Curiosity got the best of Paul Rudd? Maybe.
The Ant-Man star was spotted outside of Art of Play, the Brooklyn novelty and magic shop at the centre of online feud involving Kelly Clarkson.
Paul Rudd catches glimpse of Art of Play
Dressed in a black hoodie and grey trousers, Rudd was seen looking into the shop on Wednesday, October 21 for a few moments before walking away.
The store was called out by Clarkson on October 10 for being rude to her and for treating her like "as if i couldn't afford it" after she asked to check out Art of Play's mechanical singing bird named Molly, which she said was priced at $15,000.
The internet reacts to Paul Rudd's surprising pitstop
Reacting to the viral photographs from outside the shop, the internet teased the actor for "investigating" the feud himself.
"His nosey assssfghjkll thats boots on the ground journalism baby," one fan noted.
Another X post read, "He said lemme see what this is all about."
"Don't worry everyone paul rudd is on the case," a third use teased.
"He’s gonna get to the bottom of this thing," another comment read.
"You KNOW he was looking in the window to see that bird without actually going in and interacting with the staff," said a fifth fan.
Art of Play response to Kelly Clarkson's accusation
Following the incident, Art of Play released several statements, with one of the shop's co-owners Adam Rubin saying that the incident was quite unexpected for the shop.
"If this tweetstorm had not happened, we wouldn't have realized there was a negative interaction in the shop; it was that undramatic," he told New York magazine in an interview published October 13.
He added, "We treated her like a normal person, but apparently that didn’t live up to her expectations."
