claim to fame season 3 Champion Adam Christopherson finds his celebrity relative his uncle Michael Bolton a bit intimidating I haven't told anybody this but him Star Struck by my own Uncle Adam exclusively told what's the gossip after he won the 100,000 prize during the Wednesday August 28th finale like we go golfing and him insecure about how to talk to him hell be like oh I was golfing with Michael Jordan and him like H it's just always been like that Adam noted that has been in our Bolton 71 since he was young as a kid I used to see him up on stage and it was mesmerizing it was kind of like God honestly I was just like this must be it he recalled and then I realized in my adulthood that he isn't the thing it's actually music that is the thing for me Adam is a musician himself and founded a nonprofit organization called musical intervention that provides a safe environment for people to express themselves musically especially those struggling with addiction and mental health challenges so many people in society are often overlooked and daunt have a place where they can be encouraged by other people and where people can actually at least attempt to make their life better and music is just a really great tool for that Adam explained from the organization studio in New Haven Connecticut musical intervention is an outgrowth of most of the work that I do in impatient psychiatric hospitals and drug rehabilitation programs this space in particular is an amazing Melting Pot of all walks of life coming together all around music Adam's desire to Foster community and connect with people was one of the reasons he went on claim to fame I wanted to connect with people who had similar experiences to me of being related to a celebrity he said like tell me the worst stuff you got going on and 'll bleed a little bit for you that was my agenda going in some people are more closely related to their relatives and other ones are a little more distant it's an interesting experience how your life is affected by having a celebrity relative because people do look and treat you differently while Adam acknowledges that some people have complicated relationships with their celebrity relatives he said that Bolton has just always been proud of him he said you're always a star it's an interesting time in his life because obviously has laid up after getting a surgery Adam said of the singer who announced in January that he was recovering from emergency surgery following a brain tumor diagnosis during his Rehabilitation that he is in now he has some time to watch TV I'm just really glad that he could see me through that lens on the show Adam became the claim to fame season 3 champion after winning the final competition and successfully identifying his competitors Mackenzie Atkins and Hut melen Camp's celebrity relatives as Trace Atkins and John melen Camp respectively despite butting heads with some of his costmes on the show Adam told us they are all in a group chat now Danny whose real name is nail Zas has me laughing every single day Naomi Burns and I talk on a regular basis he said you have successfully subscribed by by signing up I agree to the terms and privacy policy and to receive emails from what the gossip check our latest news in Google News check our latest news in Apple news although Adam admitted it was a little challenging to stomach watching how some of his costmes felt about him during the competition any onscreen Drama Is Forgiven now we all agreed that things were going to be said and done during the game this isn't real life he said after the show is over let's see what's up and the text chain is just hysterical claim to fame is now streaming on Hulu