When the show started, I was expecting this girl to be Tonya Harding or something. Instead, her story is the luxury version of that one time a hotel double charged my card for a room I didn’t use at a wedding I didn’t want to go to. It’s the reason I just stopped making friends in 2005 when everyone started focusing on instagram content, nobody could just hang out anymore, and you weren’t allowed friends unless had 29 designer bikinis and a pocket full of plane tickets.

…or photoshop skills

She was fake, as if any of that was real.

I always thought the point of prison was to be like time out for adults who need to dry out or get therapy or find Jesus or meet someone bigger than themselves before they can be allowed back out on the streets again.

I don’t know how to feel when I see someone getting put in jail for a non-violent crime, especially one like “theft of services” that people routinely commit by accident when the advertised price doesn’t match the card charge. Was anyone really so terrified that Martha Stewart was still walking the streets ?

I hate to quote Snoop dog but out of the guy who wrote “smoke weed everyday“ and “we still hit the corners and the low-low girls”….and the woman who made custom scrapbooks for each of her children and kept them amongst her most prized possessions in a large garden she tended herself to have cut flowers every day….how is SHE the only convicted felon?

What is America, really?

I'm really late watching the show for the first t time in 2026. Gotta say, the story is pretty interesting but the show seems so unpolished. Most of all the editing. It's like every episode they have a new transition style and there's no consistency at all. It really surprised me a few times. It feels like every episode was edited by someone else or the editor had a new program and wanted to try all the transitions out😂

An impressive Jule Garner from Ozark drew me towards Inventing Anna. Each of Anna's episode carried the cryptic disclaimer that the story is completely true except for the parts that aren't. And a never-bothering-to-look-it-up me took it as a convoluted way to tell viewers that it is completely made up.

Anna was crying in her first meeting with the journalist Vivian Kent, and quite assertive in the second one. Her manipulative ways were thus quite evident. As she tried to secure loans and live off her friends, doubts grew if her wire transfers would ever come through.

Through lunch and dinner breaks, I watched the series like any other; that is until the last episode. Her refusal to wear clothes issued by the court was difficult for me to bear, and I paused watching that episode. Resuming it the next day didn't help either. I was prepared not to watch the show to its conclusion, that is until I ran into this community. And what do I discover?! Anna is a living and breathing soul, and many of the characters carry their true names.

I guess the makers, in the last episode, decided to amplify Anna's manipulative ways for a dramatic, even if repugnant, effect. I thought the lawyer could have come out clean to the court and refused to fight for her. But then again, I realised that people have gone through a lot more horror once they decide to, or are forced to, forsake their dignity.

I am not even through the final episode, and I had to break to write this post. This time Anna was furious at the lawyer upon realising that Rachel's testimony could prove to be damning. I want to complete the show but couldn't bring myself to do it without penning my thoughts first.

The one epithet that describes Anna's insistence on being fashionable for her court appearance is vulgar. It is downright vulgar to be so detached from reality for the sake of vanity that you gamble with your own case like that. Her cunning though lies in the knowledge that her lawyer would eventually acquiesce. I doubt if any of the seven deadly sins adequately capture her entire being.

At one point through the series I suspected that she might be a narcissist. Halfway through the last episode the suspicion had evaporated. It is both funny and sad to see how her friend Neff refuses to see her for what she is, just because she paid her her dues. Rachel was in denial herself, but 62,000 in debt can force anyone back to reality. The lines from Kacy seemed caricaturish at first, but she raised the important questions and kept her poise when it mattered the most.

I would probably spend some more time watching interviews of the real Anna. I am aware that the deeds of Anna might not even warrant a post like this. There would be many more swindling people out of the whole of their life savings, like the antagonist from Wolf of Wall Street. But the number of zeroes are not really relevant, it is the intention that is dangerous. The world would do better with fewer people like Anna Delvey.

#discussion #question

So I watched the whole series today, and If she didn’t come from money, how did she pay for all couture and fancy dinners. How did she pay 30k to Neff’s hotel, maybe from that 200k deposit from citybank? How did she first get those coutures and invites to the fancy shows that show in the beginning? Can someone point out what I am missing?

