Poorly Tipping Celebrities Face the Music
Websites and gossip items highlight stingy celebrities
by Kat Kinsman / Photo by Frazer Harrison, Getty Images
Sorry, Jeremy Piven -- an autographed DVD just doesn't cut it as a tip, and it might even end up costing you in bad publicity.
When the Entourage star left a copy of the first season of his HBO show in lieu of a gratuity at Aspen sushi hotspot Nobu Matsuhisa in 2007, the stiffed server took the story to then-New York Daily News gossip reporter Ben Widdicombe, who reported it in his column. The actor was subsequently banned from all Nobu locations and faced ribbing in the press.
Two years later, blogs and websites like Bitter Waitress, Stained Apron, Bite Club and TMZ solicit gripes from waiters, cabdrivers and other service providers who have been short-changed by well known athletes, musicians and actors.
A slideshow on ABCNews.com highlights a rogues gallery of some of the most notorious penny pinchers, including pop icon Madonna and her husband director Guy Ritchie, whom the London Mirror reported once left $18 on a $400 dinner tab, troubled songstress Amy Winehouse, reported by TMZ to have stiffed a cabdriver on a $40 fare and golfer Tiger Woods, whom the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports was once described by sports commentator Charles Barkley as "the second tightest pro tipper in all of sportsdom, after Michael Jordan."
However, not all famous folks are spreading the recession around. Stained Apron maintains a "Saints" list of top tippers, including talk show host David Letterman, former President Bill Clinton, actor Bill Murray, and many others.
Think twice before biting the hand that feeds you. Meet the worst non-celebrity offenders, according to the restaurant staff we surveyed.
Websites and gossip items highlight stingy celebrities
by Kat Kinsman / Photo by Frazer Harrison, Getty Images
When the Entourage star left a copy of the first season of his HBO show in lieu of a gratuity at Aspen sushi hotspot Nobu Matsuhisa in 2007, the stiffed server took the story to then-New York Daily News gossip reporter Ben Widdicombe, who reported it in his column. The actor was subsequently banned from all Nobu locations and faced ribbing in the press.
Two years later, blogs and websites like Bitter Waitress, Stained Apron, Bite Club and TMZ solicit gripes from waiters, cabdrivers and other service providers who have been short-changed by well known athletes, musicians and actors.
A slideshow on ABCNews.com highlights a rogues gallery of some of the most notorious penny pinchers, including pop icon Madonna and her husband director Guy Ritchie, whom the London Mirror reported once left $18 on a $400 dinner tab, troubled songstress Amy Winehouse, reported by TMZ to have stiffed a cabdriver on a $40 fare and golfer Tiger Woods, whom the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports was once described by sports commentator Charles Barkley as "the second tightest pro tipper in all of sportsdom, after Michael Jordan."
However, not all famous folks are spreading the recession around. Stained Apron maintains a "Saints" list of top tippers, including talk show host David Letterman, former President Bill Clinton, actor Bill Murray, and many others.
Think twice before biting the hand that feeds you. Meet the worst non-celebrity offenders, according to the restaurant staff we surveyed.
