Julia Fox has broken her silence after facing backlash for her controversial Jackie Kennedy Halloween costume, insisting it was a “statement” rather than a “costume”
20:44, 01 Nov 2025Updated 20:55, 01 Nov 2025
Julia Fox faced a backlash over her Halloween costume(Image: BANG Showbiz)
Julia Fox has stood by her Halloween outfit, claiming it paid tribute to the “extraordinary bravery” of Jackie Kennedy. The 35-year-old actress faced criticism after she wore a blood splattered costume that referenced what the former First Lady wore the day her husband, John F Kennedy was assassinated.
She turned up at Julio Torres’ bash dressed in a bloodstained pink skirt suit and hat with white gloves, mimicking the former First Lady’s attire. Critics slammed her as “insensitive.”
However, Julia has defended her choice as she even posted Instagram snaps of the look. Alongside her post, she clarified: “I’m dressed as Jackie Kennedy in the pink suit.
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Julia sparked outrage with her costume choice(Image: Santiago Felipe, Getty Images)
She referenced the outfit Jackie wore the day her husband died(Image: Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image)
“Not as a costume, but as a statement. When her husband was assassinated, she refused to change out of her blood-stained clothes, saying, ‘I want them to see what they’ve done.'”.
She added: “The image of the delicate pink suit splattered with blood is one of the most haunting juxtapositions in modern history. Beauty and horror. Poise and devastation.”, reports the Mirror US.
“Her decision not to change clothes, even after being encouraged to, was an act of extraordinary bravery. It was performance, protest, and mourning all at once.
“A woman weaponising image and grace to expose brutality. It’s about trauma, power, and how femininity itself is a form of resistance. Long live Jackie O.”
Jack Schlossberg, grandson of John and Jackie – who died in 1994 at age 64 – was amongst those slamming Julia’s decision. He wrote on X: “Julia Fox glorifying political violence is disgusting, desperate and dangerous. I’m sure her late grandmother would agree.”
First Lady Jackie Kennedy was sat next to her husband when he was assassinated (Image: Bettmann, Bettmann Archivevia Getty Images)
Jackie was photographed in the bloodstained ensemble immediately following her husband’s assassination, standing beside Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as vice president at the time.
Historian Steve Gillon told People magazine in 2022: “They actually had another dress laid out for her to put on and she refused. She went out in her blood-stained suit and stood next to Lyndon Johnson. Despite these horrible circumstances, she was willing to stand for a photo because she understood what it meant for the nation to have continuity in government.
“She understood that she had a role to play in helping the nation transition to a new president.” The New York Times documented that the garments, including her shoes, handbag and stockings, were “blood-covered and folded in a towel” after the tragic shooting.
At Parkland Memorial Hospital, Jackie was offered clean clothes but refused to change, choosing only to wash her face. “One second later, I thought, ‘Why did I wash the blood off [my face]?’ I should have left it there; let them see what they’ve done,” Jackie later told Life magazine.
These items are currently housed at the National Archives and Records Administration’s facility in Maryland. The former first lady died at 64 in 1994.
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