Maks Chmerkovskiy doesn’t think convicted felon, Anna Delvey, should be able to compete on Dancing With the Stars. During an interview on the TMZ Podcast, the former DWTS pro sounded off about casting a known con artist.
Dancing With the Cons:
Maks detailed how the casting team chooses its Stars … based on archetypes. There’s always someone from Bachelor Nation, athletes, actors, young talent, reality tv stars, a controversial figure, etc. “So those are the kind of qualities you put together.”
Then, Maks continued, ratings are considered by casting. “They’re like, ‘OK, so who’s going to draw attention?’ And now you’re talking about someone like an Anna character, right?”
Playing the devil’s advocate, he noted his “struggle.” Maks “can see both sides. “I can also be on the production side and I can be on the viewer side and understand it all. But, if you want an ankle [bracelet] and sort of this, ‘Damn, this is going to draw attention,’ and the scandalousness of it all, there’s so many other people you can choose from.”
Maks is not an Anna fan, in case you couldn’t tell:
Maks made it clear, he is not a fan of Anna. In fact, he doesn’t care who should have her spot in the competition.
“It doesn’t matter [who I would choose as a replacement]. To me, [Delvey’s] job was a professional liar. You’re gonna bring that person [on stage] and say, ‘Here’s a platform that a lot of people waited their entire actual career to be a part of,’ to also get a moment of a personal story [where they] can say, ‘This is who I actually am.’ Will I believe anything this lady says? Absolutely not.”
