Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba has reacted to Anna Delvey's controversial "nothing" comment on Tuesday night's episode.
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After Anna, a convicted felon, and reality TV star Tori Spelling were both eliminated during Dancing with the Stars' Season 33 episode on Tuesday night, Tori happily called her short-lived experience on the show "unbelievable."
But when Dancing with the Stars co-host Julianne Hough asked Anna to share her takeaway, Anna replied, "Nothing," as pro dancer Ezra Sosa seemed surprised and shook his head next to his celebrity partner.
"There you have it! Absolutely nothing," Julianne said with a laugh, before host Alfonso Ribeiro quipped, "You had fun, stop it."
Carrie Ann, who sits on the judging panel alongside Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli, admitted she was "taken aback" by Anna's final words.
"We all put in the effort to give her a fair opportunity. But I don't think she could see that and it's a shame," Carrie Ann vented. "A little gratitude could have changed the narrative."
The Dancing with the Stars judge also pointed out how the show's audience simply "did what felt right to them" when voting lines opened for the 13 celebrity and professional pairings on Tuesday night.
"And that's the beauty of Dancing with the Stars for our fans," Carrie Ann explained to EW.
"Our fans are passionate and engaged and they vote for who they want to win the Mirrorball Trophy. But I'd like to point out something important. Our fans don't vote people off. That is not our format."
Carrie Ann added, "Unlike Survivor we don't vote people off. Our fans vote for who they want to win."
The day after Anna's departure from Dancing with the Stars in the special double elimination, Anna appeared to stand by her cutting comment when reposted praise from her friend via Instagram Stories.
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Publicist Kelly Cutrone wrote via Instagram Stories on Wednesday, "Loving the real of @theannadelvey. I could give 2 fks flex."
Maksim Chmerkovskiy, a So You Think You Can Dance judge and former Dancing with the Stars guest judge and pro partner, weighed in on Anna's post-prison Dancing with the Stars stint during a Monday, September 23 appearance on the "TMZ Podcast."
"If you want an ankle [bracelet] and sort of this, 'Damn, this is going to draw attention,' and the scandalousness of it all -- I mean, man, there's so many other people you can choose from," Maksim complained.
Maksim confessed he was "absolutely not" a fan of Anna, whose "job" was "a professional liar," on Dancing with the Stars.
"Will I believe anything this lady says? Absolutely not," Maksim confessed.
Maksim went on to critique Anna's first cha cha performance with Ezra for which she had bedazzled her ankle monitor.
"She wasn't great. She was very kind of standoffish in a lot of things," Maksim explained.
"You can blame the nerves and say, 'Hey, everybody's human and this person is not used to that stage.' Bullsh-t. Hold on a second -- didn't she con people into believing she was, like, fully fashion this and special like that?"
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"She's just a sh-tty dancer, and her personality is not really going to help her in this competition," Maksim said.
When asked to share how many weeks he thought Anna would remain in the Dancing with the Stars competition, Maksim responded, "I don't care."
The pro dancer and dad admitted, "She's not somebody I'd tune in to watch. I feel for [Ezra], he's got an uphill climb -- just even the dancing part of it."
Maksim concluded, "You're going to have to do a lot more to win somebody like me over after everything that you were accused of. But now you get to [serve] your time by bedazzling your ankle brace and being on national TV? I'm not about that."
On Dancing with the Stars' premiere, Anna had chosen "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter as her anthem. She and Ezra ended up in a three-way tie for eighth place on the judges' leaderboard after receiving a total of 18 out 30 possible points from Carrie Ann, Derek and Bruno.
Following their performance, Carrie Ann asked viewers to give Anna a chance because she could tell the studio audience wasn't very supportive or receptive of her.
Anna was arrested in 2017 and indicted on multiple counts of grand larceny and misdemeanor theft.
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Anna was released from prison on parole in 2021. Her story about fraudulently posing as a wealthy German heiress was developed into the 2022 miniseries Inventing Anna on Netflix.
On Dancing with the Stars' latest broadcast, Anna and Ezra only received 17 points for their quickstep performance to "Suddenly I See" by KT Tunstall.
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