Tom Hanks' niece has a total meltdown after being the first to be voted off reality TV show

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By James Kay

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The show Claim to Fame is a pretty interesting concept, especially considering viewers get to see the family of A-list celebs have a bit of a breakdown.

The show is hosted by Kevin and Frankie Jonas, and the premise is pretty simple - relatives of famous celebrities live together in a house and it's their job to eliminate each other.

They do this by guessing who each other's famous relative is, so once your family member has been correctly guessed, you get the boot.

During Monday night's show, viewers tuned in to watch Carly Reeves get kicked out of the house - because the other contestants correctly guessed that she was related to Tom Hanks.

Reeves didn't really stand a chance after a photo of a green bench was put up on the clues wall in the house, which they instantly linked to Forrest Gump.

Panic then set in as she attempted to defend herself and deflect attention, but she perhaps did this a bit too intensely and she was subsequently identified and eliminated.

She was found out by fellow contestant Hugo, who was soon in the firing line as Reeves clearly wasn't happy that she had been rumbled.

"I was not expecting this at all. I helped you Hugo, I frickin' helped you," she exclaimed while adding: "If any of them are right, I swear, I hope you go home because of that. But he was smart, he played smart, so I give him credit."

Watch the incredible meltdown below: 

Hanks' niece walked into the house to gather her things, before letting out an almighty scream and unleashing her fury on the producers of the show.

Reeves shouted: "These frickin' clues are so frickin' obvious. Frickin' bench?! It's the frickin' poster of frickin' Forrest Gump, are you kidding me?"

Nobody was safe from her meltdown, not even poor Gabriel, another contestant. "Why a bench? Why a bench?! There's literally no benches in any other movie," she shouted. "Even Gabriel found that out, he's not even smart."

She wasn't done yet, as she exclaimed that she hadn't been given enough screen time and hadn't got to participate in any of the challenges.

Entertainment Weekly caught up with Reeves after she was kicked off the show, and it seems that she's had time to gather her thoughts over the whole thing.

Still firmly believing that the clue was too obvious, she soon admitted that she "overreacted" and that she is an "emotional, dramatic person".

"I was really angry that I didn't get a chance to play as long as some of the other contestants. 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," Reeves said.

She continued: "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."

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Hanks didn't seem too embarrassed by his niece's reaction. Credit: Steve Granitz / Getty

Reeves caught up with Hanks where she made him aware of the show, and even he agreed that the bench clue was a bit too obvious.

Though he did seem happy that she had financially benefited from being on the show.

Claim to Fame airs on ABC on Mondays.

Featured image credit: Pascal Le Segretain / Getty