{"id":370800,"date":"2026-10-12T06:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370800\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T06:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:50:02","slug":"brooklyn-store-responds-to-kelly-clarksons-pretty-woman-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370800\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Store Responds To Kelly Clarkson&#8217;s &#8216;Pretty Woman&#8217; Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brooklyn retail store Kelly Clarkson put on blast for giving her the \u201cPretty Woman\u201d treatment has responded to her claims, saying Clarkson wanted to buy something that wasn\u2019t for sale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, Kelly Clarkson visited us in Brooklyn and inquired about buying \u2018Molly,\u2019 a one-of-a-kind singing and dancing bird automaton who plays an important role in the magic shows we host here,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DeXYsDaD8ja\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"the store, Art of Play, wrote Sunday on its Instagram\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6acbf165e4b0942a6141a82f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DeXYsDaD8ja\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the store, Art of Play, wrote Sunday on its Instagram<\/a>. \u201cMolly is permanently attached to the wall and isn\u2019t for sale. However, the negative experience Kelly described on twitter would resonate with anyone who has ever felt judged in a shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The response comes one day after <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kellyclarkson\/status\/2108998378675933224\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Clarkson took to X\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6acbf165e4b0942a6141a82f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kellyclarkson\/status\/2108998378675933224\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clarkson took to X<\/a> to complain about the service she received at the store. She wrote that she \u201cdrove all the way to Brooklyn\u201d to visit Art of Play, but once she got there, the employees looked at her like she \u201ccouldn\u2019t afford\u201d the piece and told her they could \u201cfind something comparable\u201d for her. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow, dude. You\u2019re an idiot and just lost a huge sale,\u201d Clarkson wrote on X. \u201cBut y\u2019all should go check out Art of Play in Brooklyn if you enjoy being treated like Julia Roberts character in Pretty Woman. For sure, check it out,\u201d adding a thumbs down emoji. Clarkson\u2019s post has more than 32 million views and more than 10,000 reposts as of press time. <\/p>\n<p>After Clarkson\u2019s post, many people left bad reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/art-of-play-brooklyn#reviews\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Art of Play\u2019s Yelp page\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6acbf165e4b0942a6141a82f\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/art-of-play-brooklyn#reviews\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Art of Play\u2019s Yelp page<\/a>, writing things like, \u201cWhy would I go to a store to spend my hard-earned money just to get treated like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman?\u201d and \u201cRude!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The store said in its Instagram post that everyone is \u201cequally welcome,\u201d and that they were taken aback by Clarkson\u2019s post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine our surprise when our small local business was suddenly attacked by 8 million people who have never visited our store,\u201d Art of Play wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s been a surreal experience to be the focus of such widespread outrage after just one mention by a celebrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They ended its post thanking their friends for their support and quoting Clarkson\u2019s song \u201cStronger,\u201d writing, \u201cAs a talented popular singer once said \u2018what doesn\u2019t kill you makes you stronger.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn retail store Kelly Clarkson put on blast for giving her the \u201cPretty Woman\u201d treatment has responded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,1214,32346,9,24,63,5943],"class_list":["post-370800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-celebrities","tag-kelly-clarkson","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-retail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370800","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=370800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}