Anna Delvey says ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is using her to ‘boost ratings’

Following her elimination, Delvey said, “I felt like the audience or some of the judges never gave me a fair chance, given their ridiculous scoring.”

Anna Delvey talks about her first-round elimination Dancing with the Stars.

“I feel like the show is so clearly using me to boost ratings that they have no plans to give me a chance to grow and are just looking to exploit me for attention,” Delvey said. NBC News On September 26. “Trying to make me feel inadequate and stupid, while getting better and better, they chose to ignore that,” he continued.

Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, was convicted in 2019 of defrauding thousands of people from hotels and banks, as well as the New York jet society, by posing as a German heiress. Delvey “felt like I was never given a fair chance by the audience or some of the judges, given their ridiculous scoring” due to the reputation he brought to the show. Finally, he stated: DWTS “it was supposed to be a dance contest, not a popularity contest.”

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It’s only been three days since Delvey was sent home in a double elimination. Tori Spellingbut it has already made headlines for many minor controversies. The first was Delvey’s statement that he had learned “NothingWhen you ask, “I’m talking about the experience of being on the show.” DWTS homeowner Julianne Hough.

The day after his last episode aired, he told the hosts: Good Morning America favorite part of the experience”be eliminated.” Delvey’s indifference towards the series should come as no surprise. Even before the first episode aired, she said E.W. He said that for him, winning the mirror ball trophy would mean “really nothing. I don’t know.”

Relating to: Dancing with the Stars Judge Carrie Ann Inaba says Anna Delvey ‘underestimated’ what the show had to offer

Delvey expressed his feelings about his experience.left a bad taste“in the old pro cheryl burkemouth, Maxim Chmerkovsky I called him “a s—– dancer” and the judge Carrie Ann Inaba He said it was both”a shameDelvey had no more “gratitude” and When Delvey dances“The energy in the room was really low.”

But not everyone has negative things to say about Delvey or his time there. DWTS. On September 27, Delvey’s dance partner Ezra Sosa shared some saving thoughts exclusively with E.W.“he learned something!” he insisted.

“When we got eliminated, I could tell just by looking at his face that he was a little upset about it,” he said. “And I thought, ‘He’s going to attack Julianne. I can see that happening.'” When he made the already infamous “nothing” statement, Sosa said, “honestly, it didn’t (hurt my feelings) when he did that.” I said, ‘Facts, my queen.'”

Relating to: Anna Delvey DWTS partner Ezra Sosa responds to controversial final words: ‘He learned something!’

I also had writing Kind words for DelveyIn an episode on September 26, he says: WRONG SPELLING podcast, “I think Anna has a lot of potential… This week, you know, she was starting to smile… she was starting to have more fun and she’s got some great lines. I think she could be a great dancer. But you know, the public has a lot of issues with her.” “There is.”

Beverly Hills 90210 Star also revealed that she and Delvey “became unlikely friends.”

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Neither Delvey nor Spelling came into the elimination of division 2 with the lowest total points. this would be Reginald VelJohnson And Eric RobertsThey both survived by dancing one more step. Let’s see how far they will go Dancing with the Stars Tuesday, October 2nd and airs every Tuesday at 8pm ET/PT on ABC and Disney+.

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