Kelly Clarkson’s got the world singing puppets’ praises.
Thanks to the American Idol alum’s viral fascination with “Molly,” a now $15 million singing robo-bird at the Art of Play shop in Brooklyn, wannabe tastemakers from coast to coast are going cuckoo for animatronics and automatons, with some spending upwards of $5,000 for the mechanical must-haves.
Clarkson, 44, angrily lent her celebrity to the gadgets this week, blasting the owners of the specialty store on Atlantic Avenue for treating her like “Julia Roberts’ character in ‘Pretty Woman’,” by refusing to sell Molly, which was allegedly perched next to a $15,000 price tag. (Art of Play’s co-owner, Adam Rubin, has since reportedly increased its price by 1000%).
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