'My husband is so much hotter than these guys' | People

She called her husband, and Scott Battishill of Tacoma prepared for the worst.

"I was at work," Scott recalls. "My wife calls and says 'I've done this thing.' "

The 39-year-old public relations guy listened further. She had just entered him in a contest, and he just about fell over when he heard the contest's name.

"I was truly fearful that my buddies would come at me after they found out," he says.

You see, Scott Battishill is a finalist in Redbook's annual "America's Hottest Husband" contest.

We had to call his wife, Wendy, to ask why she did it.

"Well," she begins, "I was honestly just flipping through my Redbook, and they were doing a 'spot' on last year's winner. In my head I was like 'My husband is so much hotter than these guys.' "

But when Scott told KOMO about the contest, he said, "It's really a lot more to do with sort of what types of husbands they are than I think anything physical."

Spoken like a true non-hottie. His wife obviously has a different opinion.

"Have you seen him?" Wendy asks. "He gets looked at everywhere we go."

That hot, huh?

"If I was a jealous person, he would be a hard guy to be with," she concludes.

If Scott wins the contest, you get a seven day trip to the Bahamas. Scott tells us his theory is that Wendy entered him because she really wanted the trip.

"Well, it wasn't a deterrent," she says innocently.

The contest ends soon, so if you want to vote for the only contestant from Washington, vote now. But you might not want to do it at work. A client of Scott's told him he tried to vote for the hunk online, but he was blocked. His work computer cited "sexual content."

Just for being called a "Hot husband" contest?

"I think it's in their (Redbook) 'Love and Sex' section," Battishill says.

Good luck, Scottie the Hottie. And it sounds like you have a very good woman to thank for all this attention.

"He doesn't carry himself like an arrogant hot guy, which makes him all the more attractive," his loving wife says.

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Listen to the interview with Scott and Wendy