"I've never seen her like that, and it broke my heart," Sosa shared of seeing Delvey after the 'Dancing with the Stars' season 33 premiere Disney/Eric McCandless is showing his support for his partner . Sosa — who was promoted to pro-dancer on the show for season 33 — opened up about the backlash that the convicted con artist, 33, has received since being cast on the show. “I just want to come on here and just talk about my first official show as a professional dancer on ,” he shared on .
“What is life? I cannot believe this is happening to me right now.” He called it the “best day ever” as he felt “so much love from literally every single person, including my partner.” However, he noted that Delvey did not feel the same support.
Related: “On my end, I was feeling so much positivity,” he explained as he teared up. “On my partner's end, she wasn't receiving the same. I think the hardest part of my day after [the] press line, she was reading the comments and we couldn't find her.
They finally found her in the bathroom. She was crying. I've never seen her like that, and it broke my heart.
” "As her partner, I wanted to give her the best experience she possibly could, and knowing that that's not the case, it really did break my heart,” he added. The professional dancer, however, noted that he could not defend Delvey’s criminal past. Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorkin, gained notoriety for posing as a wealthy German heiress and used her social st.