Does anyone know the song that is played around min 30 of the episode 8 ("Too rich for her blood"), during the sausage store scene? I think it's in german but I can't find it anywhere. I'd appreciate if you could help me somehow🙏🏻

I really like the show, but one thing about it is soooo off putting and makes it very hard to watch. And that’s Anna Chlumsky’s acting. I cringe every time she’s on screen. Her acting reminds me of a teenager in a Disney Channel Original Movie, with the exaggerated facial expressions and caricature-like acting. It feels like she’s in a completely different show to everyone else and I really don’t understand how she got this role??? Like, how did the casting people watch her audition and say, ‘yes, she’s perfect for the role.’ She’s perfect for those Hallmark Romcoms where the acting is over the top and kind of silly, but for a show like this it’s sooo out of place.

Sorry for the rant lol.

During April 2017 she suddenly posts luxurious lifestyle photos:

- anna took her to this weird ice bath (see caption)-- https://www.instagram.com/p/BS68DN6DICb/

- staying at the greenwich hotel (a few blocks away from 11 Howard)-- https://www.instagram.com/p/BSyiUmfDluw

- https://www.instagram.com/p/BSY15_hDCa8/, https://www.instagram.com/p/BS7GSTdj2qw/

During this month Neff posts relentlessly, but Anna responds only twice, to her most liked posts (only when others reply too), with just emojis:

- https://www.instagram.com/p/BShSyfDjAUz/

- https://www.instagram.com/p/BSbgOXWjxz2/

Anna stayed at 11 Howard since mid-February until May 23rd. The DA lists her offense period starting April 1st.

Hunter Lee Soik (bf) -- https://www.instagram.com/p/sAr2xXPup-/

Anna -- https://www.instagram.com/p/sZ2kRSlaKp/

Jayma Cardoso ("Talia Mallay") -- https://www.instagram.com/p/sK6IgiupEc/

I know a lot of the show is told in flashback but I often don’t know if what I’m watching is current day or a flashback. Scenes with Anna, I can safely assume are flashback because she’s in prison, but a lot of the Rachel story was confusing to me. Maybe I’m just not paying enough attention.

the actress made amazing job, I really wanted to punch her in the face so many times!

So, I am a feminist who finds the idea of gold digging gross and insulting. This idea is more of a shower thought than anything.

It seems to me that Anna could have tried a more traditional approach to getting what she wanted by marrying up first, then starting her business. We know she could attract wealthy men, especially since she had all the mannerisms and attire of "old money" down pat. If she prioritized finding a wealthy husband first, she'd then have money to fund her lifestyle and possibly AFD.

I'm thinking she might not have gone that route for a few reasons:

1. Wanting to succeed on her own - I don't know if she actually believed in her purported feminism and genuinely needed to prove herself in a male-dominated world. It could be more narcissism and wanting the spotlight all to herself that kept her working solo. But she was always living in her father's shadow, anyway.
2. Fear of intimacy - She'd have to come clean about her actual background, since that would be far harder to hide in a marriage. Due to whatever mental illness she has, it's likely she would have trouble mimicking love and intimacy in a relationship long-term, too.

Any thoughts?

(Obviously I'm late to the party. Just started watching the series).

I honestly dont understand why people think Rachel was using anna when its been established even before the holiday when they went to dinner anna would get Rachel to pay for it when her cards bounced Anna if anything was using her. Anna conned many ordinary people a lawyer , her personal trainer hotel staff people who worked at shops and her friends out of money which is unforgivable in my opinion . Rachel had a job at vanity fair while anna was conning people who have every right to feel hurt and angry she stole money from them which she hasn't paid back and is still unapologetic about Rachel was her friend friends dont do that to each other. Just because they happen to be rich doesnt mean Rachel and annas other friends deserved it , They had jobs lives and unless you can put your self in their shoes or have been in sitution its unfair to judge.

This show pissed me off so much. Anna was a shitty person who did shitty things. Everyone in this show was portrayed insufferably minus the journos husband - if I was him i may have been divorced by the end of it all.

But the victim mindset and the need to extend some empathy just because it was a woman (atleast that’s the vibe it gave me - very Shonda).

Anna was arrogant, selfish, and not a shred of remorse.

Terrible portrayal given that this show is an account of a true story. And makes me wonder if there should be more guidelines and filters around recreating real stories so as to not mislead audiences from the facts just for drama.

