Jessica Alba Deletes Halloween Photos After Backlash Over Bloody Figure Skating Costume

Jessica Alba’s Halloween post is gone after a wave of backlash online. The actress dressed as Nancy Kerrigan, complete with a bloodstained knee bandage and ice skates, while her friend Kelly Sawyer went as Tonya Harding and a companion held a police baton. The photos recreated the notorious 1994 attack on Kerrigan, and followers quickly called the costume insensitive to an attack victim.

Not everyone agreed. Some Reddit users defended the costume as a tame joke about a scandal that’s been dramatized in movies for years. But the critical comments won out, with followers writing things like“Immature. We expect better, Jessica”and“Why are we being nasty this Halloween?”Within a short time, the photos quietly disappeared. Alba’s rep did not respond to a request for comment.

The saga raises a familiar debate: where is the line between Halloween satire and insensitivity, especially when the joke is built on a real person’s trauma? The Kerrigan-Harding scandal is cemented in pop culture history, but that doesn’t automatically make it fair game. So we want to know what you think. Is this costume harmless or a step too far? Tell us in the comments.