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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Kimberley Bond

Inventing Anna and the art of the con - why are we so obsessed with female scammers?

We learn exactly what sort of person Anna Delvey is just minutes after she’s introduced in Netflix’s new drama series Inventing Anna. After tearfully confessing she’s done “nothing wrong” to Vivian, a Manhattan magazine journalist desperate to profile the shameless scam artist as she awaits trial, Anna has just one final question for her before she agrees to the exclusive interview.

Peering at Vivian from behind a pair of thick black Celine frames, she asks: “Are you pregnant or are you just so very fat?”

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