{"id":369994,"date":"2026-10-10T21:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369994\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T21:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:48:15","slug":"kelly-clarkson-says-nyc-store-thought-she-couldnt-afford-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369994\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Says NYC Store Thought She Couldn’t Afford Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kelly Clarkson <\/a>allegedly had her very own Pretty Woman moment \u2014 a \u201chuge\u201d one, in fact.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust drove all the way to Brooklyn to check out this store I thought looked really rad and had a few things in mind to buy,\u201d Clarkson, 44, wrote via X<\/a> on Saturday, October 10, alleging that she was \u201clooked at as if [she] couldn\u2019t afford it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The singer further claimed that an unidentified shopkeeper instead promised to \u201cfind something comparable\u201d to her wish list, allegedly insinuating that the singer didn\u2019t have the funds necessary to purchase the items.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow, dude,\u201d Clarkson tweeted.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re an idiot and just lost a huge sale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clarkson claimed that she had been shopping at Art of Play, a home goods store that specializes in puzzles, games and other toys. The local Brooklyn, New York, boutique has not publicly addressed Clarkson\u2019s accusations. Us reached out for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cY\u2019all should go check out Art of Play in Brooklyn if you enjoy being treated like Julia Roberts\u2019 character in Pretty Woman,\u201d Clarkson concluded on Saturday. \u201cFor sure, check it out [thumbs down emoji].\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1990\u2019s <\/a>Pretty Woman<\/a>, Roberts, 58, plays an escort named Vivian Ward hired by a wealthy businessman (Richard Gere) for a week. Looking to purchase appropriate clothes to attend her client\u2019s work functions, Vivian walks into a ritzy Beverly Hills shop. The sales clerk, taking one look at her midriff-baring minidress, immediately asks her to leave while assuming she cannot afford the store\u2019s high-priced merchandise.<\/p>\n

Finding success at a different venue, Roberts\u2019 Vivian later \u2014 and iconically \u2014 waltzed back into the first store<\/a> the next day and called out their behavior.<\/p>\n

\u201cHi, do you remember me? I was in here yesterday [and] you wouldn\u2019t wait on me,\u201d she retorted. \u201cYou work on commission, right? Big mistake. Big. Huge. I have to go shopping now!\u201d<\/p>\n

Clarkson, who has not further discussed her shopping excursion, moved to New York City in 2023<\/a> with her two kids: River Rose, 12, and Remington, 10.\u00a0 (Clarkson shared her children with her late ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, who died in 2025 after a private battle with cancer.)<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful city to raise kiddos in because I wasn\u2019t really exposed to different cultures,\u201d Clarkson said on the \u201cLa Culturistas\u201d podcast last month<\/a> of her family\u2019s move. \u201cI wasn\u2019t really exposed to anything like that. Like, I love where I grew up \u2026 but I just meant It\u2019s a cool thing for them to have just every color of the rainbow, every color of personality, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Voice coach further noted that her kids have been \u201creally good\u201d lately in the wake of their dad\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re having fun, we\u2019re cooking, we\u2019re playing games,\u201d she added at the time. \u201cI\u2019m there at [school] pickup or I\u2019m there dropping off. Like, it\u2019s real different.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson allegedly had her very own Pretty Woman moment \u2014 a \u201chuge\u201d one, in fact. \u201cJust drove…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[191,9,56,63,65,64,4015],"class_list":["post-369994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-celebrity-news","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}