Matt Bomer and Cheyenne Jackson Are Joining American Horror Story: Hotel

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Two more victims are checking into American Horror Story: Hotel.

On Sunday evening, during the PaleyFest panel celebrating the recently wrapped American Horror Story: Freak Show, it was announced that Matt Bomer and Cheyenne Jackson will star alongside the previously announced Lady Gaga in the fifth season of the anthology horror franchise.

Bomer, who briefly appeared on Freak Show as a male prostitute, told the crowd, "I love collaborating with [co-creator and executive producer] Ryan Murphy... I can't really specify too much. I can't confirm or deny but there may be a romantic relationship [with Gaga's character]... I'm ready to go to the deep end, baby." Bomer also worked with Murphy on the HBO film adaptation of The Normal Heart.

Added Jackson, "I'm ready to jump in, hell yes," The Broadway star has also worked with Murphy before, as the coach of Vocal Adrenaline on Murphy's musical dramedy Glee.

Naturally, neither actor could divulge any details about the upcoming season, but fans hoped to hear good news on another front. Jessica Lange had stated previously that Freak Show would be her last season of the franchise, but one fan asked whether the casting of Lady Gaga might convince the Oscar-winner to stay on for Season 5. After many jokes, sly smiles, and an anecdote about being recognized as Season 3's "Supreme," Lange unfortunately confirmed, "I'm done."

Despite this discouraging news, the event still allowed fans to gather and share the love with Lange and fellow cast members Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, Michael Chiklis, Denis O'Hare, and Finn Wittrock. There were opportunities for laughs (like when Lange was faced by a male fan dressed like Elsa in a curly blonde wig), wisdom (like when Chiklis said, "Let's not make tri-boob a thing... Listen, two's enough"), behind-the-scenes facts (world's-smallest-woman Jyoti Amge wears Frozen-character house slippers) and ultimately, heart.

The panel also paid tribute to American Horror Story's fallen comrade Ben Woolf, who died after a tragic auto accident earlier this year, by screening the episode in which his character, Meep, was honored by his freak-show family after his death. After the screening, Lange noted his great humanity and added, "It was a great tragedy what happened."