Anna Delvey Doesn’t Think She Got a Fair Shot onDancing with the Stars

Mar. 15, 2025

Anna Delvey on ‘DWTS’.Photo:ABC

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Anna Delveythinks she should have lasted a few more rounds onDancing with the Stars.

The convicted con artist, 33, sat down with fellow former contestantTori Spellingfor a conversation about her very short run on this season ofDWTSfor the Sept. 28 episode of Spelling’smisSPELLINGpodcast. Reflecting on both of their exits from the competition (Delvey and Spelling were botheliminatedduring the Sept. 24 episode), the pair joked about becoming the first contestants to be double-eliminated.

“We are like the biggest losersDancing with the Starshas ever seen,” Delvey said during the episode. “They thought the blondes have the most fun, and they were just not about it.”

“I honestly did not expect to go home the first show,” Spelling, 51, added, before Delvey chimed in: “I did not expect you to go home either.”

Anna Delvey and pro partner Ezra Sosa on ‘Dancing with the Stars’.Disney/Eric McCandless

Disney/Eric McCandless

“Like, nothing would surprise me in my situation because I’m such a wild card,” said Delvey, whose story ofbecoming a con artistwas turned into Netflix’sInventing Anna.“But I was trying, and I was like, ‘Oh, I kind of improved.’ "

Additionally, Delvey detailed her concerns about connecting with theDWTSaudience, as the show’s viewers skew older. According to the 33-year-old, she believed that most people who would be interested in watching her compete were on the younger side.

“At first, I had concerns to be on the show because I was thinking what it’s going to do to my image because obviously, none of the older audience can relate to me because of my past,” Delvey said, referring to her scam case which ended in her serving prison time. “So I’m like, everyone who’s a fan of me, they’re on the younger side.”

Delvey rose to notoriety for posing as a wealthy heiress and using her social standing to defraud people, banks and hotels. She was arrested in 2017 and convicted of grand larceny in the first, second and third degree as well as theft of services in 2019.

Delvey shockedDWTSfans throughout her short stint on the show, stepping out in abedazzled ankle monitoras a part of her costume. When hostJulianne Houghasked Delvey what she was taking away from her experience on the show after her elimination, Delvey gave a blunt, one-word answer: “Nothing.”

Anna Delvey on ‘Dancing with the Stars’.ABC

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“They were building me up,” she said. ‘It’s like, ‘Only if you smile more, only if you do XYZ, it’s going to be so much better for you.’ And it felt like they put so much effort in trying to get me on the show, make me feel comfortable, just to eliminate me this early.”

Delvey also called out her fellow competitorsEric RobertsandReginald VelJohnson, stating that she felt both herself and Spelling were better dancers than the two men.

“I see it like an attempt of an embarrassment for us to get eliminated before Eric or Reginald in a dancing competition. Even though in the end, it’s not that big of a deal,” Delvey said.

“He’s a great person, and he’s a cultural icon, but he’s not a good dancer,” she later added of VelJohnson. “And I thought I signed up for a dancing competition and not a popularity competition — who is the most well-liked person in Hollywood.”

source: people.com