Claim to Fame season 3 contestants Mackenzie Adkins and Hud Mellencamp formed a tight bond on the ABC reality series, and now their respective dads, Trace Adkins and John Mellencamp , are getting acquainted. While chatting with Us Weekly exclusively ahead of the Wednesday, August 28, season finale, Mackenzie shared that both Trace, 62, and John, 72, were planning to attend a cast viewing party for the final Claim to Fame episode. “Both of our dads, to [this day], think that we won [the competition],” said Mackenzie.
“So, they’re both gonna get a bit of a shock [when they see Adam Christopherson win], and they’ll be there watching with us tonight.” Mackenzie, Hud and their fathers will be joined by Claim to Fame contestants Jill Kurlfink , Gracie Lou Hyland , Naomi Burns , Shane Brando and Nael “Danny” Zayas for the viewing party, Mackenzie shared. “We’re really excited,” she said.
“It’ll be really fun.” Hud chimed in to say that he’s pleasantly surprised by how well the cast gets along in real life. “One thing I thought throughout the [experience] is ‘None of us could be friends after [this].
Y’all are gonna see me talk crap about you in the background throughout this entire thing once we watch this show, and no one’s gonna answer my text,’” he joked. “But we all hang out, we all talk all the time, and I’m very grateful for that.” Mackenzie and Hud started to seem like more than friends on the show as they grew closer and began .