{"id":370784,"date":"2026-10-12T05:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T05:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370784\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T05:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T05:26:58","slug":"kelly-clarkson-doubles-down-on-brooklyn-store-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370784\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Doubles Down on Brooklyn Store Feud"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKelly Clarkson<\/a>\u2019s dispute with a Brooklyn store has escalated<\/a>, with the singer now accusing the shop of lying after it pushed back on her account of a Pretty Woman<\/a>-style snub.<\/p>\n

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\n\tClarkson initially called out the specialty store Art of Play over the weekend in a post shared to X<\/a>, saying staff had treated her as though she couldn\u2019t afford its merchandise and comparing the experience to the 1990 Julia Roberts film.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe store responded on Sunday (Oct. 11) via Instagram<\/a>, saying the item Clarkson had asked about \u2014 \u201cMolly,\u201d a singing-and-dancing bird automaton used in its magic shows \u2014 \u201cis permanently attached to the wall and isn\u2019t for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tClarkson wasn\u2019t buying it. In a new Instagram Stories post, the 44-year-old disputed the explanation and shared a grainy photo she said showed the bird on display beside a $15,000 price tag. \u201cSo you\u2019re not only rude, you\u2019re also a liar. Got it,\u201d she wrote, recounting what she said was a condescending exchange in which an employee quoted the price before offering to find \u201csomething comparable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe also rejected any suggestion she was punching down at a small business, noting she had been shopping at one when the alleged slight occurred. \u201cYou don\u2019t get a free pass to treat people less than in your store just because you are a small business,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s not that hard to be kind.\u201d She closed with a parting shot: \u201cYour store is really cool. Unfortunately, you aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn its Sunday statement, Art of Play had struck a more conciliatory tone, allowing that the \u201cnegative experience Kelly described \u2026 would resonate with anyone who has ever felt judged in a shop\u201d and emphasizing that all visitors are \u201cequally welcome.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe shop also said it had been overwhelmed by the response to Clarkson\u2019s post, writing that it was \u201csuddenly attacked by 8 million people who have never visited our store,\u201d and signed off with a nod to the singer\u2019s own catalog: \u201cWhat doesn\u2019t kill you makes you stronger\u201d \u2014 a line from her 2012 hit \u201cStronger (What Doesn\u2019t Kill You).\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe exchange comes during a transitional stretch for Clarkson. In August, she aired the series finale of her Daytime Emmy-winning program The Kelly Clarkson Show<\/a> after seven seasons, saying she wanted to \u201cprioritize my kids.\u201d She has since returned to NBC\u2019s The Voice for its 30th season alongside Adam Levine, Queen Latifah and Riley Green. One of the most successful artists to emerge from reality television \u2014 she won the first season of American Idol in 2002 \u2014 Clarkson has topped the Billboard Hot 100 with \u201cA Moment Like This\u201d and \u201cMy Life Would Suck Without You\u201d and launched eight consecutive top-five albums on the Billboard 200, most recently 2023\u2019s Chemistry, which debuted at No. 6.<\/p>\n