The Brooklyn curiosity shop Art of Play has gone public with a second, more detailed statement about Kelly Clarkson's visit, which The Hollywood Reporter says the store posted Monday morning.

According to the store, Clarkson spent about five minutes inside and inquired about Molly, a one-of-a-kind mechanical singing bird puppet mounted on the wall.

The store says it explained that Molly is a de facto shop mascot and not for sale, but that a nearly identical automaton owned by the machine's Seattle-based creator, Bliss Kolb, could be had for $15,000.

It also says it offered to show her a different singing bird automaton made by a traditional German clockmaking shop, priced at roughly $2,000, which she could have taken home that day — and that Clarkson did not stick around to see it.

The store adds it has since reached out to Clarkson directly to clear the air.

Rather than walking away, Clarkson escalated sharply. Page Six reports that she fired back on X, accusing the shop of changing its story: 'Cool, cool.

Sure, it wasn't for sale. That's the narrative Art of Play is gonna go with.'

She claims she pointed to a $15,000 price tag hanging on the wall next to the bird while asking if it was for sale, and says the employee 'elevator eyed' her before offering to find something 'comparable.'

Page Six notes the photo Clarkson shared of the price tag was too pixelated to independently verify. She also defended taking on a mom-and-pop shop, writing that small businesses don't 'get a free pass to treat people less than in your store,' and concluded: 'Your store is really cool.

Unfortunately, you aren't.'

SheKnows reports that Clarkson shared an undated photo appearing to show a $15,000 price tag posted on the wall next to Molly, prompting her quip that the store was 'not only rude' but 'also a liar.'

But SheKnows also points to counter-evidence: a September post pinned to the top of Art of Play's Instagram features Molly beside the words 'Our favorite items not for sale,' and the store had posted about Molly as early as February 2025.

Us Weekly adds that fans are split, with some declaring 'Kelly came with receipts!' while others asked whether the fight was really 'all over an animatronic bird.'

Neither Clarkson nor the store's co-owners — twin magicians Dan and Dave Buck and author Adam Rubin — responded to Page Six's requests for comment.

Commentators see bigger stakes than a bird.

A Yahoo/MS NOW column argues Clarkson's response is 'a waste and abuse of power,' noting her estimated $70 million fortune and nearly 9 million X followers against a small shop that says it was 'suddenly attacked by 8 million people who have never visited our store.'

USA Today frames the viral frenzy through fan psychology, with professor Melvin Williams suggesting Clarkson's relatable, rags-to-riches 'American Idol' brand makes fans trust her account more — and schadenfreude keeping onlookers glued.

PR strategist Evan Nierman tells Business Insider that both sides are playing the victim card, that Clarkson has little to gain by unleashing her fanbase on a small business, and that the feud will be won by whoever crafts the better narrative, not by who is technically right.

The store says it has tried to reach Clarkson directly and wishes her the best, hoping 'someday we can all laugh about this misunderstanding' — signing off by quoting Clarkson's own hit 'Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)' back at her, as The Hollywood Reporter notes.

Nierman suggests a concrete off-ramp to Business Insider: get Clarkson back into the store and find a way to get her a singing bird, which 'would tie this whole thing off very nicely.'

Us Weekly reports celebrities are already chiming in, with Matt Rogers sharing a screenshot of the shop and the Kelces' beer brand telling Clarkson 'the garage is always open.'

A source tells Page Six that Clarkson, 'genuinely one of the nicest people ever,' must have been 'livid' to go public at all.