Is Danny Related to Marc Anthony on Claim to Fame?His Clue, Decoded

Warning: Claim to Fame Season 3 spoilers ahead. He was the frontrunner to win it all… until Danny ‘s Claim to Fame Season 3 competitors seemed to crack the code that he was related to Marc Anthony . But were they right?

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Danny is one of 11 contestants on Claim to Fame Season 3, ABC ‘s reality TV series where relatives of celebrities must correctly identify each other’s famous family members while keeping their own a secret in order to win $100,000. Each contestant has a clue inside a wine bottle that has information about their celebrity relative. Other contestants can reveal the clue after winning a challenge, giving them the opportunity to enter the wine room and opening one of their fellow competitor’s bottles.

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Danny’s wine clue was opened by Hud and Adam, who speculated—with the help of Mackenzie—that his celebrity relative was Latin music singer Marc Anthony based on the last part of the clue: a “low” and “J,” which they believed to be a reference to Anthony’s marriage to J-Lo . The group was so confident that Danny was related to Anthony that they told Dedrick who was voted as the guesser for that week’s elimination. In the end, however, Dedrick chose not to guess Danny and incorrectly guessed Adam as Owen Wilson’s relative instead, thus eliminating himself.

Is Danny related to Marc Anthony on Claim to Fame Season 3?

The guesses were correct! Marc Anthony is Danny’s celebrity relative on Claim to Fame . Danny’s wine bottle clue featured a man on fire who fell down “low” with “J.” As the Claim to Fame cast believed, the “low” and “J” referred to Anthony’s ex-wife, Jennifer Lopez , also known as J-Lo, who were married from 2004 to 2014 and share two children together : twins Emme and Max Muniz.

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the man on fire refers to Anthony’s 2004 movie, Man on Fire , in which he played Samuel Ramos, a wealthy auto manufacturer and the father of a nine-year-old girl who was abducted in Mexico City.

How is Danny related to Marc Anthony?

Danny, whose real name is Nael Zayas, is Anthony’s nephew. Danny’s two truths and a lie were that his celebrity relative is his uncle, a pro wrestler, and has won a Grammy, which meant that his lie was the pro wrestler part. Danny’s father, Bigram Zayas, is Anthony’s older brother. Anthony has also won four Grammy Awards and eight Latin Grammy Awards , including the Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album in 2005 for Amar Sin Mentiras .

Danny’s relation to Anthony walso confirmed in a 2011 Yahoo Vida y Estilo , which referred to Danny as Anthony’s nephew. Anthony’s niece also seemingly confirmed Danny and Anthony’s relationship in 2019 when she commented “cousin” on Danny’s Facebook photo.

Claim to Fame is available to stream on Hulu.