While a lot of waitresses and servers would be excited to serve a celebrity, sometimes a big salary doesn’t always equal a big tip.
Certain celebrities have been known to be horrible tippers and have gotten reputations for being the stingiest people on the planet, but who?
Well thanks to The Miami New Times, we can bring you the top 10 worst tippers and their horrible tipping stories.
Peep the page #’s to see who left a $10 tip on an 800 dollar bill and which R&B singer leaves autographs as a tip instead of cash, as we count down the worst celebrity tippers.
10. Rachael Ray
Rachel Ray shows up on quite a few lists of measly tippers.
“Tipped $1 on a $10 tab” according to List of the Day, which also accuses her of “promoting less than a 20% tip on a show that millions of people watch!”
9. Bill Cosby
Mr. Cosby is ranked #6 on Glamorati’s list of 34 notoriously bad tippers, and the Cos makes it onto just about every other list too.
He is said to have once left a $3 tip on a $350 order.
8. Sean Penn
Sean Penn and three others had “New Orleans waiters waiting on them hand and foot.
The tip left on a $450 tab? Absolutely nothing.
7. Mariah Carey
Scary Mariah Carey is said to have kept a restaurant open late with a very large party.
Glamorati, getting its info from the New York Post, wrote that “Mariah and crew were very diva-ish with their demands.
Despite keeping staffers jumping and a high tab, no one left a tip.”
6. Usher
Usher is consistently cited as one of the worst tippers, including the Stained Apron’s 44 tipping “sinners,” and the number five spot on the Frisky.
“Always tries to get someone else to pick up the bill,” reports glamorati.com.
There is also the tale of Usher having once left his autograph as a tip.
5. Jeremy Piven
According to Zimbio, Piven showed up at Nobu in Aspen with a party of 12 without a reservation.
After being seated and served, Piven reportedly told the manager: “Thanks for nothing,” and left a signed Entourage DVD as the tip — which is at least a bit more generous than an autograph.
According to the story, a Nobu employee hurled the box at Piven as he was leaving, and Piven was banned from ever returning to Nobu.
4. LeBron James
Lebron comes in at number four on thefrisky.com’s list, and perhaps for good reason.
Seems he once made a Cleveland steak house stay open until 4 in the morning so he could finish his feast. The bill: $800. The tip: $10.
3. Barbra Streisand
Barbra is mentioned again and again for being a cheap tipper as well as a rude and demanding customer.
Glamorati says, “Doesn’t always tip.” Thefrisky.com notes that at a New York restaurant, Babs once “left a $10 tip for a $457 tab.”
That’s not so funny, girl.
2. Madonna
Glamorati in 2008 named Madonna numero uno in its list of the 34 stingiest celebs.
Madonna and then-husband Guy Ritchie left an $18 tip on a $400 tab (Madonna’s worth, incidentally, is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions).
1. Tiger Woods
Tiger once “pulled a mulligan on a $5 tip, re-pocketing the money meant for a waitress after realizing he had tipped her earlier in the evening.
He was possibly distracted by the $10,000 hand of blackjack he was playing.
