'Claim to Fame': Lark on 'Tension' Between Co-Stars and 'Deceitful' Tactics

Claim to Fame contestant Lark Skov has opened up about filming the ABC series while living with her co-stars.

The star, who is the niece of Cindy Crawford, has made it to the final two episodes of the hit new show, which sees players hiding their famous relatives while also trying to guess the other players' celebrity connections.

Several famous faces have already been revealed on the series, such as Tiffany Haddish's sister Jasmine and Keke Palmer's sister L.C.—who has also made it to the final alongside Lark, Pepper, and Logan, who fans believe is the cousin of country singer Jason Aldean.

Speaking to Newsweek ahead of the Claim to Fame finale, Lark, who graduated from the University of Washington with a major in linguistics in 2020, has revealed that her strategy going into the game was to "stay flexible."

She told Newsweek: "I was aware that anything could happen in the house, and if I had a certain role or character that I was trying to play to throw people off, that there was a good chance that I would screw up. So I decided to stay flexible and go along with whatever theories my fellow contestants were coming up with about me."

Revealing that living with her co-stars was "definitely an experience," Lark explained that, besides producers, the other players were the only people that the cast had contact with for a month because phones were not allowed in the house for the entirety of filming.

She said: "Overall, I think the 12 of us actually did a great job of living together and being respectful of each other as roommates. Logan doesn't even know how to cook ramen, though, so I am going to throw him under the bus about that!"

Lark did admit that things did end up getting tense in the house due to the nature of the competition.

She explained: "The further we got into the competition, the tension definitely started to escalate. At this point, we were all pretty exhausted not only from lack of sleep but from being in competition mode 24/7 for multiple weeks without any sort of outlet or even privacy.

"We were all super close at this point also, so when there was lying and deceitful actions going on (which yes, was part of the game) emotions would definitely get really high and there were a lot of tears from everyone.

"All of us are all super close now though, which is cool to see after all we went through that we can forgive each other and realize that everyone was just doing what they had to do! And it was a really great group of people so I am glad that I made a bunch of new friends in the process."

Lark, 24, also spoke about her supermodel aunt Crawford, and revealed that the best advice she gave her was "just stay true to myself."

"My whole family is very competitive and really loves playing games together, but she wouldn't have wanted me to do anything at the expense of who I am as a person," Lark said.

She also revealed that Crawford and her daughter, Lark's cousin Kaia Gerber, have been watching the show, saying: "I think it's pretty fun for Cindy to see because she obviously wasn't a part of the filming or the competition, so she has no idea what to expect, but she is very much involved and the show includes so much about her life and career.

"The funniest text I got from her after an episode was after the lie detector challenge. She sent me some pictures of her and Snoop Dogg and said 'I guess you didn't know I was tight with Snoop.'"

Despite enjoying a very successful TV debut, Lark says fans shouldn't expect to see her back on their screens anytime soon. After filming Claim to Fame the star moved back to her hometown in Colorado where she says she is "enjoying the quiet mountain life" until she figures out what is next for her.

The Claim to Fame double-episode finale airs Monday, September 5 at 9 p.m. and Tuesday, September 6 at 9 p.m. on ABC, hosted by Kevin and Frankie Jonas.

The winning contestant will walk away with a huge $100,000 prize.