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Singer Kelly Clarkson I ran into a conflict with a Brooklyn toy store called Art of Play after a brief conversation about buying a mechanical singing bird named “Molly.” Some of the debate centered on whether the bird was for sale, as a price tag of $15,000 was displayed next to it. Now, comedian and host of “The Daily Show”. Josh Johnson he measures with his sum.
What is The Kelly Clarkson Feud about?
Recently released video footage shows Clarkson visiting a Brooklyn toy store for less than five minutes. She seemed interested in buying Molly, the animatronic bird on the wall. She claims the store gave her the “Pretty Woman” treatment and told her followers on X that they lost a big hit.
Art of Play said the bird was not for sale, but the Seattle-based artist could do the same for her for $15,000. The source claims that an employee offered to show her a cheaper version that she could take home that day, but claims that Clarkson balked.
Things went back and forth, with many fans weighing in on social media. Surveillance footage of her brief visit was later released online. Although there is no audio, it shows that Clarkson was only in the store for a few minutes.
The store’s co-owner Adam Rubin said the store has received harassing messages after Clarkson’s tweets and raised Molly’s price to fifteen million.
Josh Johnson talks the Kelly Clarkson Feud
On October 20, Johnson posted a video of his stand-up routine recorded at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “I can tell you right now, I’ve been living well and eating well for six days of Kelly Clarkson going to this Brooklyn toy store,” Johnson joked at the beginning of his segment about the singer’s viral feud.
He then recapped the events and tried to explain the plot of “Pretty Woman” to the crowd before admitting, “I haven’t seen Pretty Woman either.”
Johnson then described the store’s behavior as “rude,” saying, “Just because she’s wearing bright clothes, just because she’s cold, people look her up and down like she can’t afford it and say I’m showing you something cheaper. That’s wild. You know?”
“And I think anyone who has had a bad experience at an instant store could put themselves in that position,” he continued. “I’ll tell you right now, I live in Brooklyn, and if I brought you to Brooklyn, there are stores you wouldn’t believe.”
“I could take you to stores in Brooklyn where they do that thing that Kelly Clarkson talks about. Give you the eyes of the elevator, look you up and down, and act like you have no money or business here,” he continued. “But when you look at them, they are the same as you.”
Josh Johnson says the store’s response shows they were ‘rude’
He then focused on the store’s initial response to Clarkson, who quoted one of her words: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
“And look, look, look. It’s not just me. I’m not telling you how you feel. It’s not just me. When I read that, I was like, no, y’all were rude,” Johnson concluded. “You were definitely rude. No, I can feel it.”
“I can feel exactly how you ended it. You didn’t even have to end it like that. Like I felt bad for you for a second, and then you did,” he continued. “Although… you were rude at the time.”
‘You made it look like Kelly Clarkson walked in and tried to buy the cash register’
Johnson then watched as Clarkson called the store a liar, and the store responded by insisting that they explained the situation with the Seattle-based artist and tried to offer her a cheaper product that she could take home that day.
“But that’s not what you said at first,” Johnson said. “So, so, you know what you did. You tried to make it sound like Kelly Clarkson walked in and you tried to just buy something that would be stupid to buy because it wasn’t for sale.”
“So you made it sound like Kelly Clarkson walked in and tried to buy the cash register,” he joked.
He went on to say that the store’s response was “very misleading” and noted that the store kept talking while Clarkson remained silent on the matter. He also noted that it was “strange” to post something for fifteen thousand as a “joke”.
“I think you could forgive Kelly for seeing the price tag and assuming it was for sale,” he continued. “When I go to the grocery store, I’m like, maybe they don’t want to sell those tomatoes. I think they put $2.99 just to be nice.”
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