Despite doing her best, Anna Delvey's time in the ballroom was cut short.
The 33-year-old socialite con artist — whose real name is Anna Sorokin — was eliminated during week two of “Dancing With the Stars” on Tuesday night. When co-host Julianne Hough asked what she learned from her experience in the ballroom, she bluntly replied: “Nothing.”
His pro partner Ezra Sosa was taken aback by his candid answer and raised his eyebrows in surprise. Hough, 36, politely laughed off the answer before the episode ended.
As the cast finished saying goodbye and left the stage, dancer Alan Bersten and contestant Dwight Howard were seen hugging Delvey and Sosa, 23, as they left the stage.
Following the elimination, Delvey was seen walking around backstage smiling. PeopleFor their final dance on the show, Delvey and Sousa performed a quickstep to the “Devil Wears Prada” theme song, KT Tunstall's “Suddenly I See.”
Sosa choreographed the dance to poke fun at Delvey's aloof behavior. Still, despite smiling this time, it wasn't enough to save the fashionista from being voted out.
Delvey first became famous for pretending to be a wealthy German heiress and using her social status to defraud wealthy people, banks, and hotels. After being arrested in 2017, she was convicted of grand larceny in the first, second, and third degrees and theft of services in 2019. Her casting on the show angered many fans due to these previous crimes.
And viewers weren't too happy when Delvey arrived on last week's Season 33 premiere wearing a glowing ankle monitor.
The New York City native was introduced as a “fashionista and entrepreneur” at the top of the show and took to the dance floor wearing an ankle monitor that matched her ombre blue, purple, pink and yellow outfit. The device was capped with a bow.
During the segment, Delvey explained why she has to wear the device. “I was in prison for longer than my visa was supposed to be, so it's hard for me to get out,” she said with a light laugh.
Delvey said, “I've served my sentence”, and said she hoped to change critics' minds.
“I've reinvented myself many times, and this time, I'm going to be a ballroom dancer.”
And judge Carrie Ann Inaba addressed the elephant in the room during her critiques.
“I just want to say something. The energy in this room changed when you came out on the dance floor,” Inaba said. “And I just want to say let's all give this a chance, because I can imagine this is scary for you, and I'm not pro or pro or con of anything you've done. But here's to your dancing.”
Summing up his thoughts on Delvey’s “DWTS” debut when time ran out, he said, “Let’s all give her that space, please.”
Delvey revealed that when she was cast in the series, she received special permission from ICE, which detained her in 2021, to compete under the condition that she wear the device. Delvey had previously served time in state prison and paid restitution before her February 2021 release.
Delvey spokeswoman Judah Engelmayer confirmed she can travel within 70 miles of her home base and anywhere in New York City’s five boroughs under the terms of her previous house arrest. associated PressHowever, he could not comment on any changes in those rules.
After last week's show, Sosa, who was promoted as a pro-dancer for season 33, TikTok Posting a video on Monday, he expressed his reaction to the negative feedback his partner has received.
“For me, I was feeling a lot of positivity,” he said. “For my partner, she wasn't getting the same thing. I think the hardest part of my day was after the press line, she was reading the comments and we couldn't find her. She was finally found in the bathroom. She was crying. I had never seen her like that, and it broke my heart.”
On Tuesday's episode, Delvey's friend, actress Julia Fox, echoed her colleague's sentiments and explained that Delvey's tough exterior was a form of self-protection.
“Even though Anna has this tough exterior, it's clearly a defense mechanism,” Fox said to the cameras.
