Tom Hanks’ niece has no regrets about her reality TV show, claims uncle is ‘good with it’

Tom Hanks niece Carly Reeves says she doesn’t regret her now-viral meltdown on the reality series Claim to Fame, saying her A-list uncle is “totally fine with it.”

Reeves’ shocking on-camera outburst — in which she yelled insults at other contestants while sobbing for not getting “more camera time” — took place shortly after she was eliminated from the first episode of the show’s final season on ABC.

Speak against TMZ On Wednesday, Reeves, 39, insisted her reaction wasn’t fake in front of the cameras and that she was genuinely distraught about her early departure.

“It’s funny that people say I acted to get an acting role, for example. But I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ I was very upset and I don’t hold back when I’m upset,” she told host Harvey Levin.

Reeves also claimed that producers never stepped in to de-escalate the situation and instead kept the cameras rolling.

So that’s when I realized that, “Oh, they’ll probably air this.” But yeah, I have producer friends too and they’re like, ‘Oh yeah! That was like reality TV porn to us,'” she said.

Reeves acknowledged that it “didn’t look good” because audiences “worship” Tom and “don’t want this bad image associated with him.”

But despite that, she does not regret her behavior.

“The only reason I don’t regret it is because it was real and I can’t regret anything if it’s clearly my feelings.

“But obviously some of the things I said weren’t the truth,” Reeves admitted, especially the insults she uttered at fellow contestant Gabriel, Hugo.

“I love Gabriel. I think he’s a great contestant and he’s hilarious. I was just trying to think of anything and anyone who could be blamed at the time,” she said.

Reeves was then asked about Tom and her aunt Rita Wilson, who have been married for 35 years, and how they reacted to her breakdown.

She said they were “happy” she landed on the show. “They know I love reality TV, so they thought, ‘Have fun! Good luck,'” she recalls.

After the premiere aired, Reeves said she texted Tom to ask if he’d seen it.

“He said, ‘I’ve got a taste for it,'” Reeves recalled with a laugh. And he basically said it’s all good. I hope you get what you wanted with this I think.

‘He was totally fine with it. Of course he’s not afraid it will diminish his sympathy.’

The ABC show, which is hosted by Kevin and Frankie Jonas and first premiered last year, follows a slew of people who are all related to celebrities as they try to guess who the other contestants’ famous connections are. are.

They compete against each other in a series of challenges, earning clues along the way – and if one can correctly figure out who another’s famous relative is, that person will be eliminated from the show.

The season two premiere episode aired Monday, which saw Reeves make her early departure.

During the final moments, hosts Kevin and Frankie Jonas asked a contestant named Hugo if he had any idea which star Carly was related to.

And when he successfully theorized it was Tom, she began to sob, before bursting into a screaming fit and storming off stage.

As soon as Kevin confirmed that Hugo’s guess was correct, Carly became emotional, crying loudly as she covered her face and headed off to get her things.

She then began screaming at the top of her lungs, hurling a slew of insults at the show, as well as her fellow contestants, who listened with bewildered looks on their faces.

“The damn directions were so damn clear,” she bellowed. ‘Even [contestant] Gabriel has figured it out and he’s not even smart.

‘I didn’t even get to do a challenge. I do not deserve this. I should have more camera time. I should be here longer. Nobody expected that, nobody.’

Carly’s clue was a park bench – a reference to a very famous scene from Tom’s movie Forrest Gump.

Footage of the dramatic moment was quickly shared on Twitter, where it went viral – gaining hundreds of thousands of views and leaving many on the internet shocked – and entertained – by her intense and unexpected reaction.

Speak against OWReeves called herself an “emotional, very dramatic person” and, as in her TMZ interview, admitted that she was “a little overreacting.”

She said she was angry that she “didn’t get a chance to play as long as some of the other contestants.”

And while she offended others during her shock meltdown, Reeves told that outlet that she was “generally just mad at myself and the fact that I went home.”

As for the now-viral comment she made about deserving “more camera time,” Reeves called it “silly” and that she was “just saying things out of my mouth” at the time.

Reeves said she never intended to “embarrass” her Oscar-winning uncle and that he’s “happy for me either way.”

“He did ask me, ‘Did you make some money?’ And I was like, “Yeah, I made a little bit.” And he said, “Okay, good.” So he was happy that I made some money,” she claimed.

Carly has followed in her uncle’s footsteps and starred in a few movies and shows over the years, including Raise Your Voice, Charlie Wilson’s War, Larry Crowne, Broke at Love, The Bachelor Parody, and Totally Studios.