Whoopi Goldberg Slams ‘DWTS’ Casting Of Con Artist Anna Delvey

UPDATE, with video: Appears secure to say that Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow panelists on ABC’s The View received’t be rooting for Dancing With The Stars‘ contestant and pretend heiress Anna Delvey this season.

On right now’s episode of the daytime speak present, Goldberg, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin took situation with the convicted con artist’s participation on the upcoming season of the dance competitors (additionally an ABC present).

Watch the phase under.

After exhibiting a quick clip of Delvey and her professional companion Ezra Sosa joshing about bejeweling the ankle monitor that Delvey is required to put on – she has stated that she has permission from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to seem on DWTS – a stern Goldberg stated, “I believe again to all of the households who’ve had relations arrested by ICE, who’ve gone to the courts to get their dad or their brother or their mom again, and this girl, they gave her permission to go do that?” Goldberg added, “Is there a two-tiered system with ICE?”

Delvey was convicted in 2019 by a New York state courtroom of larceny and different crimes after she pretended to be a German heiress and swindled 1000’s of {dollars} from varied folks and institutions. After serving two years in jail, she was launched on parole solely to be taken into custody by ICE for overstaying her VISA. She appealed, and final yr she was ordered to put on an ankle monitor whereas in residence confinement at her Manhattan residence.

Within the clip with Sosa, Delvey stated in regards to the competitors, “What’s the worst that may occur? They’re going to arrest me for dancing badly?”

Stated Hostin right now, “If you concentrate on it, she defrauded so many individuals, after which spent about two years in jail after which needed to spend one other 18 months in jail for overstaying her welcome, overstaying her VISA. So she dedicated one other crime, and what’s the consequence of it? A bejeweled ankle monitor and a spot on a tv present.”

Hostin likened Delvey’s DWTS casting to Gypsy-Rose Blanchard changing into a actuality TV star following her launch from jail on second-degree homicide fees within the dying of her mom Dee Dee Blanchard.

Griffin took situation with the comparability.

“I’m right here for a redemption arc, not a rehabilitation arc,” Griffin stated, saying that Blanchard, like Martha Stewart earlier than her, took accountability earlier than returning to the general public eye. “Gypsy-Rose did the time,” she stated, including that Delvey “nonetheless owes folks cash.”

“Con artists have a tendency to stay con artists,” Griffin stated, advising DWTS castmates “be cautious.”

When Pleasure Behar quipped that Delvey appears to be getting her second likelihood “as a result of she’s fairly,” Goldberg stated, “Nicely, that’s a bit little bit of a piss-off. I like fairly folks too, however I gotta say I hearken to folks bitch about what’s happening on the border and I’m listening to individuals who bitch about all these individuals who shouldn’t be right here? Nicely, what the hell man? How does this work?”

“We gotta assist the community,” Goldberg stated. “I get all that, however that is an ugh within the face of people who find themselves attempting to make their approach again.”