{"id":370828,"date":"2026-10-12T08:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370828\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:12:29","slug":"kelly-clarkson-store-feud-brooklyn-shop-fires-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370828\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Store Feud: Brooklyn Shop Fires Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261011_5d24d5ba3a214fb7875c7cf1171d752c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e820e018-6bff-4757-8dfd-d25832fd5439\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5d24d5ba3a214fb7875c7cf1171d752c_md.jpg\" alt=\"kelly-clarkson-getty-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kelly-clarkson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly Clarkson<\/a>&#8216;s public callout of a Brooklyn shop has triggered a lengthy social media response from the business &#8230; as they fire back at her claims and repost customer praise.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<p>While Kelly alleged on Saturday the Art of Play shopkeepers made her feel like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/julia-roberts\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Roberts<\/a>&#8216; iconic &#8220;Pretty Woman&#8221; scene &#8212; the store told a totally different version of events.<\/p>\n<p>The small business claims Kelly attempted to purchase an item that wasn&#8217;t even for sale &#8230; inquiring about a singing and dancing bird named &#8220;Molly&#8221; which is permanently attached to the wall.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The fiery post says that they were shocked when their &#8220;small local business was suddenly attacked by 8 million people&#8221; who have never been there.<\/p>\n<p>They closed out their post with one of their foe&#8217;s own lyrics writing &#8230; &#8220;As a talented popular singer once said &#8216;what doesn&#8217;t kill you makes you stronger.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261011_022058511b6e496b92350a17800af318\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e820e018-6bff-4757-8dfd-d25832fd5439\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/022058511b6e496b92350a17800af318_md.jpg\" alt=\"art-of-play-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Art of Play also shared a pair of positive customer testimonials on social media &#8230; including one that read, &#8220;for what its worth i think @artofplay is a great store!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The store also shared a customer review praising its employees for their kindness &#8230; a seemingly timely move as Kelly&#8217;s allegations put the business under the microscope.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261010_24eca56aefc249808dad8468cb7ec6c2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e820e018-6bff-4757-8dfd-d25832fd5439\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791792749_926_24eca56aefc249808dad8468cb7ec6c2_md.jpg\" alt=\"Kelly-Clarkson-x-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we reported &#8230; Kelly took to social media to describe an allegedly frustrating shopping experience at Art of Play. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/10\/10\/kelly-clarkson-says-nyc-store-treated-her-like-julia-roberts-in-pretty-woman\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claimed<\/a> she traveled to the store intending to buy multiple items, only to feel an employee was steering her toward a cheaper alternative rather than taking her shopping plans seriously.<\/p>\n<p>The singer didn&#8217;t hold back, making it clear she believed the employee had missed out on a potentially sizable sale.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the shop wants to &#8220;Breakaway&#8221; from the singer&#8217;s narrative &#8230; while Kelly&#8217;s version of events from behind those hazel eyes continues to circulate online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson&#8216;s public callout of a Brooklyn shop has triggered a lengthy social media response from the business&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-370828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370828","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=370828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}