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DWTS' Anna Delvey Lands New Projects After Elimination

Anna Delvey’s elimination from Dancing with the Stars didn’t come as a shock. She gave fans nothing for two weeks except a bedazzled ankle monitor that some fans found iconic. That seemed to be the theme of her game: “Nothing,” when asked what she took from the experience, which didn’t sit well with judge Carie Ann Inaba. The fake German heiress couldn’t care less about it, of course.




Speaking to Tori Spelling, who was eliminated alongside her, Anna explained her feelings about DWTS and teased fans about what’s next for her. Here’s how the fraudulent ex-con intends to make money after her short-lived reinvention as a ballroom dancer, which includes reality TV plans.


Anna Delvey Called Dancing With The Stars “Predatory” After Elimination

Dancing with the Stars Julianne Hough, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anna Delvey, and Ezra Sosa on the show's set
via: Disney/Eric McCandless

Anna dealt with so much hate on social media while competing on DWTS (she still does, now). But in an email statement to NBC News, she blamed the show for all the scrutiny, accusing them of being “predatory” and “exploiting her for attention.”

She also felt that they didn’t acknowledge her progress in the competition. Anna’s dance partner, Ezra Sosa even praised her work ethic despite struggling to smile while performing.


Anna wrote to NBC: “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. 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.”

During her appearance on Tori’s MisSPELLING podcast, Anna said producers “rejected” her after they told her what to do. “You guys told me what I’m supposed to do. I tried to do it, and then I still was rejected,” she lamented, before explaining her “nothing” statement.

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“I’m taking away nothing. This is what I’m taking away from it, because your advice was worthless,” she said. What was really “upsetting” for the scammer was that she “put so much effort” into the competition, just for her to be kicked out so early. She then called DWTS a “waste of time.”


Anna Delvey’s New Lined Up Projects After Dancing With The Stars Include A Docuseries

Anna Delvey's New Lined Up Projects After Dancing With The Stars Include A Docuseries
via: Instar

DWTS was meant to reinvent Anna, which is probably why she’s so sore about losing. But now that she’s a PR exec who has her own firm, OutLaw Agency, she plans on dominating media, which starts with telling her story after Netflix‘s fictional series inspired by her, Inventing Anna.

“I’m grateful to be able to control my own narrative again… I want to get on with the rest of my life. I hope people will see that I’ve changed and that I’m not the same person, and they’ll give me the opportunity to move on,” Anna told The Daily Mail. “…I’m the only person who can tell my story. No one else was with me the whole time, when all those things were happening.”


Here are Anna’s lined-up projects after DWTS

Memoir

Anna is still working on a memoir, which she started while she was in prison.

Docuseries

She signed on to a new docuseries about her life after Inventing Anna with Bunim/Murray Productions, the guys behind Surviving R. Kelly.

Reality Show

She’s planning to start a “fake [cooking] talk show” with publicist and former America’s Next Top Model judge, Kelly Cutrone.

Podcast

She launched a weekly podcast called The Anna Delvey Show in June 2023, but the last episode was from August that year. Who knows what she might do with it after DWTS….

Social Media

Anna is doing well as a social media influencer with 1.1 million followers on Instagram

Art

She has made $340,000 selling her paintings and drawings from her “The House (Arrest) Collection” in 2022. It won’t be surprising if she produces more “art” in the future.

Fashion

She recently walked the runway during New York Fashion Week, ankle monitor and all.

But most of Anna’s projects would have to be approved by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). She even had to request permission from the federal agency to join DWTS. “Well, [DWTS] approached my team and I had to request ICE for permission to travel out of state because it’s being filmed in Los Angeles and I’m based in New York,” she told People. It took 10 days before her gig was approved.


Anna Delvey Is Still Battling Deportation After Dancing With The Stars

Anna Delvey Walking To An ICE Appointment In NYC 2022

Another issue that might derail Anna’s future cash grabs is her fight against deportation. Following her scandals, she was set to be sent back to Germany, but her immigration lawyer, John Sandweg, managed to keep her in New York City. They’ve even appealed her limitations during house arrest, which allowed for her stint on DWTS.

“She’s generally free to live her life now, subject to periodic court appearances and things of that nature,” said Anna’s lawyer.

In the meantime, Anna is making the most of her second chance. She believes she has fans rooting for her to succeed. “It all depends when I will be free to do interesting things that people want to watch,” she told WWD of her future plans in June. Still, she’d like to be able to go outside of her apartment and film more content.


“On a daily basis, I don’t do anything that is so exciting. It would be easier to create more content if I was able to leave the house,” Anna said. “Nobody wants to see me sitting on the couch writing the book.” That’s true. But we’ll see if trash-talking DWTS can keep her momentum a little longer for her to make it out there.