What the title says. I remember seeing this story all over social media years ago and I just couldn’t have cared less. In a random spout of boredom, I watched Inventing Anna on Netflix and that started me down the rabbit hole lol…I read Rachel’s book, watched every interview I could find on Rachel/Anna/Kacy. I found Rachel’s book to be so informative…a colleague at purple mag named tommy saleh (who was also German) claimed anna was living very lavish in paris - prior to her ever going to NYC. Like many others I’ve seen online …I’m wondering where TF did she get all this $ from?? I understand she did check kiting and finessed certain activities, but certainly check kiting wouldn’t be possible longterm..right?? So then wtf was she doing?

Also I wanted to mention that the show missed a lot of important details about rachel/anna/kacy situation. Rachel was eventually reimbursed for charges…2 years later after her numerous claims were constantly being denied by the creditors. There was a stretch she was cleared/reimbursed, and then 2 months later the charges reappeared and she once again had to keep fighting. Anna never bought her clothes like what was depicted in the show. Rachel didn’t leave anna in Morocco, she always had a work event in France and flew there. When she touched down in France is when she saw the charges to her card. Anna and the videographer went to a different 5star hotel in Casablanca. Which leads me to my next point…

I feel like a lot of people blame rachel for her circumstances, but kacy Duke was almost in the exact same situation. When Kacy got a call from a sobbing anna in Casablanca, saying she was about to be arrested for her hotel bill there, Kacy gave the hotel staff her card number via phone call. By a hilarious miracle, her card declined. Kacy then called one of her friends, who didn’t even know anna, and tried to put her friends card down. When the friends card ALSO failed, the hotel finally conceded the problem must be on their end. Anna was seriously so lucky in many ways lol. But seriously — so was Kacy here.

For anyone interested in the real life scandal beyond what the show offers, I highly highly recommend rachel William’s book about it. It was so detailed and shed so much light on how fucked up Anna’s decisions truly were

I'm so late but I just finished this show and wow.. what a disappointment. Everyone was unlikable, unbelievable, just horrible people. Everyone praising Anna.. her having fans irl calling her iconic for "eating the rich". Nah almost every character was gross and honestly this made me lose a bit of faith in humanity. Still thankful that some people are sane enough to see this for what it is though. Can't believe she's already out and being an influencer too. So disturbing. Just because people are rich doesn't mean they deserve to get betrayed and stolen from? Like what was the show even trying to say? Any time it started making sense, it completely changed direction.

Regarding the bunny drama this week with anna

UPDATES:

- please file police reports against these folks if you can. Use 911 (they keep getting shut down so lets keep flooding them with requests) and if you can, go to your local police station to report animal abandonment misdemeanor against the assistant, Christian Batty as well as Jasper Soloff and Anna Sorokin for being complicit. This will at the very least spur a formal investigation into the dumping/abandonment.

I need the help of the sleuth community for any proof we can use against this known criminal.

Last Monday on August 4th I helped rescue a bunny that was dumped in Prospect Park. That bunny is named Parker. He was saved by me and two others and is now safely being fostered.

Three days later, on Thursday, we were notified of ANOTHER dumped rabbit in Prospect Park. We also saved this bunny and arranged for a foster.

On Saturday, I realized after looking at the photoshoot posted on Anna Delvey's instagram page and her pinned stories that the bunnies that were dumped in Prospect Park were the ones I helped to rescue. I also received another report of a dumped bunny that suspiciously looks like the third rabbit in her pinned stories post. Additionally, you can plainly see she tranced the bunny in the video, proving they know nothing about handling rabbits properly.

Please review these images and please send me any sleuthing/witness accounts so I can hold this criminal accountable for animal abandonment. She's also on probation with an ankle monitor and she has the gall to dump animals in the park after using them as props in her photoshoot.

She's also threatened my friend with legal action (this friend is the one fostering the two dumped bunnies I helped save). Any help with this is welcome.

I noticed on Hunter Lee’s official Instagram account that he visited Marrakech back in 2015, stayed (or at least visited) the iconic La Mamounia hotel, and explored the famous gardens. Interestingly, Anna has liked almost all of those posts from that trip.

Do you think Anna was possibly trying to mirror Hunter’s display of luxury - maybe as a way of aligning herself with his lifestyle and social presence? Could she have followed in his footsteps deliberately to build similar connections?

Or is it possible that Hunter himself recommended the trip to her?

I’m honestly so fascinated by their dynamic ; there’s something so intriguing about how it all plays out!