (real) therapist once this show premieres.

‘You’re just a hole. You’re just a hole for daddy,’ Scott’s character tells Ethan, who repeats the words back to him.

Scott’s character then reassures Ethan that he is, in fact, ‘valid and worthy etc.’ before slapping him and spitting into his mouth.

Naturally, viewers barely made it past ‘daddy’.

‘Andrew Scott saying “you’re just a hole for daddy”… the moan I just let out,’ one person confessed after watching the trailer.

Another was similarly overwhelmed by another moment, writing: ‘“Now open your mouth real slow open it wide” ANDREW SCOTT YOU CAN SPIT IN MY MOUTH OMG WHO SAID THAT 😳’

‘Every time I see Andrew Scott he’s doing something freaky 😂 good for him lmao,’ someone else observed, which is an accurate if overly succinct summary of his recent career trajectory.

Another admitted: ‘My brain stopped working correctly after he said it omggg,’ while one viewer simply asked: ‘Andrew Scott omg… who else moaned?’

And for anybody still somehow undecided about watching, another fan declared: ‘Oh I’m gonna need to watch this immediately,’ alongside a gif of a man sweating profusely and fanning himself.

Perhaps Channel 4 can save some money on the rest of the promotional campaign.

It Gets Worse is written and created by Reich, who also stars as Ethan, one of three dysfunctional former university friends attempting to survive adulthood in London.

Ethan lives with best friends Abi and Sam, whose already fairly questionable grip on adult life is shaken when their landlord announces plans to sell their home.

The series follows the trio as they contend with humiliating jobs, disastrous love lives and their rapidly dwindling will to live while attempting to remain friends in a city that, according to the official synopsis, ‘seems to want them dead’.

Reich has assembled an impressive cast for his first Channel 4 series, with Lena Dunham, Amelia Dimoldenberg, The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison, Emily Fairn and Olive Gray also appearing.

Behind the camera, The Responder and Boiling Point director Mounia Akl is directing, while Sam Pinnell – whose credits include Motherland and Derry Girls – is producing.

Channel 4’s Head of Comedy Charlie Perkins previously described Reich as having an ability to ‘distil the swirling complications and idiosyncrasies of his generation into succinct, spiky and incredibly funny writing and magnetic performances’.

She added that the ‘voice of a generation’ label previously given to the comedian was ‘valid’, calling Channel 4 his ‘spiritual home’.

Or maybe what it’s all about, as one user on X noted, is ‘writing himself a scene where he gets to get freaky with Andrew Scott, so smart!’

It Gets Worse will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 14 before arriving on Channel 4 in the UK and Crave in Canada.