{"id":128484,"date":"2024-10-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/01\/anna-delvey-claims-she-was-exploited-by-predatory-dancing-with-the-stars\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T10:00:00","slug":"anna-delvey-claims-she-was-exploited-by-predatory-dancing-with-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/01\/anna-delvey-claims-she-was-exploited-by-predatory-dancing-with-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Delvey claims she was exploited by \u201cpredatory\u201d Dancing With the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/anna-delvey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Delvey<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/dancing-with-the-stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/a> experience left her feeling used and disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>After getting eliminated in the first round last week, the infamous fake heiress opened up about feeling exploited by the ABC dance show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that the show so obviously used me to drive up the ratings,\u201d Delvey told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/tv\/anna-delvey-sorokin-speaks-dancing-stars-dramatic-exit-rcna172914?utm_campaign=links&amp;utm_medium=featuredlinks&amp;utm_source=socialitelife\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/tv\/anna-delvey-sorokin-speaks-dancing-stars-dramatic-exit-rcna172914?utm_campaign=links&amp;utm_medium=featuredlinks&amp;utm_source=socialitelife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News<\/a>. \u201cThat they never had any plans to give me any chance to grow and only cared about exploiting me for attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt 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,\u201d Delvey added. She&#8217;s known for pretending to be a wealthy European heiress to con New York&#8217;s elite art and fashion circles, as well as several banks, out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Delvey didn&#8217;t hold back her feelings after being voted off <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em> last Tuesday. When asked what she learned from her time on the show, the Russian-born con artist bluntly replied, \u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1740\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/celeb-snaps-06062024-6-1160x1740.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Delvey Attends Immigration Hearing In New York City\" class=\"wp-image-99530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/celeb-snaps-06062024-6-1160x1740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/celeb-snaps-06062024-6-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/celeb-snaps-06062024-6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/celeb-snaps-06062024-6-860x1290.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/celeb-snaps-06062024-6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Janet Mayer\/INSTARimages.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later, on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/tori-spelling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tori Spelling<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s <em><strong>misSpelling<\/strong><\/em> podcast, Delvey chatted with her fellow Season 33 eliminee about her honest exit comment, saying it was simply \u201cthe truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys told me what I&#8217;m supposed to do,\u201d she said about the<em> DWTS <\/em>production team. \u201cI tried to do it, and then I still was rejected. And I&#8217;m taking away nothing. This is what I&#8217;m taking away from it, because your advice was worthless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like, well, they were building me up. It&#8217;s, like, \u2018Oh, well, only if you smile more, only if you do, like, x y z, it&#8217;s going to be so much better for you,&#8217;\u201d Delvey shared. \u201cAnd it felt like they put so much effort trying to get me on the show, like, make me feel comfortable just to\u2026 eliminate me this early.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1623\" alt=\"ANNA DELVEY\" class=\"wp-image-104565 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024-1160x1623.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024-1160x1623.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024-800x1119.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024-1098x1536.jpg 1098w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024-860x1203.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1623\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024-1160x1623.jpg\" alt=\"ANNA DELVEY\" class=\"wp-image-104565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024-1160x1623.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024-800x1119.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024-1098x1536.jpg 1098w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024-860x1203.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anna-delvey-09302024.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DANCING WITH THE STARS \u2013 ABC\u2019s \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d stars Anna Delvey. (Photo Credit: Disney\/Andrew Eccles)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During her brief stint on <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em>, the show played up Delvey&#8217;s criminal past, even having her perform with a sparkly ankle monitor.<\/p>\n<p>Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, is currently on parole after spending over three years behind bars for second-degree grand larceny, attempted grand larceny, and theft of services.<\/p>\n<p>As pop culture fans, we can&#8217;t help but wonder: Was Delvey&#8217;s inclusion on the show a genuine opportunity or just a ratings grab? It&#8217;s a reminder that reality TV isn&#8217;t always as real as it seems, and sometimes, the stars we watch are left feeling more like props than people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>SL RECOMMENDS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>Like most websites, Socialite Life uses affiliate links where available, which means we earn a little commission if you click through and buy something. Also, as Amazon Influencers, we earn from qualifying purchases.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"aawp-disclaimer\">Last update on 2024-10-01 \/ Affiliate links \/ Images from Amazon Product Advertising API<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/anna-delvey-claims-she-was-exploited-by-predatory-dancing-with-the-stars\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=anna-delvey-claims-she-was-exploited-by-predatory-dancing-with-the-stars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Delvey\u2018s Dancing With the Stars experience left her feeling used and disappointed. After getting eliminated in the first round last week, the infamous fake heiress opened up about feeling exploited by the ABC dance show. \u201cI feel that the show so obviously used me to drive up the ratings,\u201d Delvey told NBC News. \u201cThat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-128484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}