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Security video shows Kelly Clarkson's visit to Art of Play over the singing bird
Silent security footage shows Kelly Clarkson browsing Art of Play, pointing at the $15,000 bird Molly and leaving after a heated talk at the door.
New security footage captured the day Kelly Clarkson walked into Brooklyn's Art of Play to ask about the singing bird now at the center of her public feud.
What the silent video shows
The clip obtained by Pablo Torre has no audio. Clarkson enters and picks up merchandise before walking over to Molly the automaton. She talks with a worker and points at the bird on the wall.
About five minutes after she arrived she is seen gesturing and speaking emotionally near the entrance then walking out for good.
How the dispute started
Clarkson said over the weekend that she drove to the shop ready to buy several items and felt staff assumed she could not afford what she wanted. She likened it to Julia Roberts getting snubbed in Pretty Woman and said the store lost a major sale.
Shop owners first called Molly a unique wall fixture that was never meant to leave the shelf. Clarkson accused them of shifting stories and said an employee gestured at a $15,000 tag then offered to hunt for a comparable piece.
Managers later explained the big number belonged to a look-alike automaton held by Seattle maker Bliss Kolb and said clerks tried to steer her toward a cheaper singing bird near $2,000 before she walked out. The camera roll documents the brief stop without resolving the he-said she-said.
