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Anna Delvey Did Not Enjoy Her Time on ‘Dancing With the Stars’: Show ‘Only Cared About Exploiting Me for Attention’

Anna Delvey continued to criticize her time on 'Dancing With the Stars,' saying she was made to feel 'inadequate and stupid' during her brief stint.

In 2019, Delvey — whose real name is Anna Sorokin — was convicted of impersonating a German heiress and swindling members of the New York art scene. After a few years in prison, she was released in 2021 for good behavior and has since parlayed her notoriety into a Netflix show, a podcast, and her own art career — all while remaining under house arrest as she fights a deportation case. “It was predatory of them to try [to] make me feel inadequate and stupid all while I did get progressively better yet they chose to disregard that,” she said, adding: “It felt like I was never really given a fair chance by the viewers or some of the judges’ given their nonsensical scoring.

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