{"id":27403,"date":"2026-11-03T11:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scandalplanet.com\/jessica-alba-nancy-kerrigan-halloween-costume-deleted-backlash-threads\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T11:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:31:37","slug":"jessica-alba-deleted-her-bloody-knee-nancy-kerrigan-halloween-costume-after-backlash-but-its-still-on-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghanahookup.com\/videos\/jessica-alba-deleted-her-bloody-knee-nancy-kerrigan-halloween-costume-after-backlash-but-its-still-on-threads\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Alba Deleted Her Bloody-Knee Nancy Kerrigan Halloween Costume After Backlash, but It\u2019s Still on Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Nico Grey \u00b7 Published

I\u2019ve been behind the camera since 2001 and shot more than 2,000 scenes, and I run NicoGrey.com and Scandal Planet. One thing every set teaches you: a costume tells a story, and you\u2019d better know whose story it is before the camera rolls. This Halloween, Jessica Alba found that out the loud way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nico Grey \u00b7 Photo: Mirko Tabasevic \/ NicoGrey.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jessica Alba<\/a> went to a Los Angeles Halloween party dressed as figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, complete with a bandage streaked with fake blood around her knee, while her friend came as Tonya Harding with a baseball bat. She posted it on Instagram on Sunday, and by Monday the post was gone.<\/strong> USA Today<\/a>, Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, Us Weekly<\/a>, TMZ<\/a> and the Daily Mail<\/a> all covered the deletion on Nov. 2.<\/p>\n

The catch: according to the Daily Mail and USA Today, the same photos were still up on Threads, Instagram\u2019s sister app, as of Monday. Alba, 45, hasn\u2019t said a word about any of it.<\/p>\n

Below: what the deleted post actually showed, where she wore it, both sides of the backlash, what the costume got wrong about 1994, why the timing is awkward for Tonya Harding\u2019s comeback, and the other Nancy in Alba\u2019s career, the one people still search for.<\/p>\n

The posts everyone is sharing<\/h2>\n

Alba\u2019s own Instagram post is gone, so here\u2019s how the story spread on X. The New York Post\u2019s post carries the costume photo; Clay Travis\u2019 defense of her passed 140,000 views overnight:<\/p>\n

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Jessica Alba deletes Halloween photos after bloody Nancy Kerrigan costume sparks backlash<\/p>\n

\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) November 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Jessica Alba Seemingly Deletes Controversial Nancy Kerrigan Costume From Instagram<\/p>\n

\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) November 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Jessica Alba deletes her bloodied Nancy Kerrigan costume photos after backlash on Halloween<\/p>\n

\u2014 Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) November 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Jessica Alba deleted her Halloween costume because people decided it was offensive. I disagree. She went as Nancy Kerrigan, her friend as Tonya Harding. Nobody died. This wasn’t an assassination. You have nothing to apologize for, Jessica Alba. Never apologize for a costume.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

What happened: \u201cHappy Halloween from Tonya \u2026 and Nancy\u201d<\/h2>\n

Alba and her friend, philanthropist Kelly Sawyer, wore the costumes to Vas J Morgan and Michael Braun\u2019s \u201cHockey Horror\u201d Halloween party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 31, per Us Weekly<\/a>. Cosmopolitan<\/a> reports the theme was inspired by the hockey romances \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d and \u201cOff Campus,\u201d which explains the ice-skating idea. Us says other guests included Paul Wesley, Paris Hilton<\/a>, Machine Gun Kelly, Salma Hayek<\/a> and Natasha Lyonne.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Nov. 1, Alba posted a carousel captioned \u201cHappy Halloween from Tonya \u2026 and Nancy,\u201d per USA Today and Us. The comments turned fast. By Monday, Nov. 2, the post had been taken down. USA Today, EW and Us all say they reached out to Alba or her representatives; none reported a reply.<\/p>\n

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NICO\u2019S TAKE<\/span><\/div>\n
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Jessica, sweetheart, you had the right name and the wrong Nancy. Twenty-one years ago you played Nancy Callahan in Sin City<\/em>: a dancer in chaps, spinning a lasso on the stage at Kadie\u2019s, and the whole theater forgot to breathe. That\u2019s the Nancy people still pause on.<\/p>\n

A clubbed knee at a hockey party? That\u2019s a joke with a real woman on the other end of the baton, and the internet always finds her. My take: the costume wasn\u2019t the mistake, the vanishing act was. Own it like Clay Travis says, or say sorry like Martha did. Deleting it on Instagram and leaving it up on Threads is the worst of both.<\/p>\n

Next Halloween, bring the lasso. The real Nancy is on her hub<\/a>. Go see which one you\u2019d dress up as \u2192<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nico<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Watch Jessica Alba\u2019s best scenes<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Nancy Callahan in \u201cSin City\u201d (2005) to \u201cInto the Blue\u201d (2005), \u201cHoney\u201d (2003) and \u201cThe Killer Inside Me\u201d (2010): every scene, clip by clip, on her Scandal Planet hub.<\/p>\n

Watch Jessica Alba\u2019s best scenes \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The costume, piece by piece<\/h2>\n
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Jessica Alba at Los Angeles Comic Con, Sept. 27, 2025. Archival, not from Halloween. Photo: Kevin Paul<\/a>, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u2019s what the outlets that saw the photos describe:<\/p>\n