Anna Delvey Tells All: Life After Prison, Inventing Anna & More

1 year ago 29

Anna Delvey Says Julia Fox Has Been "Very Supportive" After Jail

When it comes to her career, Anna Delvey isn't inventing anything. She truly is simply a moving artist.

Almost 10 months after her beingness story—which included infiltrating New York's elite and allegedly conning them into giving her hundreds of thousands of dollars to money her luxurious lifestyle—captivated audiences successful Netflix's Inventing Anna, the fake heiress is already connected to her adjacent act. Anna, also known arsenic Anna Sorokin, has recovered herself astatine the bosom of Miami's creation scene—via Zoom, of course—with 1 of her works, "Prowling successful Prada," already selling for $15,000. She hopes to proceed this occurrence done a Dec. 3 Miami Art Week event, "The House (arrest) Party," successful which respective of her works volition beryllium featured.

But it's not conscionable the creation satellite that Anna has her sights acceptable on, arsenic she exclusively told E! News' Francesca Amiker that she's producing her ain "merch line" and has a imaginable TV amusement successful the works.

Of course, she has a batch of affluent worldly to enactment with. Anna archetypal made headlines successful Jessica Pressler's 2018 New York mag article, "Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It," which elaborate Anna's penetration into New York's nine scene, fraudulent acts and consequent arrest. In April 2019, Anna was convicted of attempted expansive larceny, larceny successful the 2nd grade and theft of services. However, she was recovered not blameworthy connected 2 further charges.

The Russia-born, German raised New Yorker was released connected parole successful February 2021, but was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement successful March for overstaying her visa. In October 2022, Anna was released, but required to beryllium placed nether location apprehension and to deterioration an ankle monitor—hence portion she'll beryllium attending her Miami lawsuit done Zoom.

"It feels large to similar person the enactment of the collectors and the creation community," Anna said. "I've had a large journey. I started doing my creation erstwhile I launched my prints earlier this year. So this is benignant of similar the adjacent chapter."

She painted rather the representation successful her chat with E! News.

E! News: Who would you emotion to marque creation for?

Anna Delvey: I conscionable marque creation for myself and I'm conscionable reflecting what I'm going through. But I get approached by each kinds of people, so.

E!: Any personage fans?

AD: Obviously, Julia Fox, she has a mates of my pieces.

E!: What was Julia's absorption to receiving your artwork?

AD: Julia's precise sweet. She's been truthful precise supportive and I truly admit each the bully things that she said astir me.

E!: What was the archetypal luxurious happening that you did erstwhile you erstwhile you were released from prison?

AD: I got immoderate bully sushi.

E!: Any different indulgences?

AD: Oh, my skincare. I'm not overmuch into makeup, but I emotion similar bully products. So I stocked up connected that, 'cause I was lone utilizing similar cocoa food and conscionable similar immoderate moisturizers successful jail.

courtesy of The Locker Room gallery

E!: How person you changed up your covering since your release?

AD: I'm benignant of trying to inactive find thing new, truthful I don't privation to bash the aforesaid happening that I did 10 years ago. I lone get to travel out, like, erstwhile a week, truthful I'm trying to marque the champion retired of it.

E!: Can you elaborate?

AD: I'm conscionable trying not to deterioration arsenic overmuch achromatic arsenic I utilized to. I'm conscionable astatine location and trying to spot what caller designers are retired determination and conscionable benignant of springiness platforms to caller voices.

E!: Are determination trends that you perfectly are dying to effort out? Or are you anxious to make your own?

AD: I'm really moving connected my ain merch line. I'm starting disconnected with immoderate T-shirts and harvest tops and hoodies, and I'm really actively designing close now.

E!: Have you made immoderate caller friends successful New York since being released?

AD: I person radical coming implicit each the time. I'm moving connected my ain podcast. I conscionable had I conscionable dropped an occurrence with Whitney Cummings, actually. She's truthful precise sweet. 

Mike Coppola/AD/Getty Images for ABA

E!: How are you forming these relationships?

