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Brooklyn store shares positive customer review after Kelly Clarkson complaint
Singer Kelly Clarkson said she was treated unfairly while shopping at Art of Play, a design store in Brooklyn, New York.
She said an employee appeared to assume she could not afford the items and compared the experience to a scene in the film Pretty Woman.
The store later shared a customer's positive review praising its staff for their kindness, then removed the post.
It also shared another customer's favorable comment about the store, according to one account.
The posts came after Clarkson criticized the store on X and said it had lost a potential sale.
Her account and the positive reviews offer different views of customers' experiences, but the store has not responded to requests for comment.
No further response or action from the store is reported.
Kelly Clarkson said a sales clerk at Brooklyn shop Art of Play treated her as if she could not afford its products.
She described the encounter on X on Saturday, October 10, and compared it to a scene in the film Pretty Woman.
Later that day, Art of Play reposted a customer review praising the staff’s kindness; the review was later deleted.
On Sunday, October 11, the shop reposted another customer’s positive comment calling it a great store.
The shop had not publicly addressed Clarkson’s complaint in the reports.
- Who
- Kelly Clarkson and the Brooklyn shop Art of Play.
- What
- Clarkson alleged that a sales clerk treated her as though she could not afford the shop’s products. The shop reposted positive customer reviews afterward.
- When
- Clarkson posted about the encounter on Saturday, October 10, 2026. The shop reposted reviews later that day and on Sunday, October 11.
- Where
- Art of Play, a shop in Brooklyn, New York.
- Why
- Clarkson said she went to the shop intending to buy items and felt she was treated unfairly. The shop’s reason for reposting the reviews was not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Just drove all the way to Brooklyn to check out this store I thought looked really rad
Wow, dude. You’re an idiot and just lost a huge sale.
From the very first time I walked into @artofplay, I felt welcomed and treated with such genuine kindness
For what it’s worth, I think @artofplay is a great store
Clarkson posted on X that she felt a sales clerk at Art of Play had treated her as if she could not afford the products.
Art of Play reposted positive customer reviews on its Instagram Stories, including one praising the staff’s kindness.
Art of Play reposted another customer’s comment describing it as a great store.
- Shop
- Art of Play
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York
- Clarkson’s post
- X, Saturday, October 10, 2026
- First reposted review
- Praised the staff’s kindness; later deleted
- Second reposted comment
- Called Art of Play a great store, on Sunday, October 11
Sources
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Brooklyn store Kelly Clarkson blasted shares — and deletes —customer review about staff’s ‘kindness’ amid drama
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