Anna Delvey isn’t letting her ankle monitor stop her Dancing with the stars debut!
On Tuesday, September 17, Netflix’s Making up Anna subject, 33, talked to PEOPLE about how she’s been navigating house arrest in style for the 33rd season of the ABC dance competition television series.
“I was relieved it was over,” she told PEOPLE after her first night with her dance partner Ezra Sosa.
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“I was a little nervous and I feel I could have danced better, especially during rehearsals, but it was a great experience. I performed in front of a live audience and it was my first time – she said.
Sosa, who debuted “as an official pro,” said he had one goal in mind when it came to choreographing their routine.
EZRA SOSA, ANNA DELVEY – Dancing with the Stars.
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“I just really wanted to show off the ankle monitor,” Sosa told PEOPLE. “Let’s be honest. It’s the real star of the show.”
Delvey, whose legal name is Anna Sorokin, made headlines for defrauding countless wealthy socialites while posing as a wealthy German heiress while living in New York before she was arrested in October 2017 during a sting operation.
“It’s part of the costume,” Delvey said of her ankle monitor. She later told PEOPLE that the ankle monitor’s decor was, of course, completely customized for her.
“The costume department created a detachable cover for the monitor,” she said, adding, “They just used double-sided tape to hold it in place and we took it right off.”
While ankle monitors can’t be touched, they can be lightly decorated – something Delvey has done before. She told PEOPLE, “There are no set or written rules for decorating, as long as it’s not damaged.”
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EZRA SOSA, ANNA DELVEY – Dancing with the Stars.
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Delvey stunned in a two-piece skirt set. Her button-up long-sleeved crop top featured fringes perfect for showing off her movement in an eye-catching blue, fiery orange, purple and yellow design.
Her miniskirt and heels completed her look for the evening.
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Sosa shared with PEOPLE that he’s excited to see Delvey move forward.
When asked how it feels to have the support of Carrie Ann Inaba DWTS after the judge, 56, asked that no one judge Delvey, the duo couldn’t be prouder to have someone in their corner.
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Anna Delvey at the Private Policy fashion show, September 2024.
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“Yes, people should give me a second chance, and I served my time and paid restitution,” Delvey told PEOPLE.
Sosa added: “I really think she’s talking about what Dancing with the stars is actually about No matter where you come from, it’s all about the dance. And whatever happens, you go out on the dance floor, you dance, you get your result. And I really think what she said made sense.”
As for a “dream theme night” on the hit series, Delvey and Sosa think “Fashion Week” would be “iconic.”
Dancing with the stars produced by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions in front of a live audience. Season 33 premieres Tuesday, September 17 at 8:00 PM ET on ABC and Disney+, and the episode is available to watch the following day on Hulu.
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