Anna Delvey says her favorite part of doing Dancing With the Stars was 'getting eliminated'

“That’s not the right answer,” her partner Ezra Sosa said. “Ask it again.”

Anna Delvey is so ready to sashay away from Dancing With the Stars

The convicted scammer, born Anna Sorokin, and her partner Ezra Sosa were booted from the ballroom in a double elimination alongside Beverly Hills, 90210 star Tori Spelling and Pasha Pashkov on Tuesday. Delvey and Sosa later reflected their short-lived run on the dance competition during a press line after the broadcast. 

When asked by GMA what her favorite part of being on the show was, Delvey bluntly replied, “Getting eliminated.”

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Anna Delvey and Ezra Sosa on 'DWTS'.

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Sosa, who had been pointing to himself as the question was asked, immediately took over. “That’s not the right answer,” he maintained. “Ask it again.”

This time, he made an even bigger show of pointing toward himself and raising his hand so, when the question came Delvey's way a second time, she said he was her favorite part of the process. “Yeah!” He cheered. “There we go!”

On a serious note, Delvey did say she was “very sad, obviously” to be leaving the show. When asked if she felt like it had offered her a second chance in the public eye, she replied, “That’s been wasted? Yeah, of course.” 

Sosa then took a moment to praise his partner, noting that Delvey really “pushed herself a lot more than she would’ve expected” on the show. He continued, “Granted, we were sent home a little bit earlier than as expected, I do think even tonight seeing Anna open up in her dance and seeing her smile and seeing how elegant she was on the floor is a great way to kind of redeem herself, even if it was cut short.”

Delvey has been a controversial casting ever since it was revealed that she would be starring on season 33. The Inventing Anna subject, who is currently on house arrest, previously told Entertainment Weekly that she had to get permission from ICE in order to travel for the show. 

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'Dancing With the Stars'.

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Prior to their performance on Tuesday, an intro package showed Delvey explaining to Sosa that she was “really happy” after their first performance before she “went online and I was like reading all these comments and just felt so upset.” She was also visited by Julia Fox, who told the camera that it was "sad to see all the people being so nasty, because if it were their sister or their mother they'd be all for a second chance."

As part of Oscars week, Sosa and Delvey danced the quickstep to KT Tunstall’s 2004 single “Suddenly I See,” which was featured in the two-time Oscar nominated film, The Devil Wears Prada. The pair received scores of 6, 5, and 6 from the judges, who suggested that they could go far in the competition if Delvey relaxed a bit more. 

Following their performance, Delvey admitted that she hadn’t expected the fierce reaction from DWTS fans to her casting. “I didn't expect such backlash, but it's a new week and I'm trying to get through it,” she said. She also added that “jumping around” was the hardest part of dancing for her.

Dancing With the Stars season 33 airs Tuesdays on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

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