“Claim to Fame” Season 2 Opens With a Meltdown From an A-List Actor’s Niece

During two truths and a lie in the first episode, Carly claims her famous relative is her uncle. She says he’s an Oscar-winning musician but reveals to the camera that he’s actually one of the biggest actors in Hollywood. When the contestants see the clue wall, she’s immediately stressed because a “bunch of clues” relate to her. The other contestants point out a green bench that harkens back to “Forrest Gump” and wonder if someone is related to
Tom Hanks.

At the end of the episode, contestant Hugo guesses that Carly’s uncle is Hanks, and he’s right! Carly immediately starts crying, though she does rave about her famous uncle. “He’s always been there for me, and not only is he so kind but he’s so funny and so smart,” she says. “Everything that you hear about Tom is true. He is the nicest guy in Hollywood.”

But as she heads back to the house to pack her bag, Carly screams that it was unfair because her clues were “so freaking obvious.” “Why a bench?! Why a bench?!” she yells. “There’s literally no references to benches in any other movie!”

Carly, whose full name is Carly Reeves, told USA Today that she’s technically Hanks’s niece by marriage. Her mom is the sister of Hanks’s wife Rita Wilson. Previously, Carly appeared in two of her uncle’s films, 2007’s “Charlie Wilson’s War” and 2011’s “Larry Crowne.”

In her interview, Carly said she applied for “Claim to Fame” herself and explained, “I thought absolutely it would be great exposure, even if it was just that people knew me from my uncle. I’ve always wanted to be outside of the spotlight from him, but now I’m like, ‘Well, I guess we’re doing this. We’re sharing [it] with the world.'” She told the outlet that Hanks and Wilson and her cousins Colin and Chet were “really happy” for her to go on the show.

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Viewers don’t see all of JR’s two truths and a lie, but he does say his celebrity is his brother. For his talent, he shoots basketballs (very poorly) to prove he doesn’t have athletic skill so it seems his relative is an athlete.

Chris says during two truths and a lie that his celebrity’s biggest award is a star on the Walk of Fame. Later during the talent show, he tells the camera that he’s going to sing even though his relative is also a singer (and he notes that they do sound the same). One contestant says that Chris reminds her of John Mayer. Mayer, for what it’s worth, does not have a star on the Walk of Fame.

Karsyn says during two truths and a lie that her relative is a musician. During the talent show she does a horrible rendition of “Amazing Grace,” but it’s not clear if it’s a tactic to keep others off her trail.

Jane says during two truths and a lie that her celebrity is her dad and that he’s a Grammy-winning musician. We don’t learn much else about her in episode one (though Jane seems to be very good at sniffing out clues about others).

Cole claims during two truths and a lie that his celebrity is his father. For his talent, he spray paints. We don’t learn any other clues as to who his relative is just yet.

Travis says his celebrity is his dad, who’s an actor and has won a Critics’ Choice Award. During the talent show, he recites the first 100 digits of Pi, which he says is a “big risk” because of who his dad is. Jane becomes convinced that Travis’s dad is scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson (who does, in fact, have a Critics’ Choice Award). Turns out Jane is right, but we’ll have to wait and see if Travis can keep everyone else from figuring it out, too.

Shayne claims her celebrity is her dad and that he’s a Grammy-winning musician. For her talent, she does a card trick. Travis, as the winner of the talent show, gets to pull a clue about Shayne, though he has trouble decoding it. The paper he gets has images of a crown, a missing man, a plane that’s flying away, the United States, an ampersand, a play symbol, a deer, and a piece of wheat.

Gabriel claims during two truths and a lie that his celebrity is his brother, who’s an athlete and an NAACP Image Award winner, but he tells the camera the athlete part is a lie. He adds that he looks “nothing” like his relative.

Monay claims her dad is an Emmy-winning athlete. Some of the contestants wonder if her relative might actually be Steve Harvey, but there aren’t any conclusive clues so far.

Hugo says during two truths and a lie that his relative is his grandfather, who’s an athlete and a Nobel Prize winner. He tells the camera the athlete part is a lie and says his grandfather was once “the most powerful man in the world.” For his talent, he lifts weights to try to make himself seem athletic, but the other contestants don’t buy it. Some of them wonder if his grandfather is astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin, however, does not have a Nobel Prize.

Olivia says during two truths and a lie that her relative has a Razzie. Her talent is pole dancing. Otherwise, she manages to blend into the background and doesn’t drop any more clues.