Jessica Alba Deletes Nancy Kerrigan Costume Post After Backlash

Jessica Alba has deleted an Instagram post featuring her 2026 Halloween costume after it drew criticism, according to Celebrity News: Latest Celeb News & Pictures - Us Weekly. The since-deleted carousel, posted Sunday, November 1, showed the 45-year-old actress dressed as former competitive figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, with a faux bloodied bandage wrapped around her knee.

In the caption, Alba wrote, "Happy Halloween from Tonya … and Nancy," Celebrity News: Latest Celeb News & Pictures - Us Weekly reported. A friend appeared alongside her as Kerrigan's former skating rival Tonya Harding, holding a baseball bat.

The paired costumes referenced the 1994 attack on Kerrigan, now 57, who was struck at the knee with a police baton by a man involved in a plan devised by the ex-husband of Harding, now 55. Harding later acknowledged that she had overheard her ex-husband's plan, though she was never criminally convicted of any involvement. The U.S. Figure Skating Association subsequently issued her a lifetime ban.

Reaction in the comments section was mixed. One person wrote, "Immature. We expect better, Jessica," while another asked, "Why would you want to revisit this traumatic moment that ended people's careers?" Both comments were reported by Celebrity News: Latest Celeb News & Pictures - Us Weekly.

Other social media users saw no harm in the costume and praised the creativity of Alba and her friends. "Brilliant costumes," one person wrote, while others responded with clapping-hand emojis and a crying-laughter face emoji, according to Celebrity News: Latest Celeb News & Pictures - Us Weekly.

Celebrity News: Latest Celeb News & Pictures - Us Weekly reported that it has contacted representatives for Alba seeking comment.

The episode highlights how Halloween costumes drawing on real-life scandals can quickly become a public-relations issue, particularly when the events involved caused lasting harm to the people depicted.