Kelly Clarkson says a Brooklyn Heights curiosity shop treated her like Julia Roberts in“Pretty Woman,”and the store is telling a very different story. Art of Play says Clarkson asked about a wall-mounted bird automaton that is one of a kind, permanently attached, and never for sale. The shop also pointed out that its median item price is $35, and that it offered her a similar $2,000 German-made singing bird she could have bought instead.
Clarkson didn’t buy that explanation, calling the store“rude”and later“a liar”in a follow-up post. The story blew up fast, and“The View”hosts weighed in, with Ana Navarro warning about what happens when a celebrity’s platform is aimed at a small business. A source close to Clarkson says she must have been“livid”to take the dispute public at all.
So now we’re left with two versions of one awkward shopping trip and a pretty big question underneath it: when a famous person feels disrespected, how loud is too loud? And when a shop says something isn’t for sale, should that be the end of it?
Sound off: whose side are you on, Kelly or the store?
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