Show Notes
This week, there’s one major conflict dominating the news—and it’s not the diesel debate, or the tense midterm races, or the war in Ukraine. Instead, the world has its eyes on the smackdown between pop star Kelly Clarkson, and a Brooklyn curiosity shop called Art of Play.
On Saturday, Clarkson made a viral post claiming that she walked into the store and tried to buy a $15,000 automaton bird off the wall—only to be rejected and “looked at as if I couldn’t afford it.” Art of Play responded saying the item simply wasn’t for sale, and accused Clarkson of using her platform to launch "asymmetric social warfare” against their small business.
Who’s the true victim here—and why can’t we look away from this strange celebrity scandal? This week on Second Thought, Michael Moynihan, host of The Fifth Column and The Moynihan Report, joins Suzy and Dan to break down the story.
Plus: Why The Social Reckoning sucks, Tobey Maguire weds his ex-wife to a real-life Nigerian billionaire, how modern restaurants became surveillance states, and more.
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