“I think I overreacted a little bit.”
Warning: This article contains spoilers from the season 2 premiere ofClaim to Fame.
The firstClaim to Fameseason 2 contestant has been benched… by a bench.
Carly Reeves on ‘Claim to Fame’.ABC/John Fleenor
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: First of all, Carly, I’m with you.
That bench clue was a dead giveaway!
CARLY REEVES:Thank you!
Carly Reeves and Tom Hanks.ABC/Gizelle Hernandez; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
I mean, it’s one of the greatest movies of all time.
People know that bench, and then you’ve got the ping-pong paddle right below it.
It was just too obvious.
Oh yeah, absolutely.
I was prepared for a volleyball or chocolate, or any of those kinds of things.
I really did have a [decoy] actor for any kind of object I thought I might get.
And I was thinking about musicians, too.
When I finally saw the wall, I was like, “Ohhhh…
I didn’t think of a bench.”
Like, there’s really no other person a bench could be for.
It was upsetting, and it was, like, dead center in the fricking middle of the board.
For your talent, you rapped and twerked how did you settle on that performance?
I love to sing and dance, and I’m a performer by nature.
I just love a stage.
I mean, it’s a far cry from Tom Hanks to do a rap.
Then again, he has a son who raps, so there’s that, too.
I just really love singing and rapping and I think it’s funny.
I was going to give a shot to make the audience laugh as well as like entertain them.
And I thought I should have won, honestly.
In retrospect, do you wish you had lied about the award rather than your celebrity relative’s profession?
Yes, yes, yes.
I definitely thought about that way too much when I got eliminated.
I would give away actor and uncle, but his award would be a Tony.
If I had known that, I would’ve definitely switched it to something else.
And no one else used Oscar, so it just was not working in my favor.
But he also noticed you were “deflecting” when it came to the bench.
What were you feeling in that moment when he pointed it out?
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I was reaching for anything I could to give a shot to make him think it wasn’t that.
Before you came onClaim to Fame, how confident were you in your ability to lie convincingly?
I just am not a good liar by nature.
Well, perhaps it’s a testament to your character that you’re not a great liar.
I wanted to befriend everyone, too.
My strategy was, be nice and honest, but don’t bring up the Greek thing.
[Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson,officially became Greek citizensin 2020.]
You were clearly shocked and very upset about being eliminated.
Looking back, where do you think all that emotion came from in that moment?
Yeah, I was really upset.
I think I overreacted a little bit, but I’m an emotional, very dramatic person.
I mean, there was no one to be angry at.
I was just angry in general at myself, and at the fact that I was going home.
And then that turned to complete despair and sadness.
I even say, like, “I should get more camera time!”
That’s just so silly of me to say.
But I also was just saying things out of my mouth.
What was your uncle’s reaction when you told him you were going to be on the show?
Oh, he was excited for me.
He was like, “Going on a show, that’s your choice.
I hope you do well.
Best of luck.”
Does he know that you were eliminated first?
Yeah, I told him that.
I said, “Guess what your clue was?”
And he goes, “What?”
I said, “A bench!”
He was like, “Ahhhh.”
And then he said, “Oh, okay.
Do you think he’ll watch the episode?
I hope I don’t embarrass him, but I don’t think I do.
So, I would love for him to watch it, because I think it’s hilarious…
He’s happy for me no matter what.
He did ask me, “Did you make some money?”
And I was like, “Yeah, I made a little bit.”
And he said, “Ok, good.”
So, he was happy that I made a little money.
[Laughs]
Claim to Fameairs Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.
