Maksim Chmerkovskiy issued a harsh critique of “Dancing With the Stars” season 33 season 33 contestant Anna Delvey.
In a September 2024 interview on “The TMZ Podcast,” the former DWTS pro ranted about the casting of the convicted felon who wears a GPS ankle monitor for her routines with first time pro dancer Ezra Sosa.
Chmerkovskiy said Delvey’s ankle bracelet just draws unwarranted attention to her. “And you know the scandalousness of it all and blah blah blah,” he said on the podcast. “I mean man, there’s so many other people you can choose from,” Chmerkovskiy added, confirming that he is not a fan of Delvey.
“Absolutely not,” he said.
Maks Chmerkosvkiy Said Anna Delvey is a ‘Professional Liar’
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On the “Dancing With the Stars” season 33 premiere, Delvey’s occupation was announced as a “fashionista” and “entrepreneur.” In a TikTok video, Delvey joked that she wanted to be called an “ankle bracelet model.”
But Chmerkosviy has another description for her occupation.
“You know, to me she [her job] AKA was a professional liar.,” he told TMZ. “You’re going to bring that person and say here’s a platform that a lot of people waited their entire actual career you know, to be a part of. To also get a moment of like a personal story week and say this is who I actually am. Will I believe anything that this lady says? Absolutely not.”
“She wasn’t great, she was very kind of standoffish in a lot of things,” Chmerkovskiy added. “You can blame the nerves and say ‘Hey everybody’s human and this person is not used to that stage. Hold on a second. Didn’t she con people into believing that she’s like fully fashioned this? It takes a lot of guts, it takes a lot of you know, it takes a lot of self-control to present yourself a certain way even if you’re so nervous. I don’t buy this she was nervous. She’s just a [expletive] dancer. And a personality that’s not going to really help her in this competition. As a matter of fact, I didn’t even get to see why she got on the show.”
In 2019, Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, served jail time after she was convicted of defrauding businesses while pretending to be a German heiress, according to CNN. Delvey has since been placed under house arrest but received special permission to compete on “Dancing With the Stars.”
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