Anna Delvey Slams ‘Dancing With the Stars’ as ‘Predatory’ After Elimination: They ‘Only Cared About Exploiting Me for Attention’
variety.comEmily Longeretta Anna Delvey is speaking out against “Dancing With the Stars” following her Sept. 24 elimination from the competition. “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,” Sorokin told NBC News. “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.” Delvey and partner Ezra Sosa were part of the first eliminations of the season — along with Tori Spelling and Pasha Pashkov.
During the live episode, co-host Julianne Hough asked her what she’d take from the show after her exit and she responded, “Nothing.” She later told “Good Morning America” that her favorite part of the experience was being eliminated.
Delvey went on Spelling’s “misSPELLING” podcast on Sept. 28 and was asked about the “nothing” comment, stating it “was the truth.” “You guys told me what I’m supposed to do.
I tried to do it and then I still was rejected. And, I’m taking away nothing. This is what I’m taking away from it, because your advice was worthless,” she said. “I felt like, well, they were building me up.
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