Kelly Clarkson is known for being the friendliest celebrity on daytime TV, which is exactly why her weekend post about a Brooklyn store turned heads. On Saturday, she called out Art of Play on X, saying an employee treated her like she couldn’t afford an item she wanted to buy and comparing the moment to the famous department-store scene in Pretty Woman.
The store’s version: the item, a one-of-a-kind mechanical bird puppet named Molly, was attached to the wall and not for sale. Clarkson responded that she saw a price tag and was condescendingly told it cost $15,000, calling the store“rude”and a“liar.”On Monday, Art of Play fired back again, claiming a nearly identical bird was available for $15,000 and that it offered to show her a $2,000 alternative. Clarkson has not responded publicly since.
A source close to the singer told Page Six she must have been“livid”to make the callout, saying going public like this is“not who she is.”That’s the part everyone keeps replaying. If even the nicest celebrity can feel talked down to in a store, what happens to the rest of us? So tell us: if you were Kelly, would you have posted, or would you have walked out and texted your group chat about it?
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