Why 'The Good Place' Star Manny Jacinto Was Worried Fans Would Ask to See His 'Butthole'

Yes, you read that sentence correctly.

The actor, whose deceptive character on the NBC comedy was introduced to viewers as a Buddhist monk named Jianyu, told TooFab ahead of next week's Season 2 midseason premiere that his "biggest fear" was fans latching onto his character offering to show Kristen Bell's Eleanor his "bud-hole" in episode #104. The punchline being, "It's just a hole where me and my buds can hang out."

"I just remember thinking, 'I really hope people don't come up to me in the streets and ask to see my butthole,'" Jacinto told TooFab. "That was like my biggest fear, my biggest nightmare. I think that would be my bad place."

As the breakout comedy about the afterlife continued to unfold, Jacinto's character was revealed to be a small-time criminal from Florida named Jason, who actually belongs in the Bad Place.

Fortunately for Jacinto, his fear of being swarmed by fans demanding to see his butthole did not play out in reality. His real-life bad place is actually a little bit more relatable.

"I literally just got off a 13-hour flight from Vietnam so I think being in a cramped plane and being jet lagged is a really bad place."

"The Good Place" returns Jan. 4 on NBC.