"Fake Heiress" Anna Delvey Shocks DWTS Fans With Her Savage One-Word Response To Elimination

"We would expect nothing less of her."

Stephanie

• Published in Film & TV
• September 28, 2024

When Anna Delvey and her professional dancer partner Ezra Sosa were eliminated from Dancing with the Stars on the second episode of this season, the show's co-host Julianne Hough asked what she would take away from the competition. But it was the infamous con artist's savage response that stunned viewers.

"What are you gonna take away from this competition?" Hough asked Delvey during the post-elimination interview. "Nothing," she replied, shrugging her shoulders.

Sosa appeared to be uncomfortable before Hough laughed off the brutal comment, saying, "There you have it!" DWTS co-host Alfonso Ribeiro added, "She's not taking anything away? You had fun. Stop it."

Delvey, dubbed the "fake heiress," is most commonly known for pretending to be a German heiress and using her status to con banks, hotels, and various wealthy individuals, stealing more than $200,000. She served four years in prison before being detained by US immigration for overstaying her Visa.

Delvey, whose birth name is Anna Sorokin, is currently still under house arrest, and DWTS viewers caught a glimpse of her bedazzled ankle monitor during her performances. The con artist says she hopes to "reinvent herself" and is well aware of the negative opinions people have of her.

For their last performance, Delvey and Sosa danced the quickstep to KT Tunstall's song "Suddenly I See." Sosa explained that The Devil Wears Prada theme song was an attempt to get Delvey to "crack out a smile," but it wasn't enough to save her from elimination.

Anna Delvey and Ezra Sosa were eliminated from Dancing with the Stars on the second episode of this season.

But it was the infamous con artist's savage response that stunned viewers.

Delvey, dubbed the "fake heiress," is most commonly known for pretending to be a German heiress and using her status to con banks, hotels, and various wealthy individuals, stealing more than $200,000.

She served four years in prison before being detained by US immigration for overstaying her Visa.

Delvey, whose birth name is Anna Sorokin, is currently still under house arrest, and DWTS viewers caught a glimpse of her bedazzled ankle monitor during her performances.

For their last performance, Delvey and Sosa danced the quickstep to KT Tunstall's song "Suddenly I See."

Sosa explained that The Devil Wears Prada theme song was an attempt to get Delvey to "crack out a smile," but it wasn't enough to save her from elimination.

You can watch the performance in full here.

While some DWTS fans saw the humor in Delvey's brutal response, others felt it was disrespectful and downright rude. One person commented, "I feel badly for her partner. He deserved so much better."

Delvey, on the other hand, has since expressed that she feels she wasn't given a fair opportunity to succeed on the show. "It felt like I was never really given a fair chance by the viewers or some of the judges' given their nonsensical scoring," she said.

"It's supposed to be a dance competition and not a popularity contest," said Delvey. "I feel that the show so obviously used me to drive up the ratings that they never had any plans to give me any chance to grow and only cared about exploiting me for attention."

Delvey even went as far as to claim that the show's producers and judges were "predatory" in their behavior. However, the show's hosts and judges have a different take on things.

"I feel badly for her partner. He deserved so much better," one person commented.

But Delvey saw things differently, saying, "I feel that the show so obviously used me to drive up the ratings that they never had any plans to give me any chance to grow and only cared about exploiting me for attention."

Judge Carrie Ann Inaba said she was disappointed by Delvey's reaction, commenting that she was "taken aback" by it. That was dismissive not only of the opportunity she was given, of her wonderful and supportive partner Ezra in his debut season but also of all of us who work on the show - from the dancers to behind the scenes to the creative team," she said.

"We all put in the effort to give her a fair opportunity," Inaba said. "But I don't think she could see that, and it's a shame. A little gratitude could have changed the narrative."

Judge Carrie Ann Inaba said she was disappointed by Delvey's reaction, commenting that she was "taken aback" by it.

But Delvey's dance partner Ezra Sosa wasn't surprised by her "very Anna Delvey" exit from the show.

"We would expect nothing less of her," he said.

In a post-exit interview, Delvey's dance partner Ezra Sosa said, "I knew she was going to say something very iconic and something very Anna Delvey with her exit."

"Of course, she has to. It's very typical," he said. "We would expect nothing less of her."

Stephanie