SUBS FREE TASTER: Kelly Clarkson Blasted A Small Business & Won’t Back Down

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0:14 Hi Outlouders. In today's subscriber episode, we are delving deep into the Kelly Clarkson versus a small business about a mechanical bird drama. A mechanical ugly bird, I would have to say. You'll have to become a subscriber to get the full story, including a dramatic reading on the back and forth with the statements from Holly and I. We did a little performance for you. Here's a little teaser of that. Just know that what happened is Kelly tweeted and then the shop of Art of Play replied and then Kelly tweeted again and now the shops replied again.

0:44 This was Art of Play's statement.

0:46 We'd like to clarify some additional details about Kelly Clarkson's visit to our curiosity shop on Saturday. During the five minutes she spent in the store, she inquired about our mechanical bird puppet named Molly. We explained that while Molly is permanently attached to the wall and serves as a de facto mascot for our shop, a nearly identical automation is owned by the creator of the machine's who lives in Seattle. He told us he would be willing to part with Molly's twin for $ 15, 000. We explained all of this to Kelly Clarkson. We also offered to show her a different singing bird automation made by a traditional clockmaking shop in Germany that she.

1:27 Could have taken home with her that day. It costs about $ 2, 000. She did not stick around long enough to see it. We've reached out to Kelly directly to try to clear the air. We really do wish her the best and hope that someday we can all laugh about this misunderstanding. Honestly, is the bird worth.

1:43 It at this point?

1:44 Jessie, will they all be laughing about this misunderstanding? Who's right? Who's wrong?

1:50 Be judge and jury.

1:50 I have incredibly strong feelings about this. Go. I'm on the side of out of play.

1:55 Yeah.

1:56 And the reason I'm on their side is because I think this genuinely was a misunderstanding. I think Kelly Clarkson left really angry. For her to have posted about it, she was deeply offended and so she's blasted them on Twitter. It sounds like they were trying to say you can't take the bird off the wall, it's attached, it's part of our shop, it would be like taking our roof and you can't take our roof for no amount of money and she's taken it as you think I'm poor.

2:21 And there's just an element of Kelly Clarkson's statements that's a little bit do you know who I am, which I just am like, oh, Kelly, like you didn't have to name them. You didn't have to post about it. Like it was all over a bird. I'm just, I'm on the side of the shop.

2:39 Is there a world, though, where given how– because I want to know from a social media perspective, Emma, and you're the expert on that here. Like, the fact that this has gone into this lengthy exchange, and if you go to Art of Play's Instagram, they are posting like crazy, not just about this, but about this, but then also lots of buy.

2:55 This, buy this, buy this.

2:55 As you would, yeah.

2:56 And they're also reposting lots of statements of support from– You know, people have bought things from there and people who say rude millionaires think they can buy the world and then they can't buy your shop and they're upset about it. Is this really good for out of play in the end?

3:11 I would do exactly what they're kind of doing, like leaning in and then just having a carousel of all the different automated birds that are for sale. Because now everyone wants to buy a bird. Because if Kelly Clarkson really wants that bird, then I should want that bird too.