It feels strange to be here, standing in front of her. She is gazing down at me with her pretty brown eyes and cheeky expression. I’ve been waiting all week to see her shiny, pointy beak. Of course, I’m gazing at Molly — the $15,000,000 automaton bird that has been at the center of the six-day viral showdown between Kelly Clarkson and the bougie Brooklyn Heights toy store, Art of Play.
Molly became the girl of the moment on Saturday afternoon, when the former American Idol winner sent an angry tweet out to her 8 million followers, complaining — as she told it — that she “drove all the way” to Brooklyn (what a drag!) to a store that she thought “looked really rad,” only for a “rude” sales associate to look at her like she “couldn’t afford” Molly, the yellow, singing bird affixed to the wall. Clarkson compared the experience to the famous scene in Pretty Woman where Julia Roberts’ character, the sex worker Vivian Ward, is practically laughed out of a Rodeo Drive boutique.
