Whoopi Goldberg is not happy about the decision of her employer ABC to cast convicted con artist Anna Delvey in the upcoming season of Dancing with the stars.
“I think back to all the families whose family members were arrested by ICE and who went to court to get their father or their brother or their mother back,” Goldberg said. To The view A clip played on Thursday of Delvey joking about disguising her ankle bracelet and explaining that she was not nervous about appearing on the show as they couldn’t “arrest her for not dancing well.”
Goldberg added: “This woman (ICE) gave her permission to do this. Am I supposed to think there is a reason? Is there a two-tier system at ICE?” It seems likely that ABC, which has both DWTS And The viewhelped Delvey obtain the necessary permits and paperwork to end her house arrest and appear on the show.
Delvey was arrested in 2017 and accused of defrauding institutions of more than $250,000 to fund her luxurious lifestyle by posing as the daughter of a German oil executive. She was found guilty in 2019 of a number of charges, including grand larceny and theft – after which she was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison.
Since her release from prison in February 2021, Delvey has been under house arrest in her New York home. Her story gained further notoriety when it was retold in the popular Netflix series “The 4000.” The invention of Anna.
“I don’t understand why she’s allowed to stay (in the country),” Goldberg added. “I hear people complaining about what’s happening at the border and all these people who shouldn’t be here – so what the hell, man?”
“She defrauded so many people and then spent about two years in prison and then had to spend another 18 months in prison for overstaying her permit and visa,” Sunny Hostin added. “So she committed another crime. And what is the consequence of that? A jewelled ankle bracelet and an appearance on a TV show.” She added: “When are there consequences for people’s actions?”
News of Delvey’s appearance broke late last week, and her promo photo for the show, in which she wears her now infamous court-ordered ankle bracelet, was released earlier this week and caused quite a stir. Despite being skeptical, host Alyssa Farah Griffin stated that she would watch the show anyway.
“I’m not convinced that this person has taken responsibility for her actions like other famous offenders like Gypsy Rose Blanchard, for example,” Griffin said. “Con artists tend to be con artists, so I would just say if you’re around her, I would be cautious of the schemes she might be up to.”
Other stars Delvey will dance alongside include Tori Spelling, former NBA player Dwight Howard, Family matters Father Reginald VelJohnson and Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik.
