Anna Delvey Demands Apology From Whoopi Goldberg After ‘DWTS’ Casting Criticism

Anna Sorokin, better known as Anna Delvey, wants Whoopi Goldberg to retract her comments on the convicted con artist's Dancing With the Stars casting.

Last weekend, Goldberg suggested that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) implement a "two-tiered system" after Delvey was given permission to join season 33 of DWTS.

Delvey, who's Russian, formerly posed as a wealthy German heiress, defrauding wealthy social circles in New York from 2013 to 2017. Delvey, who would be convicted of one attempted grand larceny, three counts of grand larceny and four misdemeanor counts of theft of service, was the subject of Netflix drama Inventing Anna.

But as shown by her reaction on The View, Goldberg isn't a fan.

"I think back to all the families who’ve had family members arrested by ICE, who have gone to the courts to get their dad or their mother or their brother back," she said. "And this woman, they gave her permission to go do this. Now, should I think there’s a reason. Is there a two-tiered system here with ICE?"

According to Page Six, Delvey is demanding a retraction and apology from Goldberg.

“While you are entitled to your own opinions, you should at least get your facts straight," Delvey wrote in a statement. "I served my time and paid everyone back in full three-plus years ago. Looking forward to your on-air correction. Stay nasty ladies, but don’t forget to vote Sept. 17!"

The "pay" that Delvey referred to is her $24,000 fine, and restitution order of roughly $199,000, which she used from her $320,000 rights agreement with Netflix.

After Delvey's casting was announced on Tuesday (Sept. 3), she told People that it took "ten days to get through the system and get everything approved" through ICE.

On the negative reaction around her casting, Delvey added that "it's just not that serious." "If someone is that upset about casting on a dancing show, I don't know what to tell them," she said.