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1 outlets · filed 14 October 2026

At the Brooklyn shop in 'surreal' row with Kelly Clarkson over mechanical bird

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Art of Play says its staff have been threatened after the singer complained online about how she was treated.

What the coverage shows

The coverage converges on the Brooklyn novelty store and Kelly Clarkson as the centre of an online dispute over a bird-like item, with both outlets treating Art of Play as the focus of the story. The BBC’s first item foregrounds the store’s claim that staff have been threatened, while its second item instead spotlights Clarkson’s account that she was made to feel she could not afford the item. The New York Times frames the episode more broadly as an “extremely online feud” involving a high-end Brooklyn Heights store.

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