{"id":370830,"date":"2026-10-12T08:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370830\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:34:56","slug":"kelly-clarkson-and-brooklyn-stores-back-and-forth-over-15000-singing-bird-drama-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370830\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson and Brooklyn store\u2019s back-and-forth over $15,000 singing bird drama continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clarkson disputes the claim that a $15K singing bird was not for sale after a tense exchange as Art of Play responds<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Clarkson has challenged a Brooklyn store\u2019s explanation of their disputed shopping encounter, accusing Art of Play of misrepresenting a conversation about a $15,000 mechanical singing bird.<\/p>\n<p>The singer criticised the New York shop after claiming an employee treated her as though she could not afford an item she wanted to purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The store subsequently issued a statement on Instagram explaining that the bird, named Molly, was permanently attached to the wall and not for sale.<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson disputed that account on X on Sunday, October 11. She recalled asking about a price tag displayed beside the singing bird and alleged that an employee told her it cost $15,000 before offering to find something comparable at a lower price.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cool, cool. Sure, it wasn\u2019t for sale. That\u2019s the narrative Art of Play is gonna go with \ud83d\udc4d so the whole conversation we had when I asked you if it was for sale whilst pointing to the price tag hanging on the wall with the title Singing Bird didn\u2019t happen as you elevator eyed me\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9PEhUWnIOt\">pic.twitter.com\/9PEhUWnIOt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kelly Clarkson (@kellyclarkson) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kellyclarkson\/status\/2109433351019094451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019re not only rude, you\u2019re also a liar. Got it,\u201d Clarkson wrote in response to the store\u2019s explanation.<\/p>\n<p>The American Idol winner also defended her support for independent businesses, arguing that small retailers should not be excused for treating customers disrespectfully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love small businesses and know they are important and I always support them, but you don\u2019t get a free pass to treat people less than in your store just because you are a small business,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Art of Play later offered further context, claiming the conversation lasted around five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The shop said Molly was a store mascot, while its creator, Seattle-based artist Bliss Kolb, owned a nearly identical automaton that could be purchased for $15,000.<\/p>\n<p>The store also claimed it offered Clarkson another singing bird, manufactured by a German clockmaking business, for approximately $2,000. According to the shop, Clarkson left before pursuing that alternative.<\/p>\n<p>                                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clarkson disputes the claim that a $15K singing bird was not for sale after a tense exchange as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,40592,157,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-370830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-celebrity-scandals-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370830","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=370830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}