{"id":370084,"date":"2026-10-11T00:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T00:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370084\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T00:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T00:28:46","slug":"kelly-clarkson-calls-out-brooklyn-store-employee-for-disrespectful-treatment-during-shopping-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370084\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Calls Out Brooklyn Store Employee for Disrespectful Treatment During Shopping Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kelly Clarkson<\/a> is usually a wildly upbeat force, but today, she’s taking advantage of her massive following to turn the tables on a local storefront that treated her very poorly when she tried to shop there.<\/p>\n

The recently retired daytime talk show host “drove all the way to Brooklyn” this weekend from her home in Manhattan to visit a store she “thought looked really rad,” planning to buy “a few things [she had] in mind.”<\/p>\n

But apparently, when she arrived, whoever was manning the store didn’t recognize her, and chose to judge her worthiness as a customer based upon her appearance. She compared the look she received from the employee to “being treated like Julia Roberts<\/a>‘ character in Pretty Woman,” noting that he assumed she couldn’t afford the items she was looking at and offered to “find something comparable.”<\/p>\n

Clarkson brazenly called the employee “an idiot” on social media, noting that she left without completing what would have been “a huge sale.”<\/p>\n

Related: Fans Call Kelly Clarkson *The* American Idol After Her In-Ear Monitors Go Out Mid-Performance: ‘So Disgustingly Talented’<\/a><\/p>\n

Fans were stunned that anyone wouldn’t recognize the very first<\/a> American Idol<\/a> winner<\/a>, with one demanding, “You mean to tell me the guy in the store didn’t know who Kelly Clarkson is?!”<\/p>\n

They agreed that the employee was “a fool” to treat her that way, with one admitting, “If I was a salesperson and saw you come in the store, I would roll out ‘the red carpet’ treatment.”<\/p>\n

Her followers appreciated her for calling them out, encouraging others to normalize the act of “NAME & SHAME \ud83d\udc4c.”<\/p>\n

“Yes! Drag them!” another applauded, while someone else graciously replied, “Thank you for being the realest.”<\/p>\n

“As you were leaving, we hope you told him who you were \ud83d\ude02,” someone else concluded.<\/p>\n

Clarkson didn’t share what specific pieces she was looking to go home with, but the store in question is labeled as a “curiosity shop,” selling art, furniture and decor. So far, they have not publicly responded to her Tweet, but Parade has reached out to them for comment.<\/p>\n

Related: 1979 No. 1 Rock Hit, Covered by Kelly Clarkson, Is Considered One of the ‘Best Eagles Songs’<\/a><\/p>\n

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