Actress Jessica Alba deletes footage after being slammed over ‘nasty’ Halloween costume

Nollywood

By Linda Ikeji
4 November 2026, 9:01 am

Jessica Alba deleted an Instagram submit displaying her dressed as Nancy Kerrigan for Halloween after social media customers criticised her for recreating the assault on the American determine skater weeks earlier than the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Alba wore a white lace skating costume and a bandage made to look bloodied round one knee. Her buddy Kelly Sawyer posed with a baseball bat in a fancy dress referencing Kerrigan’s skating rival, Tonya Harding. Alba captioned the photographs: “Happy Halloween from Tonya … and Nancy.”

The costumes referred to the 1994 assault on Kerrigan, who was struck on the knee with a police baton after a follow session on the US Figure Skating Championships. The assault was supposed to derail her probabilities of competing on the Olympics.

Shane Stant carried out the assault after being employed by Harding’s former husband, Jeff Gillooly, and his childhood buddy Shawn Eckardt. Harding denied involvement in planning the assault however pleaded responsible to conspiring to hinder the prosecution. She obtained probation and was banned for all times by the US Figure Skating Association. She has lately spoken publicly about eager to return to the game.

According to Page Six, one commenter wrote, “We expect better, Jessica,” whereas one other known as the costume “immature”. A separate commenter questioned why Alba and Sawyer had chosen to revisit a traumatic occasion and accused them of “making a Halloween costume out of a victim of an attack”. Alba eliminated the Instagram submit after the criticism, although photos remained seen on Threads.

Some customers defended Alba. One pointed to the movies and tv productions which have revisited the incident over the previous three many years, writing: “Seems like a pretty tame joke at this point.”

Others drew comparisons with Martha Stewart, who apologised after dealing with criticism over a fancy dress that some viewers interpreted as a caricature of an individual experiencing homelessness. The two costumes drew debate over the weekend as celebrities shared their Halloween outfits on-line.