Matt Vs. The Rat! ‘Glee’s’ Matthew Morrison’s Stuck At Hotel After Waging War On Bed-Loving Rodents

Sue Sylvester would be thrilled with this news.

“Glee’s” sexy musical mentor Matthew Morrison, aka Mr. Schuester, deals with pesty students and faculty alike on his hit FOX series, but an unexpected visit from some four-legged furry fans recently hit a little too close to home for the handsome actor.

“I came home and World War III broke out in my house,” Matthew told Billy Bush of his recent real life rodent nightmare, in an interview for “The Billy Bush Show” in Los Angeles on Thursday. “There was rat poop all over my house when I got home. I go upstairs [and] there was a huge rat in my bed. And like, poop and feces all over my bed.”

The 32-year-old actor/singer revealed he had “heard something” prior to his departure that made him wonder if he had some unwanted visitors and thought that he’d taken care of the problem.

“I had this pest guy come out and he filled all these holes so they couldn’t like, get into their places,” he told Billy. “So I got home at like, 10 PM on Sunday night and I had a 6 AM call on ‘Glee’ on Monday, and it was just the worst night ever.”

“Where did you sleep that night?” Billy asked. “You could not have slept in your bed after finding a rat and poop everywhere!”

“I tried. I tried to catch the rat and he darted away,” Matt replied. “And I kind of cornered him in this thing… I thought he was dead on my bed.”

“He was just taking a nap!” Billy said, laughing.

“I know! So I had a big like, Trader Joes bag and I put a bunch of plastic bags on my hand — I went to grab him and he just darted off,” Matt told Billy. “He ran downstairs and he was on the windowsill, kind of just eyeing me. We were playing cat and mouse – or Matt and rat, I guess.”

The actor placed a “sticky trap” on the windowsill to seal the fate of the sneaky rodent and went back to his room till he heard telltale rustling.

“I got him, ran downstairs in my underwear, and threw him in this far away trash can. Came back, tried to sleep and I just couldn’t,” Matt told Billy. “A half hour later, I hear something else.”

“Another one?” Billy asked, horrified.

“On my nightstand! I get up — oh God, even just talking about it,” Matt shuddered, recalling the nasty scene. “I run over and turn the light on, and this big guy is on my nightstand and he jumps on my bed. They just love my bed!

“And he’s looking at me like, ‘What are you doing on my bed?’” he continued. “He’s looking at me like I’m the a**hole.”

The nightstand-jumping rat was the last straw for the disgusted actor, who checked into a hotel at 1:30 that morning – where he will stay until the pest problem is permanently solved.

Unfortunately, Matt is stuck with the residence for now.

“This is my house that I own,” he told Billy. “Now I want to put it back on the market!”

— Erin O’Sullivan