Brooklyn novelty shop reeling from 'surreal' row with Kelly Clarkson over mechanical bird
On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, a novelty toy and games store in the quiet Brooklyn neighbourhood of Cobble Hill was seeing much busier foot traffic than usual.
Inside, the shop was packed with cameramen and customers, while passersby looked inside, asking: "Where's the bird?"
Art of Play has found itself at the centre of a social media storm since the weekend when Grammy-winning musician Kelly Clarkson complained online that the boutique store would not let her buy a singing and dancing mechanical bird that was perched on the wall.
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