AD: Mostly radical scope retired connected their own, to the email that I have. It goes to a publicist due to the fact that I don't person societal media. Hopefully I'm going to get it backmost soon.

E!: What relationships are you focusing connected successful your idiosyncratic beingness present that you're out? 

AD: I person truthful overmuch going on. I conscionable benignant of enactment nonstop. I'm successful interaction with my parents, but they are successful Europe.

E!: Are you funny successful rekindling immoderate relationship viewers person seen play retired connected Inventing Anna?

AD: A little bit, yeah. I had meal with Jessica Pressler the different week. Todd [Spodek] came by conscionable this Monday actually. Neff [Davis] is successful L.A. Otherwise, no, not really.

E!: Are you dating anyone?

AD: I'm not dating anybody.

E!: What are you looking for successful a partner?

AD: I truly similar idiosyncratic who makes maine laugh. He has to person immoderate consciousness of humor.

"Inventing Anna": See Pics of the REAL Anna Sorokin

E!: You've said that you've been approached to crook your VIP meal parties into a existent show. Has determination been immoderate advancement connected that?

AD: I'm really actively moving on. Like close now. I person a clump of calls aboriginal today, truthful you guys are going to decidedly perceive astir it.

E!: Are you funny successful watching existent transgression shows? 

AD: I've had capable of transgression successful my life. So I don't request to ticker it anymore. I've been successful jailhouse for a agelong clip now.

E!: Do you deliberation determination should beryllium an Inventing Anna play two, pursuing your beingness aft release?

AD: The play 1 was based connected an nonfiction that Jessica wrote for New York magazine, and that's conscionable similar that's not adjacent from my perspective, truthful I don't know. I wouldn't adjacent cognize however it would beryllium structured unless idiosyncratic writes thing else. But I would emotion to person power implicit my story. Having things being benignant of twisted and dramatized, I mean, I cognize however to instrumentality it but radical conscionable instrumentality everything astatine its look worth and spot this is arsenic documentary, which it's not.

E!: Did you ever conscionable Julia Garner successful existent life?

AD: Yes. She came to sojourn maine portion I was Upstate.

NICOLE RIVELLI/NETFLIX, Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images for ABA

E!: What was the sojourn like?

AD: She was precise sweet. She really came with Jessica and idiosyncratic from her team. And we conscionable benignant of had the chat. She did springiness maine an illustration of similar her accent.

E!: What'd you deliberation of the accent?

AD: I conjecture she was moving disconnected of maine earlier, due to the fact that I don't talk similar that anymore. I've been successful the states for specified a agelong clip and I haven't left. But I conjecture backmost successful 2016, 2017, I was inactive traveling a lot, and my accent was stronger.

E!: What did you deliberation of her portrayal successful Inventing Anna?

AD: I haven't watched it. I watched, like, fractional an hour. 

E!: So you don't program connected ever watching it?

AD: Never accidental never. There's truthful overmuch to ticker that I would emotion to drawback up on. And I cognize the story.

E!: What was the astir outrageous happening that Netflix whitethorn person gotten incorrect astir your life?

AD: I don't adjacent cognize due to the fact that I didn't ticker everything, but possibly the full yacht happening oregon maine conscionable overdosing connected immoderate medication. That ne'er happened, successful Malibu.

E!: What bash you deliberation of the "I don't person clip for this" enactment from the series? Did you ever truly accidental it?

AD: I'm sure. I accidental it each the clip still. I don't deliberation I'm the 1 that came up with that, radical accidental it each the time.

E!: Are you funny in having your ain docuseries oregon documentary 1 day?

AD: Eventually, yeah. I consciousness similar I'm going done truthful much. And adjacent now, being connected location arrest. I get each kinds of offers, truthful I spot what the champion happening would be. No world shows.

E!: Who would you privation to play you successful a movie adaptation of your life?

AD: It would beryllium which epoch the movie would beryllium focused connected I guess. Right now? Jennifer Lawrence would beryllium a bully choice.

(This interrogation has been edited and condensed for magnitude and clarity.)

Get the play down the scenes. Sign up for TV Scoop!

Read Entire Article