Alfonso Ribeiro Weighs In on Anna Delvey’s DWTS Elimination Comment

Anna Delvey introduced the shock issue together with her Dancing With the Stars exit interview, however cohost Alfonso Ribeiro can perceive the place the convict was coming from.

“All I’ve to inform you is, stay is stay,” the 53-year-old mentioned throughout the Wednesday, September 25, episode of The Talk. “And it may be scary when it’s stay.”

Ribeiro admitted that Delvey’s remark was “clearly not a solution that any of us would expect,” joking that the controversial contestant was “clearly a trendsetter” throughout her transient stint on the present. With the awkward second behind them, Ribeiro is extra sympathetic to Delvey’s expertise.

“For her and her journey … it’s actually tough in that state of affairs, since you’re being advised, ‘Bye. You stink, you’re not adequate, we don’t need you right here,’” he defined. “And on the finish of the day, like, you must react to that.”

The actor — who beforehand gained season 19 of DWTS with professional companion Witney Carson earlier than being named the present’s cohost in 2022 — acknowledged that Delvey acquired “destroyed” on social media after the season 33 forged was introduced earlier this month as a result of her legal background. The viewers’s notion didn’t change a lot after her first two performances with professional dancer Ezra Sosa.

“It was an sincere reply,” Ribeiro added. “Like, ‘What am I going to remove from this? Harm, ache, struggling.’”

Delvey, 33, and Sosa, 23, had been despatched house in a double elimination on Tuesday, September 24, alongside Tori Spelling and professional Pasha Pashkov. When requested on the finish of the present what she gained from the expertise, Delvey merely mentioned, “Nothing.” (Sosa later advised Additional that he “anticipated nothing much less” than an “iconic” response from Delvey.)

The remark made waves throughout the DWTS group, with choose Carrie Ann Inaba telling Leisure Weekly she thought Delvey’s response was “dismissive.” The Discuss‘s Amanda Kloots, who beforehand appeared on season 30 of the ABC dance competitors, was equally unimpressed.

“That have … modified my life,” she mentioned whereas chatting with Ribeiro on Wednesday. “It healed me in methods I by no means anticipated it to, and he or she might’ve had that. And for her to rise up there — and I do know it’s most likely solely been [a few] weeks with the companion earlier than — Ezra is an unbelievable dancer, an unbelievable buddy, an unbelievable dance companion. And I can solely think about what he gave to her within the weeks that they labored collectively.”

Kloots, 42, continued, “I believe it was a shame that she mentioned she acquired nothing. I actually do.”

Ribeiro mentioned he couldn’t essentially disagree, however he reminded Kloots that they went a lot additional within the competitors than Delvey did. (Kloots and professional Alan Bersten completed in fourth place throughout their season.)

“My life has modified tremendously from that have on that present. … [But] it’s arduous to be first,” he mentioned of the elimination course of. “Each individual I’ve ever talked to who was eradicated first, it’s the most tough place.”

Kloots, nonetheless, argued that Delvey ought to nonetheless “stay grateful for the expertise” irrespective of when she was despatched house.

Regardless of the controversy surrounding Delvey’s casting and exit, Ribeiro noticed a distinct aspect of her behind the scenes. “She really, , got here out of her pores and skin a bit of bit and really began to appear like she had some enjoyable,” he mentioned. “So it’s unhappy, as a result of regardless of the causes for her doing the present, she didn’t get to point out any of that as a result of she was caught in her head. … She didn’t let anyone by.”

Dancing With the Stars airs concurrently on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Episodes can be found to stream on Hulu and Disney+ the following day.