Kate Beckinsale's Cryptic Instagram Exit: Fans Left Wondering Why

Kate Beckinsale deleted her archive of Instagram photos, leaving only a pair of concerning messages on her feed. “Bye,” Beckinsale, 53, wrote in white text over a black background in an Instagram post shared early on Sunday, September 20. Within the hour, the actress shared an image of a rainbow from a parking lot to her Instagram Stories. She added the caption, “Congratulations, you won. I give up.” Beckinsale has not shared any additional messages or elaborated on the meaning behind her alarming uploads. Us reached out to the actress’ rep for comment.

Weeks earlier, the Underworld actress opened up about her personal experience with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). “I think what people will find incredibly hard to understand about non-military PTSD … is that those people have seen or experienced levels of horror, terror, violence that they don’t just dream about incessantly, so there’s no rest,” Beckinsale wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post on September 2. “They see it when they blink. Every time they close their eyes for a second and those people aren’t recognized as heroes.” She continued at the time, “They see it when they blink. Every time they close their eyes for a second and those people aren’t recognized as heroes. Given the fact that it’s invisible and you can’t know, maybe err on being on the gentler side with people, being kinder with people. It really is true that if you haven’t walked a mile in someone’s shoes — however fancy you feel the shoes are — you have absolutely no idea what they may be carrying or masking or dealing with day and night.” While researchers note it is difficult to accurately gauge how many people suffer from PTSD, studies show an estimated six out of every 100 Americans experience PTSD at some point in their lives — and the majority of those individuals do not have a military background.

Beckinsale had previously scrubbed her Instagram profile in August while navigating the aftermath of her mother’s death, noting the disparaging comments she received on social media about her weight in the midst of her grief. (The Serendipity star announced in 2025 that her mom died after a battle with stage IV cancer.) “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 captioned an August upload, addressing body-shaming comments. “I think people might be broken.” She added at the time, “At the age of 5, I watched my 31-year-old father die of a huge heart attack and then I watched my stepfather die, and then I watched my mother degenerate and die in such an incredible amount of suffering, and I will say, it doesn’t make you feel very hungry. And I don’t know if there’s some kind of survivor guilt because it started after my stepdad died, and it’s not like anorexia where you’re starving and it’s a kind of willpower thing.” Beckinsale further acknowledged how her grief had affected her appetite and, in turn, her overall health. “I think watching, especially alone, the people that you love the most dearly suffer and have horrific and sometimes violent, awful deaths really makes you not hungry, and people respond in different ways,” she stated. “Uf you google physical manifestations of grief, changes in appetite is probably the first one. … I will say that because of my dad and my stepdad and my mom, I am so grateful that it wouldn’t occur to me to see somebody transparently suffering and write something nasty about their appearance. It just wouldn’t cross my mind. I am so grateful to have been brought up by people who raised me like that. And I really miss them.” If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.