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DWTS’ Ezra Sosa Thinks Anna Delvey Was ‘A Little Upset’ About His Exit

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DWTS’ Ezra Sosa Thinks Anna Delvey Was ‘A Little Upset’ About His Exit

Dancing with the stars pro Esdras Sosa thinks his partner, Anna Delveywasn’t ready to put away her dancing shoes yet.

“When we got eliminated, I could see it on vault, just looking at her face, she was a little upset,” Sosa, 23, said. Weekly Entertainment on Thursday September 26. “So I said to myself: “She’s going to leave (co-host) Julianne (Hough)I can see it happening. But when she said, “Nothing,” I was like, “I’ll take it, that’s fine.” » But it was so iconic.

Sosa and Delvey, 33, were sent home during the double elimination week two of the ABC reality show, alongside Tori Spelling and his partner, Pasha Paschkov. While delivering their parting words, Delvey raised eyebrows when she proclaimed that she learned “nothing” from her time on the show.

“She learned something!” Sosa told the outlet on Thursday. “It honestly didn’t hurt my feelings when) she said that. I said to myself: “Facts, queen. »

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Sosa said he “feels really good” about his experience on DWTSdespite his early elimination during his first season as a professional dancer.

“I’m very happy with my last dance with Anna,” he said. “I definitely think she’s improved since her first week, so I’m happy, even though it was cut short. I think the most heartbreaking thing for me is that I wasn’t able to give her a better experience, because I think she struggled a lot on the show. But overall, I think his release was so iconic, and I’m just happy to be a part of it.

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Delvey’s passage on DWTS has been controversial from the start due to its past. Delvey was arrested in 2018 and remained in prison until her sentencing the following year. She served two years after being convicted of grand larceny, second-degree larceny and theft of services. In 2022, she was released from prison after posting $10,000 bail and placed under house arrest.

After his departure from the show, Delvey accused DWTS to use it “to boost the ratings”, claiming “that they never intended to give me a chance to grow and only cared about exploiting me for attention”.

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“It was predatory of them to try to make me feel inadequate and stupid, while I was gradually getting better, but they chose to ignore it,” Delvey told NBC News on Thursday.

Delvey alleged that “viewers or some judges never really gave him a fair chance, given their absurd scoring.” (Delvey and Sosa earned a combined judges’ score of 18 on their first Cha Cha night, and 17 the following week for their Quickstep.)

Dancing with the stars simulcast on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Episodes are available to stream on Hulu and Disney+ the next day.