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Kate Beckinsale has sparked concern online with a pair of cryptic, since-deleted social media posts.
The "Underworld" actress, 53, shared an Instagram post on Sunday, Sept. 20, with the word "bye" written in white text over a black background and no caption. The star also shared a message on her Instagram Stories: "Congratulations. You won. I give up," the post said in white text written over a photo of a rainbow.
Beckinsale later deleted both posts.
USA TODAY has reached out to a representative for Beckinsale for comment.
Over the past year, the "Van Helsing" star has been open about
her struggles with grief after her mother died in July 2025 from cancer and her stepfather died in 2024.
"I watched my 31-year-old father die of a huge heart attack, and then I watched my stepfather die, and I watched my mother degenerate and die," Beckinsale, whose father died in 1979, said in an emotional video in 2025. Elsewhere, she reflected on going through "such an incredible amount of suffering," according to People, and condemned the "nasty" comments she had received about being "too thin."
In August, Beckinsale spoke out again about body-shaming comments online, noting that "anytime I post a photo of myself, I receive an enormous amount of comments telling me how disgusting I look and I'm anorexic or I'm on meth or that I've lost so much weight."
"You take a break from Instagram for several months following the death of your mother, delete all of your posts and explain in some considerable detail about what you may have lost weight including the fact that weight loss is one of the very first physical signs of bereavement," Beckinsale wrote. "I think people might be broken."
Earlier this month, Beckinsale also posted about post-traumatic stress disorder.
According to People, in a since-deleted Sept. 2 video, the actress discussed how "there are men and women and children who have seen such absolute horror or experienced such absolute horror that their nervous system is permanently altered as a result" who often receive "no grace whatsoever."
"Given the fact that it's invisible and you can't know, maybe err on the side of being gentler with people, being kinder," she said. "It really is true that when you haven't walked a mile in someone's shoes – however fancy you think the shoes are – you have absolutely no idea what they might be carrying, masking, dealing with day and night."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kate Beckinsale sparks concern with cryptic Instagram posts – 'I give up'
